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New Pride Agenda's Kei Williams
New York State

New Pride Agenda says state budget ‘misses the mark’ on funding for trans initiatives

By Matt Tracy
18 LGBTQ+ Nonfiction Books for Kids & Teens
New York Family

18 LGBTQ+ nonfiction books for kids & teens

A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack.
Crime

Man charged with killing gay dancer O’Shae Sibley claims self-defense

By Matt Tracy
Founded by Shawn Dixon, Otis & Finn Barbershop has four locations around Long Island City and Brooklyn.
QNS

Five LGBTQ+ owned spots to visit in western Queens during Pride Month

Congressmember Tim Walberg successfully carried legislation to passage that would force schools to out trans youth to their parents or guardians.
Politics

‘Don’t Say Trans’: GOP-led House passes bill requiring forced outing of trans youth

By Matt Tracy
Monroe Township High School.
Legal

New Jersey school board on the hook for big damages in homophobic harassment case

By Arthur S. Leonard
Barney Frank delivers remarks at the Capitol in 2022 during a ceremony celebrating the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act.
Politics

Barney Frank, trailblazing gay congressmember, dies at 86

By Matt Tracy
The Colorado Supreme Court's courtroom at the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center.
Legal

Transgender plaintiffs win preliminary victories in three gender-affirming care lawsuits

By Arthur S. Leonard
Grand Marshal Rosie Perez at the opening ceremony to kick off AIDS Walk New York.
Health

GMHC raises $1.7 million at AIDS Walk New York 2026

By Donna Aceto
Advocates rally for gender-affirming care at Washington Square Park on May 16.
Health

PHOTOS: Activists stand up for gender-affirming care at Washington Square Park

By Gay City News
Natalio Wheatley, the premier of the British Virgin Islands.
Caribbean Life

British Virgin Islands defends effort to outlaw same-sex marriage in new constitution

Kei Williams, the executive director of New Pride Agenda, at Tweed Courthouse on May 13.
Health

New Yorkers rally in Manhattan after feds demand trans youth records from NYU Langone

By Matt Tracy
District12
AMNY

Your Vote 2026: District 12: What’s Next for Aging New Yorkers? Contenders Answer

Kiara St. James during a Transgender Day of Visibility event at the LGBT Center in 2025.
Remembrance

Trans community mourns loss of NYTAG executive director Kiara St. James

By Amy Schatz
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AMNY

Trump DOJ demands NYU Langone patient records of trans youth who underwent gender-affirming care

Peppermint leads a group selfie at Ali Forney Center's annual spring gala on May 7.
Youth

Ali Forney Center’s spring gala raises more than $3 million for at-risk and homeless LGBTQ youth

By Amy Schatz

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Arts

  • “Rhythm Is a Dancer,” directed by Lauren Caster, opens July 16 at the Roxy Cinema. Q&A: Actress Amy Aquino on playing co-star’s real-life lesbian mother in ‘Rhythm Is a Dancer’
  • STORY 4The 9th annual Latin American Foto Festival at the Bronx Documentary Center aims ‘for our Latino community to see themselves’
  • Annie Hoeg and Queen-Tiye Akamefula. ‘What A World! What A World’: An exploration of gender and art
  • “Macho Dancer," directed by Lino Brocka, is running at IFC Center. ‘Macho Dancer,’ a landmark of queer Asian cinema, returns to US
  • Joan Chen stars in her new film, "Montreal, My Beautiful," as Feng Xia, a married, menopausal Chinese immigrant in Montreal who has an affair with Lisa (Charlotte Aubin), a 30-year-old she meets on a dating app. New York Asian Film Festival’s ‘Queer Unbound’ program showcases LGBTQ features

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

  • James Dale and his partner, David Lam, at the NYC Pride March on June 28. Don’t let the parade pass you by
  • Community members march along the boardwalk at Brighton Beach Pride. Even in darkness, find room for queer joy at Pride
  • 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

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