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New Pride Agenda says state budget "misses the mark" on funding for trans initiatives
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (204+ words) The New Pride Agenda, a statewide LGBTQ organization in New York, expressed disappointment after the latest state budget failed to bring additional funding for gender-affirming care and some other areas of need for trans New Yorkers. The state approved a…...
Staten Island and Queens set to kick off borough-wide Pride events in NYC
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (445+ words) The NYC Pride March is still a month away, but the weeks leading up to it are filled with boroughwide celebrations across the city, beginning in Staten Island on May 30 and continuing the following week at Queens Pride. There are…...
Transgender plaintiffs win preliminary victories in three gender-affirming care lawsuits
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1233+ words) In recent days, LGBTQ plaintiffs have won preliminary victories in three lawsuits concerning restrictions on gender-affirming care. In one, the Colorado Supreme Court reversed a trial judge on May 18 and ordered a preliminary injunction requiring Children's Hospital Colorado (CHC) to…...
Matador Bolero: Queer rocker Yves Tumor makes their acting debut in oddball sci-fi experiment
1+ week, 1+ day ago (728+ words) Gay City News Matador Bolero: Queer rocker Yves Tumor makes their acting debut in oddball sci-fi experiment Jonathan Rosados "Matador Bolero" is a cult movie " literally. Paying tribute to 70s exploitation films, it resurrects that decades fears of acid-fried young women…...
Don't Say Trans': GOP-led House passes bill requiring forced outing of trans youth
1+ week, 2+ day ago (275+ words) The Republican-controlled House of Representatives " with assistance from eight Democrats " approved legislation on May 20 that would require schools to forcibly out trans and non-binary youth, drawing condemnation from LGBTQ House Democrats who labeled the legislation as a "Don't Say Trans…...
New Jersey school board on the hook for big damages in homophobic harassment case
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1015+ words) Gay City News New Jersey school board on the hook for big damages in homophobic harassment case A New Jersey Superior Court jury awarded $500, 000 in damages to a student in Monroe Township, finding that the Monroe Township Board of Education…...
PHOTOS: Activists stand up for gender-affirming care at Washington Square Park
1+ week, 5+ day ago (131+ words) Gay City News Just days after activists rallied at Tweed Courthouse to condemn attacks on gender-affirming care, community members continued to make their case at a similar demonstration on May 16 at Washington Square Park. Billed as the "Patients Before Politics:…...
Trans community mourns loss of NYTAG executive director Kiara St. James
2+ week, 3+ day ago (619+ words) New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG) co-founder and executive director Kiara St. James, one of the driving forces behind the passage of the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), passed away from cancer on May 8, 2026. Much of that work was carried…...
Queer authors and bookworms converge at 14th annual New York Rainbow Book Fair
2+ week, 5+ day ago (748+ words) Sair Kaufman hit a stroke of inspiration back in 2020 while playing Dungeons and Dragons with their friends. It was the height of the pandemic, they were unemployed, and decided to write down their D&D character's backstory." "I thought "this…...
Ali Forney Center's spring gala raises more than $3 million for at-risk and homeless LGBTQ youth
2+ week, 5+ day ago (626+ words) The Ali Forney Center's annual spring gala, held on May 7 at The Glasshouse, raised more than $3 million for the homeless youth non-profit's supportive services and housing programs. "This event is what sets off our year and the global network of…...