10+ hour, 20+ min ago  (267+ words) Gay City News Stonewall Community Foundation's gala raises $550k to help fund LGBTQ causes The Stonewall Community Foundation, a New York City-based organization which raises money and funds LGBTQ initiatives, honored several leaders and brought in more than $500, 000 at its annual…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (621+ words) Barney Frank, whose three decades in Congress were punctuated by his historic decision in 1987 to come out as gay, died on May 19 at his home in Maine. He had entered hospice care last month with congestive heart failure." Despite his…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (682+ words) Gay City News New Yorkers rally in Manhattan after feds demand trans youth records from NYU Langone LGBTQ groups and elected officials gathered at Tweed Courthouse in lower Manhattan on May 13 to demand stronger protections for gender-affirming care after NYU…...

1+ mon, 5+ 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…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (635+ words) New York is home to'more than one million'LGBTQ+ adults. The modern LGBTQ+ rights movement was born here, communities have organized here for decades, and our community has built systems of care when none existed. And yet, too many LGBTQ+ New…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1178+ words) This is community," poet and host Emmanuel Rivera declared at the Publishing Triangle's 38th annual awards ceremony April 16 at the New School to honor LGBTQ books, their authors, and community leaders. The fight is real. We are being targeted again and…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (306+ words) For the second time, "Pose" star Dominique Jackson will serve as a grand marshal at the NYC Pride March, organizers announced in an Instagram post on April 7. Jackson, who played the role of Elektra Abundance on the FX hit show,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (606+ words) The City Council's LGBTQIA+ Caucus, made up of six out lawmakers, has hired an executive director to elevate constituent concerns and better serve New York City's queer community. Yanery Cruz, an Afro-Latina trans woman who previously worked with the New…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (243+ words) The group also commemorated the 110th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising when I dressed up in a replica Irish Volunteer uniform. Two historical figures associated with the Rising, Roger Casement and Elizabeth O'Farrell, are represented on the Lavender and Green Alliance's…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (153+ words) This year's edition of Queering the Canon, a festival dedicated to promoting classic LGBTQ films, offers seven features about queer lives in small towns. Deitch will participate in a Q&A following the screening. The in-person screening, on March 27 at…...