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Cecilia Gentili at an mpox-related demonstration in July of 2022.

Friends and family bid farewell to Cecilia Gentili at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

By Matt Tracy

NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban visited Dubai after members of the department's emergency services unit traveled there earlier this year.

NYPD competed with anti-LGBTQ Chechen authorities in Dubai

By Matt Tracy

Steve Ostrow opened the Continental Baths in the basement of this building at 2109 Broadway.

Steve Ostrow, founder of NYC’s Continental Baths, dies at 91

By Matt Tracy

Religion

Jesuits in US bolster outreach initiative aimed at encouraging LGBTQ Catholics

By David Crary, AP

Politics

Statehouses and AGs continue attacks on trans Americans

By Matt Tracy

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

‘She always showed up’: Hundreds memorialize Cecilia Gentili in Manhattan

By Matt Tracy

AMNY

Manhattan state senator pushes for Donald Trump’s disqualification from November presidential ballot in New York

Cecilia Gentili at an mpox-related demonstration in July of 2022.

Cecilia Gentili, longtime advocate for trans people, immigrants, and sex workers, dies at 52

By Matt Tracy

Fr. Rev. Cannon George L. Bonner delivers homily at the funeral service last month for Vincentian-born community worker Joseph Alexander "Alex" Hinds.

Caribbean Life

Belizean Episcopal rector: What would Jesus do in the Israeli-Hamas War?

Marsha P. Johnson State Park is one of the 48 locations included in the NYC LGBT Historic Sites' Black History Month collection.

History

Dozens of NYC’s LGBTQ historic sites in the spotlight for Black History Month

By Matt Tracy

The Reclaim Pride Coalition's Jay W. Walker leads a town hall meeting about the 2024 Queer Liberation March at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan on Jan. 26.

Pride

Reclaim Pride Coalition weighs route, theme of 2024 Queer Liberation March

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto

The Skaneateles Central School District is located at 45 East Elizabeth Street in Skaneateles.

Mother backed by anti-trans legal group sues New York school over parental notification policy

By Matt Tracy

TC Wheelers in Tonawanda, New York.

Legal

Western New York pizzeria ordered to pay $25k for discriminating against trans worker

By Matt Tracy

State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal.

Politics

New York updates heteronormative rape law to include oral, anal sexual contact

By Matt Tracy

National

Trans veterans sue to have gender-affirming surgery covered by Department of Veteran Affairs

By Pat Eaton-Robb, AP

Elisa Crespo, seen here in January of 2024 during her time with New Pride Agenda, cuts the ribbon to signal the official opening of a drop-in space in Manhattan.

New Pride Agenda opens drop-in space with resources for LGBTQ New Yorkers

By Matt Tracy

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How to cool down in Brooklyn as historic heat wave grips New York City

The Filipino fast-food chain Jollibee officially opened its first Bronx location on July 1, drawing crowds of eager customers whose lines wrapped around the block before the restaurant opened its doors.

Filipino fast-food chain Jollibee opens its first Bronx location in The Hub

A Samaritan's Purse emergency field hospital, in the aftermath of the June 24 earthquakes, at the port of La Guaira, Venezuela, July 1, 2026.

Venezuelan quake jacks up portion of Trinidad coastline

Anders Lee Islanders

Ex-Islanders captain Anders Lee signs 3-year deal with Mammoth