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Attorney Mary Bonauto of GLAD Law with Jim Obergefell outside the Supreme Court on June 26, 2015.
Legal

Mary Bonauto, trailblazing attorney in Obergefell case, maintains faith in marriage equality

By Matt Tracy
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was targeted by Tucker Carlson and Michael Knowles.
National

Tucker Carlson says Pete Buttigieg is ‘fake gay’

By Matt Tracy
The Stonewall Community Foundation, seen here at the NYC Pride March in 2025, is stepping up to fund more than a dozen LGBTQ organizations as part of its Reclaiming Our Power initiative.
National

Stonewall Community Foundation rolls out grants for LGBTQ organizations under ‘Reclaiming Our Power’ initiative

By Matt Tracy
Photos of the four NYC mayoral candidates Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa
AMNY

amNY Your Vote: Who will be NYC’s next mayor? Here’s the story behind each candidate

Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025.
Crime

In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence

By Matt Tracy
Podcast host, journalist, and activist Raquel Willis speaks to the crowd at Stonewall in commemoration of what would have been Marsha P. Johnson's 80th birthday.
New York City

PHOTOS: Marsha P. Johnson’s 80th birthday at the Stonewall Inn

By Donna Aceto
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis during his time in the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Health

‘Enough is enough’: Gay CDC official resigns, says ‘nation’s health security is at risk’

By Matt Tracy
Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.
AMNY

Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing

The New York State Education Building at 89 Washington Avenue in Albany.
Education

Trump administration demands New York, dozens of states nix trans-inclusive education materials

By Matt Tracy
Saint George Ukrainian Catholic Church, in New York City, is seen on August 15, 2025.
Religion

Less than half of LGBTQ Americans are religious: Pew

By Matt Tracy
U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025.
Crime

Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles

By Matt Tracy
A general view shows the CVS Health Finance Center at CVS headquarters of CVS Health Corp in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, U.S. October 30, 2023.
Health

CVS avoids covering twice-yearly injectable PrEP

By Matt Tracy
A view of the front steps of New York City Hall.
Politics

City Council bolsters training and transparency for LGBTQ care, but gay Republican votes ‘no’

By Matt Tracy
US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk.
Legal

Federal appeals court finds First Amendment protection for campus drag show

By Arthur S. Leonard
Standing together for trans rights on Transgender Day of Visibility
National

Report: 2.8 million transgender people 13 years and older in the US

By Matt Tracy
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (pictured) issued an an en banc (full bench) ruling on Aug. 12, reversing a decision after a full trial by US District Judge James M. Moody, Jr., who had issued a permanent injunction against the Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
Legal

Two federal appeals courts rule against challenges to state laws banning youth gender-affirming care

By Arthur S. Leonard

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Arts

  • Alice Kremelberg, director Adrienne Campbell-Holt, playwright Victoria Lynne Barclay, and Colby Minifie. ‘Camping’: Love and repression in an intimate tent setting
  • Myra Molloy as Sonya and Maya Da Costa as Coley in “Girls Like Girls." In ‘Girls Like Girls,’ Hayley Kiyoko turns from sapphic pop star to filmmaker, telling the same story
  • Downtown Boys. June LGBTQ music: Downtown Boys’ ‘Public Luxury’ and Andrew Sa’s ‘American Rough’
  • “The Devil Queen,” directed by Antonio Carlos da Fontoura, opens June 19 at the Alamo Lower Manhattan. Colorful costumes, drag queens, and bloodletting: Brazilian gangster film ‘The Devil Queen’ gets 4k restoration
  • Director Saheem Ali's Public Theater production of “Romeo and Juliet." Central Park comes alive with ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Crime

  • Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez holds a press conference on August 10, 2023 to announce an indictment in the stabbing death of O'Shae Sibley, a gay man who was killed at a Brooklyn gas station. Man convicted of manslaughter in death of O’Shae Sibley
  • sketch of bigot behind lower east side hate crimeCops hunt Lower East Side bigot who beat boy with belt after anti-LGBTQ+ hate tirade
  • A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack. Man charged with killing gay dancer O’Shae Sibley claims self-defense
  • suspect in Brooklyn hate crimeBrooklyn hate crime suspect cuffed in the Bronx for fare evasion: cops
  • Grammy-winning musician Lil Nas X leaves court after a preliminary hearing on four felony charges for allegedly assaulting and resisting police officers responding to an incident in August when police approached him while he was reportedly walking nearly naked on the streets of Los Angeles, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 12, 2026. Lil Nas X agrees to maintain treatment in two-year deal to drop charges

Perspectives

  • Martha Shelley reads to the audience at the LGBT Community Center on Oct. 15, 2023. Past triumphs, present challenges: Reflections on the fight for LGBTQ rights — and what comes next
  • Callen-Lorde staff members. Health equity for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers starts with primary care
  • 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

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