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Guest Perspective

Lorenzo Van Ness
Guest Perspective

Love and rage: Reflections on Pride Month and the fight for equity in NYC

By Lorenzo Van Ness
Ethan Felson, executive director of A Wider Bridge.
Guest Perspective

Don’t let them take our Pride away

By Ethan Felson
Randy Mastro.
Guest Perspective

Why I support Randy Mastro for corporation counsel

By Evan Wolfson
Councilmembers Erik Bottcher of Manhattan and Tiffany Cabán of Queens.
Guest Perspective

Social housing for queer liberation

By Councilmembers Erik Bottcher and Tiffany Cabán
Amida Care CEO Doug Wirth.
Guest Perspective

Op-Ed: Discriminatory Nassau County order shows importance of protecting trans rights

By Doug Wirth
A previous Brooklyn Liberation march and rally focused on trans youth.
Guest Perspective

Celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility by protecting trans kids

By State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal 
Food Bank For New York City CEO Leslie Gordon.
Guest Perspective

Fighting food insecurity in LGBTQ community requires multi-faceted approach

By Leslie Gordon
RaySean Dixon
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Cultural competence in health care is a necessity

By RaySean Dixon
New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan at the Health Department's offices in Long Island City, Queens, during a 2022 interview with Gay City News.
Guest Perspective

MPV and what it means for future disease responses

By Dr. Ashwin Vasan, NYC Health Commissioner
Amy Freitag
Guest Perspective

Visionary LGBTQ donors set the stage for modern activism

By Amy Freitag
Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas
Guest Perspective

Coming out isn’t the same for everyone

By Jessica González-Rojas
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Young trans people need support systems in times of stress, particularly when coming out

By Seven Caldwell
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We need to walk away from the “Progress” Profit Flag

By Matt Foreman
Rainbow flag FINALLY flies on Federal land at Stonewall Park.
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Why are lesbians and gay/bi men lumped together in monkeypox stats?

By Michael Petrelis
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Guest Perspective

What the Roe v. Wade overturn means for us and what we can do about it

Joseph Milizio
Blane Charles[32]
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For Pride, Governor Hochul has a chance to protect the LGBTQ+ community

Blane Charles

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Celebrate National Dance Day at the Muse
Tomorrow, noon

National Dance Day Celebration
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Tomorrow, 7 pm

Lavender Laughs: Saturday Night Alive
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Arts

  • "She Sells Sea Shells," an exhibition at Alice Austen House Museum in Staten, will run until February 21 of next year. She Sells Sea Shells exhibit debuts at Staten Island’s Alice Austen House 
  • Marilyn Oliva, Roberta Degnore, and Anne Maguire stand together against book bans. Activists protest book bans in front of New York Public Library
  • HIV Unwrapped made its US debut at New York Fashion Week on Sept. 13. ‘HIV Unwrapped’ combines science and style for New York Fashion Week
  • Denis Shepherd, Brandon Grimes, and Rafael Silva in "The Compatriots." Q&A: Actors Rafael Silva and Brandon Grimes on their roles in gay immigration film ‘The Compatriots’
  • Ane Dahl Torp, Ella Overbye, and Anne Marit Jacobsen in “Dreams (Sex Love)." ‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ concludes ‘Love Sex Dreams’ trilogy with a sapphic coming-of-age tale

Crime

  • Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025. In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence
  • Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing
  • U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025. Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles
  • The front of a white brick building representing the Middletown Police Department on a sunny day. DA: Middletown man lured Grindr date to his home in brutal stabbing attack
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025. Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data

Perspectives

  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell at 316 Eighth Avenue. Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress
  • Émilia Decaudin For New York to remain a queer haven, we must build more homes
  • Ronald Porcelli is the director of the NYC Unity Project. How the NYC Unity Project’s Family Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth Initiative heals families and saves LGBTQ+ lives
  • The 2025 NYC Dyke March. Letter to the editor: NYC Dyke March’s policy represents deliberate exclusion rooted in religious and political identity
  • At the Queer Liberation March in 2022. Pride is resilience, liberation, community, and identity

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