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Kamala Harris' videographer Azza Cohen with Queers for Kamala founders Danny Wein, Kathleen Borschow, and Jeffrey Omura.

Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC honors four leaders at ‘defiant’ awards night

By Donna Aceto

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order banning transgender girls and women from participating in women's sports, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2025.

Politics

Trump bans trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports

By Matt Tracy

Trans activists protest NYU Langone pause on gender-affirming care

AMNY

‘Blood on your hands’: Thousands protest NYU Langone halt of trans youth gender-affirming care after Trump order

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025.

Politics

Recapping the Trump administration’s early anti-trans executive orders

By Matt Tracy

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025.

Politics

State Department, Bureau of Prisons begin carrying out Trump’s transphobic agenda

By Matt Tracy

The New York Supreme Court sided with Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman's law banning transgender women from competing in women's sports, which he signed into law in July.

LI Press

Nassau judge upholds Blakeman’s ban on trans women in sports

Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

Politics

Trump attacks trans and non-binary Americans in dark inaugural speech

By Matt Tracy

US House Speaker Mike Johnson attends a press conference following a House Republican conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 17, 2024.

Politics

House votes to ban trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports

By Matt Tracy

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., December 22, 2024.

Politics

In hateful speech, Trump commits to anti-trans executive orders

By Matt Tracy

Outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4.

Politics

Year in review: What changed for LGBTQ rights in 2024

By Matt Tracy

The US Capitol Building in Washington.

Military

Senate approves anti-trans military spending bill, drawing calls for president’s veto

By Matt Tracy

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is championing the Kids Online Safety Act.

Politics

New York LGBTQ groups call on Congress to reject the Kids Online Safety Act

By Matt Tracy

US House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) leaves following a ceremony to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Marquis de Lafayette's address to the 18th Congress, in Washington, U.S., December 10, 2024.

Health

GOP-led House passes bill blocking gender-affirming care for military families

By Matt Tracy

State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal

AMNY

Manhattan borough president’s race: State Sen. Hoylman-Sigal launches new bid for seat in 2025

The City Council's LGBTQIA+ Caucus members at Brooklyn Pride in 2023.

Politics

Council’s LGBTQIA+ Caucus draws up 11-point ‘Pride in Policy’ platform

By Matt Tracy

Congestion pricing traffic on Manhattan street

AMNY

Congestion pricing in NYC has arrived: Take our amNY poll and tell us what you think

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