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Politics

A view of the front steps of New York City Hall.
From the Editor

Overdue Diversity for Council’s LGBT Caucus

By Matt Tracy
Democratic delegate Danica Roem, the first openly transgender person to be elected to Virginia’s General Assembly, in Richmond, Virginia
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Key Wins for LGBTQ Candidates Across the Country

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
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LGBTQ City Council Candidates Coast on Election Night

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Jumaane Williams celebrates reelection as public advocate

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Gay #WalkAway Founder Pleads Guilty for Role in January 6 Riot

By Duncan Osborne
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Eric Adams Leads LGBTQ Unity Rally

By Matt Tracy
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Ex-Governor Cuomo faces sex crime charges for groping former aide

Governor Greg Abbott meets with Texas National Guard troops and U.S. Border Patrol personnel for a briefing regarding security along the Mexico-U.S. border in Weslaco
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Texas Governor Signs Anti-Trans Sports Bill

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Texas House Passes Anti-Trans Youth Sports Bill

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
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Texas State Agency Scrubs LGBTQ Resources From Website

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North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Calls LGBTQ Community “Filth”

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Stephanie Grisham, spokesperson for first lady Melania Trump, arrives for campaign rally in Orlando
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Memoir: Melania Trump’s Staffer Was Fired for Using Grindr

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
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PoliticsNY with Skye: Interview with Tom DiNapoli, NYS Comptroller

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Federal Government Plans Permanent Rainbow Flag at Christopher Park

By Matt Tracy
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court justices hear a major abortion case on the legality of a Republican-backed Louisiana law that imposes restrictions on abortion doctors, on Capitol Hill in Washington
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LGBTQ Advocates Denounce Abortion Ban in Texas

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
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Alphonso David Fired by Human Rights Campaign

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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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