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Politics

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PoliticsNY

With LGBTQ+ rights under fire nationally, New York has the opportunity to protect them

Erik Bottcher, Corey Johnson, Christine Quinn, and Tom Duane have all represented District 3 in the City Council.
Politics

Councilmembers from New York’s ‘gay district’ bare all at The Center

By Andy Humm
Education

New York Democratic Committee calls on state to implement LGBTQIA+ curriculum

By Matt Tracy
Politics

Anti-trans policies barrel forward as legal groups scramble to respond

By Matt Tracy
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AMNY

Kristin Richardson Jordan drops re-election bid in crowded Harlem council race

Daniel Dromm (center) holds the original Queens Pride banner at the borough's 2017 march.
Politics

Rebranded LGBTQ political club emerges in Queens

By Matt Tracy
Councilembmer Erik Bottcher with State Representative Zooey Zephyr at City Hall on May 9.
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Bottcher welcomes exiled Montana state lawmaker Zooey Zephyr to New York

By Matt Tracy
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SANTOS INDICTED | Congress Member hit with 13-count federal fraud indictment, pleads not guilty

Politics

Florida approves bathroom bill, ‘conscience’ law, and expansion of ‘Don’t Say Gay or Trans’ 

By Matt Tracy
Shéár Avory of the New Pride Agenda delivers remarks during a rally in Albany on April 25.
Politics

Advocacy day highlights TGNCNBI legislative priorities in Albany

By Matt Tracy
Politics

Montana House of Representatives sidelines trans lawmaker

By Matt Tracy
State Senator George Borrello (center) is the lead sponsor of the anti-trans sports bill in the upper chamber.
Politics

Anti-trans sports bill introduced in Albany, sparking outrage

By Matt Tracy
Politics

Montana House cancels after rally for transgender lawmaker

By Amy Beth Hanson and Sam Metz, AP
Politics

House Republicans pass anti-trans sports bill

By Matt Tracy
Politics

North Dakota governor signs trans athlete bans into law

By Trisha Ahmed, AP/Report for America
Politics

Kansas bans transgender athletes from women’s, girls’ sports

By John Hanna, AP

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Artist Fernando Carpaneda Inaugurates Solo Exhibition at the Arkell Museum
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Target Margin Theater’s anchor pro
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This is Real
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Pilin Anice’s Wellness Workshop Series i
March 15, 10 am

Wellness Workshop with Pilin Anice
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March 15, 3 pm

Masterclass with Francesca Harper
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Get ready for Divas for Dunn — a matinee
March 15, 4 pm

Divas For Dunn: Pride. Power. Party. A Stonewall Fundraiser for Laura Dunn
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Get ready for Divas for Dunn — a politic
March 15, 4 pm

Divas For Dunn: Pride. Power. Party.
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March 15, 5 pm

SCHUBERT WAS A RICE QUEEN
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Verse4Verse is New York’s only dra
March 15, 7 pm

Verse4Verse: Drag + Poetry
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Arts

  • Ignorance = Fear _ Silence = Death by Keith Haring, 1989 copyright © Keith Haring Foundation, Poster House Collection. The visual fight: How posters chronicled NYC’s AIDS crisis
  • Angelo Madsen is the director of "A Body to Live In." Q&A: Trans director Angelo Madsen on Fakir Musafar and ‘A Body to Live In’
  • Anjimile's “You’re Free To Go” debuts March 13. March LGBTQ music: Morrissey’s ‘Make-up Is a Lie’ and Anjimile’s ‘You’re Free To Go’
  • Eloy Pohu in "Enzo." Overview of LGBTQ-themed films at Rendez-vous with French Cinema
  • Andy (Jake Mosser) and Luis (Euriamis Losada) in “Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!" Q&A: Director Todd Stephens on the re-release of ‘Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!’

Crime

  • 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
  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers

Perspectives

  • 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
  • The bare flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 10. We will not be erased: Donald Trump’s theft of our Rainbow Flag won’t fly
  • Steven Love Menendez (second from right) with Randy Wicker (center) and park rangers in front of the flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in 2022 — during the Biden administration. The Rainbow Flag and the heart and soul of Stonewall
  • A banner at the Reclaim Pride Coalition's Queer Liberation March. Four decades in, Black communities are still paying the highest price from HIV — and inaction is not an option

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