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Politics

The City Council's LGBTQIA+ Caucus members at Brooklyn Pride in 2023.
Politics

Council’s LGBTQIA+ Caucus draws up 11-point ‘Pride in Policy’ platform 

By Matt Tracy
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Out gay Assemblymember Tony Simone of Manhattan speaks to the crowd at a post-election town hall at the LGBT Community Center in New York City on Nov. 13.
Politics

LGBT Center’s post-election town hall outlines quest to ‘Trump-proof’ New York

By Matt Tracy
New Yorkers march against Trump in Manhattan
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New Yorkers declare they ‘won’t back down’ from opposing President-elect Trump at Manhattan march

Immigration Equality executive director Aaron Morris.
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‘People can see the storm coming’: LGBTQ immigrant community braces for second Trump term

By Matt Tracy
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Rep. Tom Suozzi calls for Democrats to stop ‘pandering to the far left,’ denounces trans athletes competing in female sports

Delaware State Senator Sarah McBride will be America's first out trans member of Congress.
Politics

Election takeaways: LGBTQ voters reject Trump, McBride makes history in Delaware, and states protect marriage

By Matt Tracy
Patrons watch the results of Proposal 1 at Julius' in Manhattan on election night, Nov. 5, 2024.
Politics

On gloomy night, New Yorkers approve Proposal 1 and LGBTQ incumbents win handily in NYC

By Matt Tracy
A person casts their vote, with a dog sitting beside them, at the Bernie Wohl Center on the Upper West Side on June 25, 2024.
Elections

The early voter gets the sticker: What it’s like to work at the polls in NYC

By Kathleen Warnock
Former Congressmember Mondaire Jones is vying to return to Capitol Hill.
Politics

The LGBTQ candidates running for office in New York 

By Matt Tracy
Ohio Senator and GOP VP Nominee JD Vance.
Politics

Inside JD Vance’s association with right-wing Catholics

By Duncan Osborne
Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas delivers remarks at the Oct. 21 rally for Proposal 1 outside City Hall.
Politics

LGBTQ leaders and advocates encourage New Yorkers to vote yes on Proposal 1

By Matt Tracy
Senator Marsha Blackburn, a key Republican sponsor of KOSA, has called for "protecting minor children from the transgender in this culture."
Guest Perspective

This free speech week, Democrats in Congress should rethink support for KOSA

By Amanda Babine and Jared Trujillo
LGBTQ
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LGBTQ rights: Where do Harris and Trump stand?

Mayor Adams leaves Manhattan Federal Court on Oct. 2.
Politics

Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City tells Mayor Adams to resign

By Matt Tracy
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to the press outside his official residence, Gracie Mansion, after he was charged with bribery and illegally soliciting a campaign contribution from a foreign national, in New York City, U.S. September 26, 2024.
Politics

LGBTQ lawmakers call on Mayor Adams to resign after federal indictment

By Matt Tracy

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Arts

  • 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
  • “Pillion," directed by Harry Lighton, opens Feb. 6th at the Angelika and AMC Lincoln Square. Dom and sub probe the limits of their feelings in ‘Pillion’
  • Nicole Titus at The Winter Show's Young Collectors Night at the Park Avenue Armory. Young guns having some fun at The Winter Show at the Park Avenue Armory
  • Sophie Hyde's “Jimpa” opens Feb. 5th at the Quad. Generations clash and come together in ‘Jimpa’

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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