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Perspectives

A Dyke Abroad

Nightmare on Penn Street

BY KELLY COGSWELL
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A Gay Walks into a Bar –– Ow!

BY ED SIKOV
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A Dyke Abroad

When Facts Don't Matter

BY KELLY COGSWELL
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May You Live in Predictable Times

BY ED SIKOV
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Two Sides of Fear’s Coin

BY SAM OGLESBY
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Bringing Back Those Loyalty Oaths

BY BRUCE KOGAN
A Dyke Abroad

Finding Our Feet –– Together

BY KELLY COGSWELL
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Bogus Talk About Boutiques and Biology

BY ED SIKOV
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Forward Ever, Normal Never: Taking Down Trump

BY SUSIE DAY
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Trump Tower’s Troubling Shadow

BY PAUL SCHINDLER
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A Dyke Abroad

Resisting Trump

BY KELLY COGSWELL
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Poorly Educated Columbia Prof Throws Us Under the Bus

BY ED SIKOV
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Those Rural Areas

BY BRUCE KOGAN
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Trump and All That –– A British Progressive Perspective

BY PETER TATCHELL
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A Stain on Our Democracy

BY PAUL SCHINDLER
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A Dyke Abroad

When Trump is King

BY KELLY COGSWELL

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Arts

  • The cast of "Cats: The Jellicle Ball." ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ reimagines a classic through a ballroom lens
  • Arlo Parks' latest release, "Ambiguous Desire," delivers an introspective version of dance music. April LGBTQ music: Arlo Parks’ ‘Ambiguous Desire’ and Gay Meat’s ‘Blue Water’
  • The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division's space at the LGBT Community Center. ‘We can’t let that go’: Hive Mind Books looks to save the last queer bookstore in Manhattan
  • TransArtFest_040226-2New York City’s first Trans Art Fest showcases, connects and empowers trans artists
  • “The Christophers,” directed by Steven Soderbergh, opens April 10. ‘The Christophers’: Intrigue swirls around an aging queer painter

Crime

  • 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
  • Aljo Mrkulic was sentenced for murdering Christopher Rodriguez, assaulting cops, and setting an apartment ablaze in 2020 at the Acacia Gardens affordable housing complex, which is located at 409 E. 120th St. in Harlem. Queens man sentenced for killing partner, assaulting cops in 2020 arson case
  • 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

Perspectives

  • 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 
  • From L to R: Michael-Vincent Crea, Thomas O’Grady, Michael Kane, Caitlin Herrity, Jack Schlossberg, Clover Welsh, Layla Law Gisiko, David Warren, Brendan Fay, Dr. John Lahey, Aaron Pesin, Abby Donley, Nicholas Dodd, Sheila and Meghan Brophy on Fifth Avenue. Lavender and Green Alliance celebrates 10 years in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
  • The Harlem United team on National HIV Testing Day in 2025. Confronting the unequal burden of HIV and AIDS on women of color: Equity cannot wait
  • Bringing awareness to the nationwide attacks on trans youth. In dangerous waters, LGBTQ youth need our support now

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