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Vice President Kamala Harris.
Politics

A look at Vice President Kamala Harris’ LGBTQ record

By Matt Tracy
Arva Rice (left) resigned as chair of the city's Civilian Complaint Review Board. Monday, July 22, 2024.
AMNY

NYPD Civilian Complaint Review Board interim chair resigns amid reports Mayor Adams moved to push her out

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the Oval Office.
Politics

LGBTQ Democrats hail Biden’s legacy and shift attention to Harris’ campaign

By Matt Tracy
A view of the Handelskade section of Willemstad, Curaçao's capital city.
Love & Marriage

Marriage equality comes to Aruba and Curaçao; South Korea sees progress on LGBTQ unions

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

City Council votes to expand rapid STI testing, require transparency on dress codes

By Matt Tracy
Senator JD Vance speaks at a podium on stage.
Politics

‘MAGA clone’: JD Vance brings anti-LGBTQ record to 2024 campaign

By Matt Tracy
Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen during a celebration of life for the late Urvashi Vaid in 2022.
International

In absentia, Russia sentences journalist Masha Gessen for criticizing war in Ukraine

By Matt Tracy
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum sings and dances with the congregation during the Congregation Beit Simchat Torah Pride Shabbat on June 28, 2024 at Masonic Hall.
Religion

A Pride season retirement farewell to Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum

By Michael Luongo
Attorney General Letitia James
AMNY

Editorial | Challenging an unjust trans sports ban in New York

Transgender
LI Press

New York State Attorney General Sues Nassau County Over Transgender Athlete Ban

The Trevor Project's new CEO, Jaymes Black.
Youth

The Trevor Project hires Jaymes Black as new CEO

By Matt Tracy
A person dressed up as the Pope at Rome Pride.
International

Pope Francis’ alleged anti-gay remark looms large at Rome Pride

By Nicholas Boston
A group photo with Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson; hip hop artist Namel "Tap Waterz" Norris; Commissioner James Hendon from the New York City Department of Veterans Services; staff members; Khalia Hayslett(Travel Educator for Disabled New Yorkers & beyond and Miss Wheelchair New York 2023) and others.
Bronx Times

Bronx borough president hosts Disability Pride celebration

Health

White House issues follow-up statement after criticism over position on gender-affirming care for youth

By Matt Tracy
Sports

Transgender, non-binary 1,500 runner Nikki Hiltz shines on and off track, earns spot at Paris Games

By Pat Graham and Eddie Pells, AP
There were several testing vans on hand.
Health

Callen-Lorde leads Union Square event to mark HIV Testing Day

By Donna Aceto

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Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
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Homage: Queer lineages on video
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The High and Mighty Brass Band is an ele
Today, 7 pm

Queens Jazz Trail Concert: High & Mighty Brass Band
George Seuffert, Sr. Bandshell

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Today, 8 pm

Chain NYC Film Festival — Lovebug
Chain Theatre

For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
Tomorrow, noon

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection
Heckscher Museum of Art

It’s All About the (S)ex By Joe Ma
Tomorrow, 3 pm

It’s All About the (S)ex!
BACCA Arts Center

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Tomorrow, 7 pm

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Meet Carol Anne from “Mommie Deare
Tomorrow, 8 pm

Chain NYC Film Festival — Land of the Mustaches
Chain Theatre

Short films and documentaries from emerg
Aug. 16, 2 pm

Chain NYC Film Festival — LGBTQIA+ Block
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Arts

  • Upon entering Oberon, patrons are greeted by a collection of mirrors and a sign introducing the space. Oberon, a new queer cocktail bar, opens in Williamsburg 
  • “Went Up the Hill,” directed by Samuel Van Grinsven, opens Aug. 15 at the IFC Center. Q&A: Filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven on the making of queer ghost story ‘Went Up The Hill’
  • Lord Nil: 7 Deadly Sins, at Stage 422 at 422 W. 42nd St., runs through the end of the month in New York City. The great escape: ‘Lord Nil: 7 Deadly Sins’ takes New York
  • Ethel Cain's “Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You” debuted August 8. August LGBTQ music: Ethel Cain and Water From Your Eyes
  • Morgan Bassichis in "Can I Be Frank?" ‘Can I Be Frank?’: Solo show honors a comic queer pioneer

Crime

  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025. Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Man arrested after husband’s gruesome stabbing death in Manhattan
  • Outside of The Monster in Greenwich Village. Man allegedly brandishes knife, defaces Pride sign in Greenwich Village: NYPD
  • Police officers in NYPD vests examine scene where person was shotTwo men shot near Harlem gay bar; shooter remains at large, cops say
  • Man in suit looks at crime scene with blood and napkins on sidewalkStonewall shooting: Two teen girls shot near historic Village inn during Pride celebrations

Perspectives

  • Ronald Porcelli is the director of the NYC Unity Project. How the NYC Unity Project’s Family Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth Initiative heals families and saves LGBTQ+ lives
  • The 2025 NYC Dyke March. Letter to the editor: NYC Dyke March’s policy represents deliberate exclusion rooted in religious and political identity
  • At the Queer Liberation March in 2022. Pride is resilience, liberation, community, and identity
  • A picture depicting the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV prior to his election is displayed as Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova speaks during a press conference, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025. Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues
  • Carmen Hernandez. Patients and employers pay more as healthcare conglomerates profit from federal program meant to serve vulnerable communities

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