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New York City

Health

Coronavirus Count Surpasses 52,000 in New York City, With 1,584 Fatalities

By Robert Pozarycki
The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York
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Responding to Franklin Graham, Hoylman Demands Medical Providers’ Human Rights Law Pledge

By Paul Schindler
Workers in protective equipment outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn during outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York
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City’s COVID Cases Surge Overnight to 45,000

By Robert Pozarycki
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Anti-LGBTQ Franklin Graham Running Central Park Hospital

By Matt Tracy
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City COVID Infections Top 40,000, with 932 Deaths

By Robert Pozarycki
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On the Front Lines Feeding New Yorkers in a Crisis

By Matt Tracy
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Princess Janae Place Serves Housing Needs of Trans New Yorkers

By Paul Schindler
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Nydia Velázquez Likely Has Coronavirus

By Kevin Duggan
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Lorena Borjas, Beloved Trans Advocate, Dies of Coronavirus

By Matt Tracy
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London Terrace Thanks Those on the COVID-19 Front Lines

By Andy Humm
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Health

Sex Workers Slammed as Clients Disappear, Non-Profits Shutter

By Matt Tracy
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Kious Kelly, Gay Mount Sinai RN, Died Due to Lack of Protective Equipment

By Andy Humm
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LGBTQ Youth Shelters Strained By Coronavirus Crisis

By Matt Tracy
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Cuomo: Density Reduction May Be Working to Curb Coronavirus Spread

By Ben Verde
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Trans Group Unveils “Know Your Rights” in COVID Crisis

By Matt Tracy
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Trans Women Say They Were Raped at Brooklyn Jail

By Matt Tracy

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LGBTQ+ events in NYC

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The Arkell Museum presents a solo exhibi
Tomorrow, 8 am

Artist Fernando Carpaneda Inaugurates Solo Exhibition at the Arkell Museum
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Superstar Open Set
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OUT/PLAY has announced the New York City
April 3, all day

The Homosexuals
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From the creators of “Brag Drunch,” one
April 3, 8 pm

SHE ATE! The Drag Dinner Experience
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Southern Brooklyn’s only weekly drag sho
April 3, 8 pm

All-Ages RuPaul’s Drag Race Watch Party in Coney Island
The Red Doors Bar and Grill

After being heavily mocked online by Sta
April 4, 2 pm

Revenge of the Soy Boy
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Relive the best dance music of the 90s a
April 4, 4 pm

Pantheon: A Classic Queer Dance Party
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Trans Voices Cabaret returns with a bran
April 5, 5 pm

Trans Voices Cabaret at Caveat
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Arts

  • New Directors/New Films will showcase out gay actor and writer John Early’s arch feature directorial debut, “Maddie’s Secret” Several queer films set to screen at 55th annual New Directors/‌New Films festival
  • “The Serpent’s Skin," directed by Alice Maio Mackay, opens March 27 at the Alamo Drafthouse, Brooklyn. Q&A: Trans filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay on her horror film ‘Serpent’s Skin’
  • “Alpha," directed by Julia Ducournau, opens March 27th at IFC Center. In ‘Alpha,’ a French family confronts a deadly, mysterious virus
  • “Dakan” (aka “Destiny”), the first queer film from West Africa, will be available virtually nationwide March 26-30. Queering the Canon festival set to showcase seven classic LGBTQ films
  • HOMAGE 1 (HOMENAJE 1), 2026. Beauty and the Bestial: Exhibition confronts the ugly truths of Fire Island’s past and present

Crime

  • Aljo Mrkulic was sentenced for murdering Christopher Rodriguez, assaulting cops, and setting an apartment ablaze in 2020 at the Acacia Gardens affordable housing complex, which is located at 409 E. 120th St. in Harlem. Queens man sentenced for killing partner, assaulting cops in 2020 arson case
  • Bomb threats, sent via email, targeted the New York University campus on the morning of Jan. 22, the school announced. Anti-LGBTQ bomb threats target NYU, prompting NYPD to increase security
  • The person suspected of voicing anti-LGBTQ slurs and attacking an individual on a 6 train on Jan. 10. Man suffers anti-LGBTQ subway attack after kissing trans partner: police
  • Police tape surrounds a vehicle after its driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. ‘They killed my wife’: Outrage follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers

Perspectives

  • Andy Humm and Ruth Messinger in the aftermath of the passage of New York City's gay rights bill. Forty years since New Yorkers won gay rights, the fight for justice is more urgent than ever
  • Katie Blum is underscoring the importance of funding to make sure New York's legal system respects transgender individuals when they seek to align their legal documents with their gender identity. Access to justice is essential for transgender New Yorkers — and it depends on the IOLA Fund 
  • From L to R: Michael-Vincent Crea, Thomas O’Grady, Michael Kane, Caitlin Herrity, Jack Schlossberg, Clover Welsh, Layla Law Gisiko, David Warren, Brendan Fay, Dr. John Lahey, Aaron Pesin, Abby Donley, Nicholas Dodd, Sheila and Meghan Brophy on Fifth Avenue. Lavender and Green Alliance celebrates 10 years in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
  • The Harlem United team on National HIV Testing Day in 2025. Confronting the unequal burden of HIV and AIDS on women of color: Equity cannot wait
  • Bringing awareness to the nationwide attacks on trans youth. In dangerous waters, LGBTQ youth need our support now

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