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Martha Stark on tax equity
AMNY

Op-ed | New York City’s broken property tax system

The Cooper Rapid Rehousing Center in Glendale, Queens, Jan. 2, 2024.
New York City

Shelter operator with $1.84B in city contracts sued for anti-gay discrimination

By Haidee Chu, THE CITY
A marcher prepares to lay her effigies to rest in Manhattan on Dec. 28.
Activism

Jewish LGBTQ activists silently mourn civilian deaths in Gaza

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto
Mayor Eric Adams
AMNY

Op-ed | Keeping nightlife safe in New York City

US District Judge Stephen H. Locher ruled against several parts of a recently-enacted anti-LGBTQ state law in Iowa.
Legal

Federal court blocks parts of Iowa’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

By Arthur S. Leonard
Crowds hover around Ginger's Bar at Brooklyn Pride in 2023.
National

Report: LGBTQ people represent 5.5% of US population

By Matt Tracy
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine.
Politics

Ohio governor vetoes legislation barring trans athletes and gender-affirming care for youth

By Matt Tracy
Jay W. Walker facilitates a question from Jennifer Flynn Walker.
Politics

New grassroots group looks to mobilize resistance to Project 2025

By Vivian Farmery and Alexis Danzig
Health

Stigma against gay men could worsen Congo’s biggest mpox outbreak, scientists warn

By Jean-Yves Kamale & Maria Cheng, AP
Judge B. Lynn Winmill of the US District Court for the District of Idaho put a hold on the state's legislation against trans youth.
Legal

Federal court blocks enforcement of Idaho’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

By Arthur S. Leonard
A man was attacked by a stranger at an Inwood McDonald's in early December, according to police.
Crime

Man suffers anti-LGBTQ attack at Inwood McDonald’s

By Matt Tracy
International

Thailand’s LGBTQ community hopeful about marriage equality bill

By Jerry Harmer and Jintamas Saksornchai, AP
Muse Model Management is located at 150 Broadway in Manhattan.
Fashion

Trans model sues NYC agency for alleged discrimination

By Matt Tracy
Religion

‘I was shocked’: LGBTQ Catholics cheer after Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples

By Matt Tracy
Religion

One fourth of United Methodist churches in US have left in schism over LGBTQ ban. What happens now?

By Peter Smith, AP
Congressmembers are mounting a bid to protect LGBTQ-owned small businesses.
Business

Democrats reintroduce bill to protect LGBTQ-owned businesses from discrimination

By Matt Tracy

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April 29, 7 pm

Launch Party! Journal of Experimental Fiction 40th Anniversary Edition
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Arts

  • David Tag (as Jake), left, with Benji (as Lloyd Eyre-Morgan) in "Departures." Q&A: Director Lloyd Eyre-Morgan on love, trauma, and intimacy in ‘Departures’
  • The stage at the Publishing Triangle’s 38th annual awards ceremony at the New School. ‘Every book is an act of resistance’: Publishing Triangle’s annual awards ceremony honors LGBTQ books and authors
  • The "Sakia, Sakia, Sakia, Sakia" mural along the McCarter Highway painted by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh in memory of Sakia Gunn in 2016 as a part of the Newark Downtown District’s Gateways to Newark initiative, “Portraits.” Fourth annual Newark LGBTQ Film Festival to spotlight dozens of BIPOC queer films
  • lthough “Tropical Park” was shot without a written script, it hits certain beats in a structured manner. Museum of the Moving Image’s ‘First Look’ series features LGBTQ filmmakers, themes
  • Nicolas Moncayo as Amory Legato. From Texas to New York: Nicolas Moncayo brings Southern charm as Amory Legato in ‘Memoirs of a Drag Queen’

Crime

  • 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
  • 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

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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