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Op-ed | Supporting Manhattan’s LGBTQIA+ community by tackling hate crimes

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New York officials push for LGBTQIA+ bar and nightclub safeguards against hate crimes

Lawmakers and advocates huddle by the podium
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Schumer leads marriage rally at LGBT Center

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto
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Same-sex marriage legislation clears key Senate hurdle

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press
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Schumer: Senate to vote on marriage equality bill this week

By Matt Tracy
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Maloney concedes, but key firsts for LGBTQ candidates on election night

By Matt Tracy
Governor Kathy Hochul at the Stonewall Inn
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Democrats hold pre-election rally at Stonewall

By Matt Tracy & Donna Aceto
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From the Editor

LGBTQ rights and democracy are on the ballot

By Matt Tracy
Congressmember Sean Patrick Maloney
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LGBTQ candidates press forward in election’s final stretch

By Matt Tracy
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Editorial | What’s more important than democracy?

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Tense moments in Jackson Heights as electeds, community leaders ‘rally against hate’ at Drag Story Hour

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Amid wave of opposition, LGBTQ candidates eye wins

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer
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Hochul signs bill to steer resources to LGBTQ seniors

By Matt Tracy
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Lawmakers, labor leaders tout funding for LGBTQ employment program

By Matt Tracy
Councilmember Keith Powers is the lead sponsor of the housing bill.
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Council bill aims to improve housing of TGNCNBI people in city custody

By Matt Tracy
Robert Zimmerman on primary night.
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In first gay v. gay Congressional race, the candidates are “just very different”

By Zachary Jarrell

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Sept. 28, 4 pm

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SoMad presents Life is Drag — A landmark
Sept. 29, noon

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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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