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Politics

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Carlos Menchaca Exits New York City Mayoral Race

By Matt Tracy
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Elisa Crespo Trailing Early on in Bronx Special Election Race

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
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Costa Constantinides Backs Tiffany Cabán for City Council

By Angélica Acevedo
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Activists Rally for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers in Manhattan

By Donna Aceto
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LGBTQ Grants Included in House Reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
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State Senate Passes Bill Prioritizing LGBTQ Seniors for Programs and Services

By Tat Bellamy-Walker
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GOP Lawmakers Assail Equality Act During Senate Hearing

By Matt Tracy
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at an event to rename the Municipal Building in Brooklyn to the “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Municipal Building” in New York City
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De Blasio Says NYPD Should Stop Arresting Sex Workers, But Remains Vague on Decrim

By Matt Tracy
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Jimmy Van Bramer Wants to Make Queer History in Queens

By Matt Tracy
House Intelligence Committee holds hearing with EU Ambassador Sondland on Trump impeachment inquiry on Capitol Hill in Washington
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New York’s LGBTQ Lawmakers Echo Calls for Cuomo’s Resignation

By Matt Tracy
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signs the bill retiring the last state flag in the United States with the Confederate battle emblem, during a ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion in Jackson
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Mississippi Governor Signs Bill Banning Trans Athletes

By Matt Tracy
Out Gay Ex-General Outlines Bid for Mayor
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Loree Sutton Drops Out of New York City Mayoral Race

By Matt Tracy
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Corey Johnson Officially Enters Comptroller Race

By Dean Moses
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Board of Correction Aims to Replace Solitary Confinement in New York City

By Matt Tracy
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Carlos Menchaca’s Uphill March for Progressive Change

By Paul Schindler
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LID Endorses Scott Stringer for Mayor

By Matt Tracy

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Arts

  • Stephen Pasquale plays Charles Condomine in "High Spirits." ‘High Spirits’ musical makes memorable return to New York after more than 60 years
  • Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press briefing on the city’s preparations for a snowstorm at the New York City Emergency Management Department on Jan. 23. Thousands download ‘Heated Rivalry’ from NYPL after Mamdani’s snowstorm suggestion
  • Ani Palmer, Beatrix Rain Wolfe and Sophia Kirkwood-Smith appear in "Big Girls Don't Cry." Sundance Film Festival offers LGBTQ features, documentaries, and shorts
  • Edward Nelson and Miles Mykkanen in "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay." Belonging, art, and trauma collide in The Met’s WWII opera ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay’
  • A 1990 KG vogueing ball at Cafe de Paris. London gallery revisits Black queer nightlife and a transatlantic culture pipeline

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

  • 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
  • AIDS Walk New York in 2025. Forty years later, the unequal impact of HIV persists — and we refuse to accept it
  • The Caribbean Equality Project team at their inaugural gala on Sept. 19. Caribbean Equality Project celebrates a decade of resistance and belonging

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