Gay City News: January 17, 2019
LGBTQ+ events in NYC
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Dec. 31, 9 pm
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Jan. 2, 2026, 7 pm
Arts
‘Wake Up Dead Man’: Two steps forward, one step back
Lola Flash’s ‘Believable’ inaugurates a new art collaboration and sees a New York future
‘Night in West Texas’: Underwhelming story of a priest’s death and a wrongful conviction
Meandering and unfocused, ‘The Queen of Versailles’ collapses under its own weight
‘Peaches Goes Bananas’ presents three-dimensional portrait of a queer rock star
Politics
Trump administration issues proposed rules seeking to ban youth gender-affirming care
House votes to criminalize youth gender-affirming care
Mayor-elect Mamdani says it’s ‘not the time’ for Brooklyn Council Member Chi Ossé to primary House Democratic Leader Jeffries
Manhattan Council Member Erik Bottcher tells amNewYork he’s running for Congress to combat autocracy in America
What does it mean to be speaker of the city council? And why does it matter?
Crime
Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers
Santos is back with a ‘large slice of humble pie’ following Trump’s commutation
Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn
Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband
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
Forty years later, the unequal impact of HIV persists — and we refuse to accept it
Caribbean Equality Project celebrates a decade of resistance and belonging
Stop the disgraceful attacks on bathrooms
Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress
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