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Politics

Politics

ACLU outlines ‘roadmap’ to defending LGBTQ rights in a second Trump term 

By Matt Tracy
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LGBTQ+ leaders across New York share their inspirations in the 2024 LGBTQ+ Power Players list

Transgender
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Nassau Republican Pols Introduce Legislation Banning Transgender Athletes From Competing in Women’s Sports

The New York City subway’s Christopher St. 1 train station, seen here at an earlier date, is being renamed to the Christopher St.-Stonewall National Monument Station.
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Late push in Albany for trans safe haven expansion, STI discrimination, and subway station renaming bills

By Matt Tracy
Health

South Carolina governor approves ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

By Jeffrey Collins, AP
Advocates at a 2020 rally to decriminalize sex work in New York.
Politics

Activists, lawmakers mount fresh push to decriminalize sex work in New York

By Matt Tracy
Politics

Trump vows to ‘end’ Biden’s protections for trans students ‘on day one’

By Matt Tracy
George Latimer
PoliticsNY

Stonewall Democrats of NYC endorse George Latimer for Congress

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and a host of elected officials gathered in November of 2023 to announce the Hate Crimes Modernization Act.
Politics

New York State approves bill to broaden hate crimes law

By Matt Tracy
Mayor Adams
AMNY

How NYC plans to bring hate crime prevention lessons into public school classrooms

Politics

Biden’s new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, but avoid addressing transgender athletes

By Collin Binkley, AP
Politics

Biden campaign launches ‘Out for Biden-Harris’ to mobilize LGBTQ voters

By Matt Tracy
David Mixner speaks during a past Victory Fund event in New York.
Politics

Hundreds remember David Mixner’s life and legacy in NYC

By Heather Cassell
Politics

The Trump camp and the White House clash over Biden’s recognition of Transgender Day of Visibility

By Josh Boak, AP
The US Capitol Building in Washington.
Politics

Spending bill excludes most anti-LGBTQ riders, but bans Rainbow Flags at State Department

By Matt Tracy
PS 111 at 440 W. 53rd St. is one of dozens of schools in Community Education Council 2.
Politics

Out electeds rip Manhattan community education council over anti-trans sports resolution

By Matt Tracy

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Arts

  • 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
  • The Soft Pink Truth's “Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?” debuts Jan. 30th. January LGBTQ music: Sleaford Mods and The Soft Pink Truth
  • Hudson Williams poses on the red carpet at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 11, 2026. Queer representation and trans rights on stage at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards
  • Jodie Foster in “A Private Life” ‘A Private Life’: Jodie Foster plays detective in Paris

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

  • 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
  • The right to use the bathroom is increasingly under threat in New York City. Stop the disgraceful attacks on bathrooms

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