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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
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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
Politics

Montana House of Representatives sidelines trans lawmaker

By Matt Tracy
State Senator George Borrello (center) is the lead sponsor of the anti-trans sports bill in the upper chamber.
Politics

Anti-trans sports bill introduced in Albany, sparking outrage

By Matt Tracy
Politics

Montana House cancels after rally for transgender lawmaker

By Amy Beth Hanson and Sam Metz, AP

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Arts

  • The cast of "Cats: The Jellicle Ball." ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ reimagines a classic through a ballroom lens
  • Arlo Parks' latest release, "Ambiguous Desire," delivers an introspective version of dance music. April LGBTQ music: Arlo Parks’ ‘Ambiguous Desire’ and Gay Meat’s ‘Blue Water’
  • The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division's space at the LGBT Community Center. ‘We can’t let that go’: Hive Mind Books looks to save the last queer bookstore in Manhattan
  • TransArtFest_040226-2New York City’s first Trans Art Fest showcases, connects and empowers trans artists
  • “The Christophers,” directed by Steven Soderbergh, opens April 10. ‘The Christophers’: Intrigue swirls around an aging queer painter

Crime

  • Grammy-winning musician Lil Nas X leaves court after a preliminary hearing on four felony charges for allegedly assaulting and resisting police officers responding to an incident in August when police approached him while he was reportedly walking nearly naked on the streets of Los Angeles, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 12, 2026. Lil Nas X agrees to maintain treatment in two-year deal to drop charges
  • Aljo Mrkulic was sentenced for murdering Christopher Rodriguez, assaulting cops, and setting an apartment ablaze in 2020 at the Acacia Gardens affordable housing complex, which is located at 409 E. 120th St. in Harlem. Queens man sentenced for killing partner, assaulting cops in 2020 arson case
  • Bomb threats, sent via email, targeted the New York University campus on the morning of Jan. 22, the school announced. Anti-LGBTQ bomb threats target NYU, prompting NYPD to increase security
  • The person suspected of voicing anti-LGBTQ slurs and attacking an individual on a 6 train on Jan. 10. Man suffers anti-LGBTQ subway attack after kissing trans partner: police
  • Police tape surrounds a vehicle after its driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. ‘They killed my wife’: Outrage follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis

Perspectives

  • Andy Humm and Ruth Messinger in the aftermath of the passage of New York City's gay rights bill. Forty years since New Yorkers won gay rights, the fight for justice is more urgent than ever
  • Katie Blum is underscoring the importance of funding to make sure New York's legal system respects transgender individuals when they seek to align their legal documents with their gender identity. Access to justice is essential for transgender New Yorkers — and it depends on the IOLA Fund 
  • From L to R: Michael-Vincent Crea, Thomas O’Grady, Michael Kane, Caitlin Herrity, Jack Schlossberg, Clover Welsh, Layla Law Gisiko, David Warren, Brendan Fay, Dr. John Lahey, Aaron Pesin, Abby Donley, Nicholas Dodd, Sheila and Meghan Brophy on Fifth Avenue. Lavender and Green Alliance celebrates 10 years in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
  • The Harlem United team on National HIV Testing Day in 2025. Confronting the unequal burden of HIV and AIDS on women of color: Equity cannot wait
  • Bringing awareness to the nationwide attacks on trans youth. In dangerous waters, LGBTQ youth need our support now

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