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QNS

Forest Hills lawyer launches campaign to become Queens County’s first openly gay elected judge

Marti Cummings, Assemblymember Tony Simone, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Jackie Cox.
Politics

Assemblymember Tony Simone inaugurated in style in Chelsea

By Andy Humm
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Politics

Tennessee restricts drag shows, bans gender-affirming care for youth

By Matt Tracy
Councilmember Vickie Paladino of Queens is known for making inflammatory remarks about the LGBTQ community.
Politics

Council removes anti-LGBTQ Vickie Paladino from Mental Health Committee

By Matt Tracy
Illegal marijuana seller in Bronx
AMNY

Potful of trouble: NYC stores skirting marijuana licensing rules, prompting legal confusion and safety concerns

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Queens councilwoman declares ‘state of emergency’ over fires caused by exploding lithium-ion batteries

Politics

US Rep. Cicilline to step down, lead nonprofit foundation

By Mark Pratt, AP
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AMNY

Adams blasts GOP Florida Governor Ron DeSantis during Staten Island visit

HRC president Kelley Robinson.
Politics

HRC delivers alarming brief on the state of anti-LGBTQ legislation

By Heather Cassell
Glenn D. Magpantay at the 2016 Gay City News Impact Awards.
Politics

Queens-based attorney Glenn D. Magpantay appointed to US Commission on Civil Rights

By Matt Tracy
AMNY

George Santos accused of sexual harassment by congressional aide

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AMNY

Council members look to increase funding for Drag Story Hour, refuse to cower to far-right protesters

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Politics

Mary Trump headlines Jim Owles dinner

By Andy Humm
Politics

Report: George Santos dressed in drag despite echoing ‘groomer’ rhetoric

By Matt Tracy
Politics

George Santos identified as Anthony Devolder at #WalkAway events

By Duncan Osborne
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Legal

Lambda Legal looks to the future under Jennifer Pizer

By Heather Cassell

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LGBTQ+ events in NYC

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Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
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Homage: Queer lineages on video
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Join artist Kang Seung Lee and curator R
Today, 12:30 pm

In Conversation: Kang Seung Lee and Rattanamol Singh Johal
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A new dark comedy about bugs, strangers
Today, 7 pm

let’s talk about anything else
The Flea Theater

Murmuration Theatre Co Presents you are
Today, 7 pm

you are seen (Murmuration Theatre Co @ The Makers’ Space)
Makers’ Space

Baryshnikov Arts presents the World Prem
Today, 7 pm

FIGARO/FAGGOTS
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Tomorrow, 4 pm

QUEER SCREENWRITING SOCIAL by ONEKAGI ARTVERSE
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On Sunday, Sept 28, 2025, A Perf Night o
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A Perf Night of Laughs at The Bell House
The Bell House

Imagine if Emily in Paris was gay, had l
Sept. 29, 7 pm

Comedy show: Why Are You Here?
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Arts

  • Anania, B Noel Thomas, and Caleb Quezon in NYTW's "Saturday Church." ‘Saturday Church’ review: Finding salvation in unlikely places
  • Cardi Bi's latest release is 'Am I The Drama?' September LGBTQ music: Cardi B’s ‘Am I The Drama?’ and Neko Case’s ‘Neon Grey Midnight Green’
  • "She Sells Sea Shells," an exhibition at Alice Austen House Museum in Staten, will run until February 21 of next year. She Sells Sea Shells exhibit debuts at Staten Island’s Alice Austen House 
  • Marilyn Oliva, Roberta Degnore, and Anne Maguire stand together against book bans. Activists protest book bans in front of New York Public Library
  • HIV Unwrapped made its US debut at New York Fashion Week on Sept. 13. ‘HIV Unwrapped’ combines science and style for New York Fashion Week

Crime

  • Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025. In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence
  • Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing
  • U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025. Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles
  • The front of a white brick building representing the Middletown Police Department on a sunny day. DA: Middletown man lured Grindr date to his home in brutal stabbing attack
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025. Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data

Perspectives

  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell at 316 Eighth Avenue. Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress
  • Émilia Decaudin For New York to remain a queer haven, we must build more homes
  • 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

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