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Perspectives

Guest Perspective

Rent Freeze a Win For Affordability

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
Media Circus

Misconceptions, Lies & Fear-Mongering About Sex

BY ED SIKOV
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From the Editor

A Vindication for Activism — and Rehabilitation, Too

BY PAUL SCHINDLER
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Media Circus

The Standards Jonathan Capehart Sets For Himself

BY ED SIKOV
A Dyke Abroad

Storifying Stonewall

BY KELLY COGSWELL
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Guest Perspective

The Homophobia that Never Disappears

BY SAM OGLESBY
Guest Perspective

Locker Room Kiss

BY BEN KRULL
From the Editor

Democrats Support Marriage Equality… Big Deal!

BY PAUL SCHINDLER
A Dyke Abroad

Hating Kim Davis

BY KELLY COGSWELL
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Altruism: Viral & More Dangerous than ISIS

BY SUSIE DAY
The Long View

Sex Work in the Wake of the Rentboy.com Raid

BY NATHAN RILEY
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Media Circus

Her Hairdo(n’t) Is Hardly the Problem

BY ED SIKOV
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Homeland Security Must Put Up or Shut Up

BY PAUL SCHINDLER
A Dyke Abroad

Long Live the Lezzie –– In the Post-Label Era

BY KELLY COGSWELL
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Mennonites and Men Monday Nights

BY ED SIKOV
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Guest Perspective

With Much Work Remaining, First Transgender White House Official Signals Great Progress

BY JILLIAN T. WEISS

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Arts

  • Daniel Craig in "Wake Up Dead Man." ‘Wake Up Dead Man’: Two steps forward, one step back
  • "Emolsa," from Lola Flash's "Unsung Fire Island" series. Lola Flash’s ‘Believable’ inaugurates a new art collaboration and sees a New York future
  • James Harry Reyos in “Night in West Texas.”  ‘Night in West Texas’: Underwhelming story of a priest’s death and a wrongful conviction
  • Kristen Chenoweth as Jackie Siegel in “The Queen of Versailles." Meandering and unfocused, ‘The Queen of Versailles’ collapses under its own weight
  • “Peaches Goes Bananas," directed by Marie Loisier, opened at Anthology Film Archives Dec. 3. ‘Peaches Goes Bananas’ presents three-dimensional portrait of a queer rock star

Crime

  • 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
  • The corner of New Lots Ave. and Vermont St. in Brooklyn is where an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack took place on Oct. 5. Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband
  • Penn Station on Aug. 27, 2025. Lawmakers demand answers from Amtrak after hundreds of arrests at Penn Station men’s bathroom

Perspectives

  • 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
  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell. Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress

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