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LGBTQ rights: Where do Harris and Trump stand?

Mayor Adams leaves Manhattan Federal Court on Oct. 2.
Politics

Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City tells Mayor Adams to resign

By Matt Tracy
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to the press outside his official residence, Gracie Mansion, after he was charged with bribery and illegally soliciting a campaign contribution from a foreign national, in New York City, U.S. September 26, 2024.
Politics

LGBTQ lawmakers call on Mayor Adams to resign after federal indictment

By Matt Tracy
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024 and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 15, 2024.
Politics

Poll: LGBTQ voters are motivated and strongly favor Harris over Trump

By Matt Tracy
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 10, 2024
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Trump continues pushing transphobic rhetoric during presidential debate

By Matt Tracy
Sarah McBride, seen here in 2021, will be America's first out trans member of Congress.
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Trans Delaware State Senator Sarah McBride wins primary race for Congressional seat

By Matt Tracy
Ohio Senator and GOP VP Nominee JD Vance.
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In unearthed clip, JD Vance attacks lesbian AFT president Randi Weingarten

By Matt Tracy
Congressmember Josh Gottheimer during a Pride Month roundtable with LGBTQ advocates.
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Congressmembers seek task force to protect LGBTQ older adults

By Matt Tracy
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LGBTQ leaders blast Trump-Vance campaign at Democratic National Convention

By Matt Tracy
George Santos
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Disgraced Former Rep. George Santos Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Identity Theft

Former President Donald Trump.
Politics

Trump leans into transphobic attacks on Harris and Walz

By Matt Tracy
Tim Walz has served as governor of Minnesota since 2019.
Politics

Harris selects longtime LGBTQ ally Tim Walz as running mate 

By Matt Tracy
Activists denounce Project 2025 and the campaign's threats to democracy during a Times Square demonstration on July 27.
Politics

Project 2025 leader steps down from Heritage Foundation amid negative publicity

By Matt Tracy
Vice President Kamala Harris.
Politics

A look at Vice President Kamala Harris’ LGBTQ record

By Matt Tracy
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the Oval Office.
Politics

LGBTQ Democrats hail Biden’s legacy and shift attention to Harris’ campaign

By Matt Tracy
A view of the front steps of New York City Hall.
Politics

City Council votes to expand rapid STI testing, require transparency on dress codes

By Matt Tracy

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Arts

  • “Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It," directed by Paris Barclay, opens Feb. 20 at Film Forum. ‘Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It’ charts the rise and fall of a troubled gay musician
  • Beverly Glenn-Copeland's latest release is called “Laughter In Summer." February LGBTQ music: Troye Sivan and Beverly Glenn-Copeland
  • Grammy Award-winning tenor Freddie Ballentine. At 92nd Street Y, ‘Our People’ delivers an operatic tribute to Black queer experiences
  • The culminating piece of the exhibit is a 14th century German statue borrowed from the Cleveland Museum of Art, depicting Jesus and John the Baptist in the style of a married couple. The plaque describes how medieval viewers would have seen their relationship as a form of marriage “with Jesus in the role of the groom” and one that “stretched gender roles and sexual identities.” The Met’s Cloisters Museum offers a delightedly queer-inclusive analysis of sexuality in the Middle Ages
  • After gradually rolling out episodes, the full second of "The Boyfriend" is now available on Netflix. A second date with ‘The Boyfriend’: Gay Japanese reality show returns to Netflix for Season 2

Crime

  • 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
  • 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

Perspectives

  • 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
  • Mark Milano. Remembering Mark Milano, a committed activist in the fight against HIV/AIDS
  • 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

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