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Sports

Carl Nassib, NFL’s first out gay player, announces retirement

By Matt Tracy

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Brooklyn Paper

Man indicted for hate crime after allegedly attacking transgender woman on Bed-Stuy subway

Customers shopping at Housing Works Cannabis Co.’s 1 Astor Place store in New York City.

Business

Housing Works’ cannabis dispensary posts $12 million in sales in first six months

By Heather Cassell

Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

Legal

A judge has blocked, for now, a Texas law drag show performers fear will shut them down

By Juan Lozano, AP

Members of Rainbow Hieghts Club at 25 Elm Place in Brooklyn.

Health

Rainbow Heights Club combats mental health crisis with peer support

By Emily Sawaked

Inside Christopher Park.

Crime

Man arrested for vandalizing Rainbow Flags near Stonewall

By Matt Tracy

Injectable PrEP, approved by the FDA in 2021 to prevent HIV, now has the backing of the US Preventive Services Task Force.

Health

Panel’s endorsement paves the way for insurance coverage of injectable PrEP

By Matt Tracy

A recent survey shows that many LGBTQ groups faced myriad forms of hate in 2022, including online harassment, phone calls, and in-person interactions.

Advocacy

Most LGBTQ groups experienced harassment or violence in 2022, survey shows

By Emily Sawaked

Makyyla Holland, 25, filed a lawsuit that prompted the Broome County Jail to implement policies for the treatment of LGBTQ people in custody.

Legal

Broome County Jail settles with trans woman, announces new LGBTQ guidelines

By Matt Tracy

Photo Update

AMNY

Man still sought for hurling anti-LGBTQ remarks at, slugging Hudson River Park jogger

Politics

Florida imposes stricter anti-trans bathroom policy

By Emily Sawaked

Seniors

Trans adults worried about finding welcoming spaces to live in their later years

By Andrew DeMillo, Lynne Sladky, and Laura Bargfeld, AP

Manuel Oliver and Paduay-Oliver (left) stopped in New York City on their tour against gun violence.

Activism

Gays Against Guns, parents of Parkland victim meet at NYC AIDS Memorial

By Matt Tracy

Politics

GOP presidential hopefuls assail trans rights at first Republican debate

By Matt Tracy

Crime

Killer of Mag.Pi store owner had history of anti-LGBTQ social media posts

By Emily Sawaked

The statehouse in Alabama is where lawmakers approved a ban on gender-affirming care for youth. The law has been held up by the courts, but the state is now allowed to enforce it.

Health

Appeals court allows Alabama to enforce ban on gender-affirming care for minors

By Arthur S. Leonard

More from Around NYC

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Mamdani presents artwork by Bronx-based designer Edwin Reyes at Toñita Fest 2026

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Mayor Mamdani presents artwork by Bronx-based designer Edwin Reyes at Toñita Fest 2026

Doloresce, a Haitian immigrant who said he was currently in the U.S. on a temporary Protected Status (TPS), poses for a portrait, on the day of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections from hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian migrants, in the Little Haiti neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., June 25, 2026.

Outrage builds over Supreme Court’s termination of TPS for Haitians

City Council Speaker Julie Menin (l.) with Deputy Speaker Nantasha Williams, who according to the Quadrennial Advisory Commission, testified in May 2026 that , increasing the salaries of the city’s elected officials was a long-overdue cost of living adjustment.

NYC elected officials could get nearly 20% pay raises this summer – far more than they asked for