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Books

Report: LGBTQ titles lead growing list of banned books in US

By Matt Tracy
Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
Legal

Texas court affirms injunctions blocking investigations of families with trans youth

By Arthur S. Leonard
David Mixner speaks during a past Victory Fund event in New York.
Politics

Hundreds remember David Mixner’s life and legacy in NYC

By Heather Cassell
Rachel Levine serves as the Assistant Secretary of Health in the Department of Health and Human Services.
Health

In historic role, Rachel Levine navigates hostile climate with a focus on protecting youth

By Matt Tracy
The cover of Phil Bildner's book, "Glenn Burke, Game Changer: The Man Who Invented the High Five."
Sports

Queer author hits home run with Glenn Burke picture book for kids

By Erasmo Guerra
US District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr of the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Legal

Federal court allows trans boy to try out for golf team in Tennessee despite restrictive law

By Arthur S. Leonard
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AMNY

Looking Good! I Tried 10 Best Selling Beauty Products — Here’s What Happened.

Photographs and candles pay tribute to the late Cecilia Gentili during a memorial service at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan on Feb. 7, 2024.
Crime

Two men arrested on drug charges in Cecilia Gentili’s death

By Matt Tracy
Politics

The Trump camp and the White House clash over Biden’s recognition of Transgender Day of Visibility

By Josh Boak, AP
Bernie Wagenblast marks Transgender Day of Visibility
AMNY

Trans Lives Matter: Celebrating international Transgender Day of Visibility with the MTA’s help

From left to right: Ken Lustbader of the LGBT Historic Sites Project; Finn Brigham and Patrick McGovern of Callen-Lorde Community Health Center; and Bernie Wagenblast at the Christopher Street-Sheridan Square station.
New York City

Bernie Wagenblast, out trans ‘voice of the subway,’ rolls out podcast and visibility campaign

By Donna Aceto & Matt Tracy
Bangkok, Thailand's capital and the seat of parliament. Members of the lower house voted overwhelmingly to approve marriage equality.
International

Thailand’s lawmakers vote to approve marriage equality

By Matt Tracy
St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan.
Religion

Citing anti-LGBTQ teachings, more Americans ditch religion: survey

By Matt Tracy
Nex Benedict.
National

Medical examiner releases Nex Benedict’s full autopsy

By Matt Tracy
Pride Sunday falls on June 30 this year.
Pride

NYC Pride announces 2024 events, including Youth Pride and PrideFest

By Matt Tracy
Sports

After a county restricted transgender women in sports, a roller derby league said, ‘No way’

By Philip Marcelo, AP

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Hearts of Men Workshop
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Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
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Homage: Queer lineages on video
Wallach Art Gallery

For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
Aug. 22, noon

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

Everything You Always Wanted to Know Abo
Aug. 22, 7 pm

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Richard Skipper But Were Afraid To Ask
Laurie Beechman Theater at the West Bank Cafe

Nori Reed is an iconic LA based comedian
Aug. 22, 7:30 pm

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Union Hall

New York Laughs in Wagner Park! August 2
Aug. 22, 8 pm

NY Laughs: Comedy Under the Stars
Wagner Park

Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10pm Red Ey
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Bollywood Drag Show and Dance Party
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Kind Stranger…a memory play
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Arts

  • “Honey Don’t!” adds nothing to its precursor, "Drive-Away Dolls." ‘Honey Don’t’ misses the mark in follow-up to ‘Drive-Away Dolls’
  • Michael Sheen in "Nye" at the National Theatre. London’s National Theatre still centering progress and diversity as US backslides
  • 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

Crime

  • The front of a white brick building representing the Middletown Police Department on a sunny day. DA: Middletown man lured Grindr date to his home in brutal stabbing attack
  • 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

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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