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Politics

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the Oval Office.
Politics

LGBTQ Democrats hail Biden’s legacy and shift attention to Harris’ campaign

By Matt Tracy
A view of the front steps of New York City Hall.
Politics

City Council votes to expand rapid STI testing, require transparency on dress codes

By Matt Tracy
Senator JD Vance speaks at a podium on stage.
Politics

‘MAGA clone’: JD Vance brings anti-LGBTQ record to 2024 campaign

By Matt Tracy
Transgender
LI Press

New York State Attorney General Sues Nassau County Over Transgender Athlete Ban

Politics

Doug Burgum vetoed anti-LGBTQ measures while governor. Then he started running for president

By Jack Dura, AP
Trangender
LI Press

Protesters Rally Against Nassau Transgender Athlete Ban

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has re-introduced The John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act.
Politics

Gillibrand reintroduces legislation to protect LGBTQ youth and families in foster care

By Matt Tracy
An individual at holds a sign at the Nassau County Legislative Building during a demonstration against the county's anti-trans sports policy.
Politics

Lawmakers in Nassau County pass transgender athlete ban

By Associated Press and Gay City News
Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan (middle).
Health

Adams administration reverses proposal to cut Health Department’s HIV/‌AIDS budget

By Matt Tracy
Politics

Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban

By Zeke Miller, AP
A view of the Stonewall Inn from Christopher Park, which is also the home of the Stonewall National Monument.
Politics

New York congressmembers to introduce resolution designating June 28 as ‘Stonewall Day’

By Matt Tracy
Elected officials and Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC members.
Politics

Stonewall Democrats host annual Pride event

By Gay City News
Politics

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

By Matt Tracy
PoliticsNY

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

Transgender
LI Press

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.
Politics

Late push in Albany for trans safe haven expansion, STI discrimination, and subway station renaming bills

By Matt Tracy

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Arts

  • Last October, President Trump, like presidents before him, issued an executive proclamation declaring Oct. 11, 2025, General Pulaski Memorial Day.Was General Pulaski a Revolutionary War Intersex Hero?
  • “Drunken Noodles," directed by Lucio Castro, opened June 25 at the IFC Center. Q&A with ‘Drunken Noodles’ director Lucio Castro
  • If America were handing out scores for the stories it chooses to remember, LGBTQ+ ballroom culture would earn a verdict without hesitation: tens across the board.Tens Across the Board: Why Ballroom Culture Belongs at the Center of LGBTQ+ History
  • HanJie_NQTStagingPride_May_2Staging Pride helps queer youth express themselves through theater
  • Art Smith of Gay Barchives stands against the backdrop of Avi Ram's mural. Facebook group Gay Barchives captures glory days, forges connections

Crime

  • Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez holds a press conference on August 10, 2023 to announce an indictment in the stabbing death of O'Shae Sibley, a gay man who was killed at a Brooklyn gas station. Man convicted of manslaughter in death of O’Shae Sibley
  • sketch of bigot behind lower east side hate crimeCops hunt Lower East Side bigot who beat boy with belt after anti-LGBTQ+ hate tirade
  • A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack. Man charged with killing gay dancer O’Shae Sibley claims self-defense
  • suspect in Brooklyn hate crimeBrooklyn hate crime suspect cuffed in the Bronx for fare evasion: cops
  • Grammy-winning musician Lil Nas X leaves court after a preliminary hearing on four felony charges for allegedly assaulting and resisting police officers responding to an incident in August when police approached him while he was reportedly walking nearly naked on the streets of Los Angeles, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 12, 2026. Lil Nas X agrees to maintain treatment in two-year deal to drop charges

Perspectives

  • Community members march along the boardwalk at Brighton Beach Pride. Even in darkness, find room for queer joy at Pride
  • Martha Shelley reads to the audience at the LGBT Community Center on Oct. 15, 2023. Past triumphs, present challenges: Reflections on the fight for LGBTQ rights — and what comes next
  • Callen-Lorde staff members. Health equity for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers starts with primary care
  • Andy Humm and Ruth Messinger in the aftermath of the passage of New York City's gay rights bill. Forty years since New Yorkers won gay rights, the fight for justice is more urgent than ever
  • Katie Blum is underscoring the importance of funding to make sure New York's legal system respects transgender individuals when they seek to align their legal documents with their gender identity. Access to justice is essential for transgender New Yorkers — and it depends on the IOLA Fund 

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