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Jason Collins, center, is flanked by Barton Lee Jackson III to his left and Phyllis Mehalakes to his right.

Sports

Jason Collins joins Nets’ Pride night and calls on sports world to ‘fight for equality’

By Matt Tracy

David Rothenberg during a broadcast.

History

David Rothenberg, an icon of LGBTQ history, presses on

By Christopher Byrne

The lineup of speakers at Troy Masters' memorial on March 30.

Queer media pioneer Troy Masters celebrated for transformative impact on community publishing

By Amy Schatz

Pride Sunday in 2024.

Pride

NYC Pride announces theme for 2025

By Matt Tracy

Troy Masters, 1961-2024.

March 30 memorial to honor Troy Masters

By Paul Schindler

2018.06.10_Alessia_Cara_at_the_Capital_Pride_Concert_with_a_Sony_A7III,_Washington,_DC_USA_03656_(42017806694)

Pride

DC prepares to host WorldPride May 17-June 8

By Matt Tracy

Players compete in the New York Gay Football League.

Sports

Two decades on, New York Gay Football League maintains inclusive space for LGBTQ athletes

By Matt Tracy

Gerri Wells Memorial

Community remembers original ACT UP member Gerri Wells

By Gay City News

Community members lay flowers down in honor of Sam Nordquist.

West Village candlelight vigil remembers Sam Nordquist, other trans lives lost

By Amy Schatz

pro drag wrestler in red hook

Brooklyn Paper

A Matter of Pride: How pro-drag-wrestlers make space for queer fighters in Brooklyn

New York State Tourism’s I ♥︎ NY rainbow heart at the New York Travel and Adventure Show.

Travel

From Thailand to Key West: LGBTQ highlights from the 2025 New York Travel & Adventure Show

By Michael Luongo

Brittney Griner is joining the Atlanta Dream after more than a decade with the Phoenix Mercury.

Sports

Brittney Griner to sign with Atlanta Dream

By Matt Tracy

The New York Supreme Court sided with Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman's law banning transgender women from competing in women's sports, which he signed into law in July.

LI Press

Nassau judge upholds Blakeman’s ban on trans women in sports

US House Speaker Mike Johnson attends a press conference following a House Republican conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 17, 2024.

Politics

House votes to ban trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports

By Matt Tracy

Anita Bryant in 1971.

Anita Bryant, anti-gay singer who killed gay rights ordinance in Miami, dies at 84

By Matt Tracy

Ed Sedarbaum and Howard Cruse early in their 40-year relationship.

Ed Sedarbaum, ‘grandfather’ of Queens LGBTQ movement, dies at 78

By Andy Humm

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Julian poses with balloons

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first aid

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Antoine B. Craigewell, president & CEO of the nonprofit Depressed Black Gay Men, Inc., (DBGM), at a 2025 ceremony hosted by Schneps Media.

Brooklyn workshop aims to build strengths for the Caribbean mind

People walk by a Walgreens, owned by the Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., in Manhattan,

Brooklyn Walgreens, Astoria coffee shop workers among 1,600 getting payouts in Mamdani labor crackdown