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Politics

Nancy Pelosi signs the Respect for Marriage Act.
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PHOTOS: On the scene for marriage equality at the Capitol

By Donna Aceto
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivers remarks after lawmakers pass the Respect for Marriage Act.
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House passes Respect for Marriage Act

By Matt Tracy
Senator Tammy Baldwin speaking
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US Senate approves Respect for Marriage Act

By Matt Tracy
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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

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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
Politics

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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Arts

  • “Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It," directed by Paris Barclay, opens Feb. 20 at Film Forum. ‘Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It’ charts the rise and fall of a troubled gay musician
  • Beverly Glenn-Copeland's latest release is called “Laughter In Summer." February LGBTQ music: Troye Sivan and Beverly Glenn-Copeland
  • Grammy Award-winning tenor Freddie Ballentine. At 92nd Street Y, ‘Our People’ delivers an operatic tribute to Black queer experiences
  • The culminating piece of the exhibit is a 14th century German statue borrowed from the Cleveland Museum of Art, depicting Jesus and John the Baptist in the style of a married couple. The plaque describes how medieval viewers would have seen their relationship as a form of marriage “with Jesus in the role of the groom” and one that “stretched gender roles and sexual identities.” The Met’s Cloisters Museum offers a delightedly queer-inclusive analysis of sexuality in the Middle Ages
  • After gradually rolling out episodes, the full second of "The Boyfriend" is now available on Netflix. A second date with ‘The Boyfriend’: Gay Japanese reality show returns to Netflix for Season 2

Crime

  • 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
  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers
  • President Donald Trump said he commuted George Santos' prison sentence in a Truth Social post.Santos is back with a ‘large slice of humble pie’ following Trump’s commutation

Perspectives

  • The bare flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 10. We will not be erased: Donald Trump’s theft of our Rainbow Flag won’t fly
  • Steven Love Menendez (second from right) with Randy Wicker (center) and park rangers in front of the flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in 2022 — during the Biden administration. The Rainbow Flag and the heart and soul of Stonewall
  • A banner at the Reclaim Pride Coalition's Queer Liberation March. Four decades in, Black communities are still paying the highest price from HIV — and inaction is not an option
  • Mark Milano. Remembering Mark Milano, a committed activist in the fight against HIV/AIDS
  • A gender equitable city is a stronger New York for everyone

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