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Politics

Manhattan State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and LGBTQ advocates in Albany earlier this year.
Health

New York State and City move to become safe haven for trans youth and families

By Matt Tracy
LGBTQIA+ Caucus Co-Chairs Tiffany Cabán of Queens and Crystal Hudson of Brooklyn leads the City Council's banner.
Politics

City Council bill would establish protections for sex workers

By Matt Tracy
Politics

Biden condemns wave of state legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, says ‘these are our kids’

By Darlene Superville, AP
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Brooklyn Paper

Borough President Reynoso celebrates beginning of Pride Month

LGBTQIA+ Caucus member Erik Bottcher of Manhattan (left) and LGBTQIA+ Caucus co-chair Crystal Hudson of Brooklyn (right) at the LGBT Community Center last year.
Politics

City Council’s LGBTQIA+ Caucus unveils comprehensive policy plan

By Matt Tracy
Manhattan State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal.
Politics

Brad Hoylman-Sigal reflects on Adult Survivors Act and Child Victims Act

By Duncan Osborne
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PoliticsNY

With LGBTQ+ rights under fire nationally, New York has the opportunity to protect them

Erik Bottcher, Corey Johnson, Christine Quinn, and Tom Duane have all represented District 3 in the City Council.
Politics

Councilmembers from New York’s ‘gay district’ bare all at The Center

By Andy Humm
Education

New York Democratic Committee calls on state to implement LGBTQIA+ curriculum

By Matt Tracy
Politics

Anti-trans policies barrel forward as legal groups scramble to respond

By Matt Tracy
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AMNY

Kristin Richardson Jordan drops re-election bid in crowded Harlem council race

Daniel Dromm (center) holds the original Queens Pride banner at the borough's 2017 march.
Politics

Rebranded LGBTQ political club emerges in Queens

By Matt Tracy
Councilembmer Erik Bottcher with State Representative Zooey Zephyr at City Hall on May 9.
Politics

Bottcher welcomes exiled Montana state lawmaker Zooey Zephyr to New York

By Matt Tracy
AMNY

SANTOS INDICTED | Congress Member hit with 13-count federal fraud indictment, pleads not guilty

Politics

Florida approves bathroom bill, ‘conscience’ law, and expansion of ‘Don’t Say Gay or Trans’ 

By Matt Tracy
Shéár Avory of the New Pride Agenda delivers remarks during a rally in Albany on April 25.
Politics

Advocacy day highlights TGNCNBI legislative priorities in Albany

By Matt Tracy

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Arts

  • Morgan Bassichis in "Can I Be Frank?" ‘Can I Be Frank?’: Solo show honors a comic queer pioneer
  • A man and a woman's faces are close together in a black and white scene in “Who Killed Teddy Bear," directed by Joseph Cates, opens Aug. 8 at the Film Forum. “Who Killed Teddy Bear,” dramatic thriller starring out actor Sal Mineo, screening at Film Forum
  • Chappell Roan performs at the 2024 Governor's Ball, where she debuted her new song, "The Subway." ‘The Subway’ arrives: Chappell Roan drops music video for NYC-inspired breakup ballad
  • Ellen Adair, Mitzi Akaha, and Scott Thomas in "Coming Out Polyamorous." Chain NYC Festival, set for mid-August, offers six LGBTQ shorts
  • Two men hug while facing the camera and holding roses in "Taxi Zum Klo." Frank Ripploh’s ‘Taxi Zum Klo’ is still provocative, 45 years later

Crime

  • Outside of The Monster in Greenwich Village. Man allegedly brandishes knife, defaces Pride sign in Greenwich Village: NYPD
  • Police officers in NYPD vests examine scene where person was shotTwo men shot near Harlem gay bar; shooter remains at large, cops say
  • Man in suit looks at crime scene with blood and napkins on sidewalkStonewall shooting: Two teen girls shot near historic Village inn during Pride celebrations
  • murder trans PhillyKiller convicted in murder of Philly trans woman Dominique Fells
  • Photographs and candles pay tribute to the late Cecilia Gentili during a memorial service at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan on Feb. 7, 2024. Man sentenced to 19 years in connection with death of activist Cecilia Gentili

Perspectives

  • Ronald Porcelli is the director of the NYC Unity Project. How the NYC Unity Project’s Family Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth Initiative heals families and saves LGBTQ+ lives
  • The 2025 NYC Dyke March. Letter to the editor: NYC Dyke March’s policy represents deliberate exclusion rooted in religious and political identity
  • At the Queer Liberation March in 2022. Pride is resilience, liberation, community, and identity
  • A picture depicting the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV prior to his election is displayed as Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova speaks during a press conference, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025. Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues
  • Carmen Hernandez. Patients and employers pay more as healthcare conglomerates profit from federal program meant to serve vulnerable communities

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