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From the Editor

Pride, Fear & Freedom of the Press

By Paul Schindler
Sean Coleman – Founder and Executive Director – Destination Tomorrow
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Black Leaders to the Front in an Inclusive Show of Unity

By Sean Coleman
Pride Sunday falls on June 30 this year.
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This Year, Make Pride Really Count

By Amit Singh Bagga
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America Liberated! Trump Found In Bunker!

By Susie Day
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From the Editor

Progressives Must Unite Around Ritchie Torres in the Bronx

By Paul Schindler
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Guest Perspective

The Free Press Is Under Assault in America

By Judy Patrick
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A Dyke Abroad

Paris Under COVID-19

By Kelly Cogswell
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Snide Lines

Those Most In Need of Mercy

By Susie Day
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Guest Perspective

NYC Artists Must Not Be Overlooked in Pandemic

By Sam P. Israel
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Guest Perspective

Census 2020: Complicated for the LGBTQ Community, But It Counts

By Glenn D. Magpantay
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From the Editor

Time to End the Ban on Gay Blood Donations

By Paul Schindler
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From the Editor

Grotesque HIV/ COVID Comparison from a NY Post Editor

By Paul Schindler
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A Dyke Abroad

Using “TERF” Randomly & Other Signs Your Misogyny Is Showing

By Kelly Cogswell
Guest Perspective

Coronavirus: Skirting the Line Between Panic and Dangerous Denial

By Jeremy Greenbaum
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Guest Perspective

Black History is Queer History & Queer History is Black History

By Crystal Hudson
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Snide Lines

K’Sisay Sadiki : Growing Up Panther

By Susie Day

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Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
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Homage: Queer lineages on video
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Celebrate National Dance Day at the Muse
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National Dance Day Celebration
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Local host Nomie K. Baker is back at Yan
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Lavender Laughs: Saturday Night Alive
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Today, 7:30 pm

2025 Boombox Burlesque Festival
Speyer Hall

Join Illume Fertility at the Men Having
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Visit Illume Fertility at the Men Having Babies New York Conference for Free Onsite Consultations and Exclusive Discounts on Fertility Treatments
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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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