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Perspectives

Clones of medicinal marijuana plants are pictured at Los Angeles Patients & Caregivers Group dispensary in West Hollywood
Guest Perspective

Why New York’s Cannabis Industry Can’t Shut Out the LGBTQ Community

By Tyme Ferris and Thomas Kupiec
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The Gender Issues Permeating PrEP

By Matt Tracy
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Guest Perspective

On World AIDS Day, Let’s Remember AIDS in New York State is Not History — It’s a Lived Reality

By Reginald Brown
layleen Polanco
Guest Perspective

Speaker Johnson: Will You Honor My Sister for Trans Day of Remembrance?

By Melania Brown
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From the Editor

A Career Worth Celebrating

By Matt Tracy
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From the Editor

Overdue Diversity for Council’s LGBT Caucus

By Matt Tracy
Activist, drag artist, and City Council hopeful Marti Gould Cummings.
Guest Perspective

Congress Can Help Make Affordable Health Care a Reality

By Marti Allen-Cummings
Amida Care CEO Doug Wirth.
Letters to the Editor

State Must Invest in Medicaid

By Doug Wirth
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Letters to the Editor

New York State Should Cover True Cost of Gender-Affirming Care

By Diana Mantilla-Raad
2019 Dyke March. Biggest I have ever seen.
Guest Perspective

Reflecting on the 2021 Dyke March

By Leslie Cagan
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From the Editor

Athletes Deliver a Pride Month to Remember

By Matt Tracy
World premiere of “Western Stars” at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto
Music

Great Expectations with Bruce Springsteen 

By Nicholas Boston
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Guest Perspective

Op-Ed: Don’t Forget the “I” LGBTQIA+

By Daniel Dromm
LGBTQ Health Leader Warns Expanded HIV Care Needed Now
Guest Perspective

Op-Ed: We Can’t End HIV Epidemic Without Gender-Affirming Care

By Doug Wirth & Zil Goldstein
Joint LGBTQ and Black Lives Matter march in New York City
Perspectives

Dominating and Humiliating Pride Into Respectability

By Steve Erickson
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Op-Ed: An Invitation to GOAL

By Andre Thomas

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Arts

  • "Lesbian Space Princess," directed by Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs, opens Oct. 31. ‘Lesbian Space Princess’: A delightful animated sci-fi comedy
  • Posing for a picture at the 2024 Village Halloween Parade. Annual Village Halloween Parade returning for 52nd year
  • Joshua Henry, Cassie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz, and the cast of "Ragtime." Sing a song of America: The revival of ‘Ragtime’ is not to be missed
  • Sasha Colby With Stripped II, Sasha Colby is turning vulnerability into performance art
  • Camryn Garrett is the author of “The Forgotten Summer of Seneca." Portal to the past: Author Camryn Garrett champions overlooked Black history for young readers

Crime

  • 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
  • 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

Perspectives

  • 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
  • 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

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