Out trans former Bronx City Council candidate Elisa Crespo has been tapped as the executive director of the statewide LGBTQ advocacy group the New Pride Agenda.

Equipped with a background in climate activism and social work, Illapa Sairitupac took a look around his neighborhood on the Lower East Side and decided to

A powerful demonstration at the Stonewall Inn on June 2 shined a much-needed spotlight on recent deadly violence targeting Black transgender individuals, but

“The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project is thrilled that the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated the Julius' Bar Building as an official landmark,"

Cecilia Gentili, a prominent New York-based activist who spent years advocating for the rights of transgender individuals, sex workers, immigrants, and

Leaders of the City Council’s Women’s Caucus and LGBT Caucus penned a letter to the Public Safety Committee seeking a hearing for a resolution encouraging the

Erick Adame, an out gay Emmy-nominated meteorologist who worked for Spectrum News NY1, said he was fired from his job after someone sent nude screenshot

It started with a viral video. Back in late 2018, Twitter was abuzz with the latest overnight sensation: two British pornstars named Sophie Anderson and

While tens of thousands peacefully marched from Foley Square to the West Village on June 28 to mark the 5oth anniversary of the first Pride March and to

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Following years of pressure from activists, Heritage of Pride (HOP), or NYC Pride, will ban police contingents from their Pride march and related events

With LGBTQ Pride Month kicking off just as the city and the nation are convulsed with anger and protest over the Memorial Day police killing of George Floyd

After years of dedicated advocacy, education, outreach, the State Legislature is finally poised to repeal the state's discriminatory ban on "Walking While

Both chambers of the State Legislature passed a bill allowing New Yorkers to update their state IDs and birth certificates with a gender-neutral “x”

The Reclaim Pride Coalition’s third annual Queer Liberation March on June 27 will kick off at Bryant Park and conclude with a rally at Washington Square Park,

The campaign to repeal a discriminatory loitering law that has been used by police to stop and arrest transgender women of color for years has taken yet

A Black non-binary individual has reached a $35,000 settlement after they were allegedly tased in the crotch by NYPD officers after their birthday party.

The LGBTQ community and allies swarmed to the defense of out transgender Bronx City Council candidate Elisa Crespo on November 29 after the New York Post

Rainbow Flags lined the streets and marchers danced down 37th Avenue in style as Queens Pride stormed back to life in Jackson Heights on June 5, marking the

The California State Legislature has approved a bill that would kickstart a pilot program to better track the gender identity and sexual orientation of

The sudden emergence of the coronavirus crisis has left many vulnerable sex workers scrambling to make ends meet in a line of work that relies heavily on

Thousands of marchers joined the Reclaim Pride Coalition's Queer Liberation March in lower Manhattan on Pride Sunday in a display of support for trans youth,

The ongoing campaign against transgender student-athletes took another turn on February 12 when three Connecticut-based cisgender student-athletes and their

Advocates gathered on July 31 and August 1 to shed light on violence facing transgender individuals and call attention to the plight of Black sex workers.

Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, told a crowd at Britain’s Oxford University in 2016 that people from the

The Reclaim Pride Coalition (RPC) — the queer activist group that last June 30 staged a Queer Liberation March as an alternative to what it said was an overly

Flanked by LGBTQ activists and out elected officials, Governor Kathy Hochul on November 16 signed two pieces of legislation aimed at protecting trafficking

Out gay "Pose" actor Jason Rodriguez is spearheading a new talent agency focused on developing queer and transgender performers of color.

In a revealing forum at the LGBTQ Community Center on May 18 on the City Council’s “gay district” — District 3 — all the out councilmembers who have

Mayor Eric Adams hired a pastor with a history of homophobic statements to lead a faith-based office and he is still not ruling out the possibility of

As night fell in southern Brooklyn on Aug. 4, a crowd of people equipped with pictures and Rainbow Flags swarmed the Brooklyn gas station where an out gay

Elisa Crespo, an out transgender City Council candidate who ran in the March special election race in the Bronx’s District 15, said she will not be running

More than a dozen LGBTQ groups are sending a warning to top officials in state government: Don’t roll back the progress made on bail reform and other related

Progressive congressional candidate Samelys López has scored major endorsements from the Working Families Party, US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of

LGBTQ activists gathered in Elmhurst, Queens on August 11 to denounce a wave of anti-trans violence facing Latinx communities of color in New York City.

A committee in the House of Representatives has advanced a bill requiring the collection of data on small business loans given to LGBTQ-owned businesses.

What’s the most consequential question in New York’s June 23 Democratic congressional primaries?

The Trump Administration’s last-minute rule on refugee law hit a roadblock on January 8 when a federal district court in San Francisco granted a request from

The Reclaim Pride Coalition’s fifth annual Queer Liberation March will be held on June 25 under the theme of “Trans & Queer; Forever Here!"

One day after the New York State Senate appeared poised to renege on its commitment to bail reform, LGBTQ political groups from across the state issued a

Around 100 people assembled at City Hall Park on February 24 for a fiery and emotional demonstration denouncing Mayor Eric Adams for hiring three anti-LGBTQ

The Reclaim Pride Coalition blasted the NYPD on June 29 for arresting demonstrators after the Queer Liberation March.

As Governor Andrew Cuomo faced increasing calls to resign, a coalition of activists huddled at his office on March 1 to demand tax hikes on the rich and decry

More than 100 health, social service, and advocacy groups serving the LGBTQ community have issued an open letter highlighting the additional risks queer

Seven LGBTQ organizations have demanded that Target return Pride merchandise it removed from some of its stores and online in response to threats from right

Lorena Borjas, a Queens-based transgender activist and community leader who provided unstinting social support to trans folks, sex workers, and others, died

Two additional suspects were busted for their alleged role in a series of attacks on Rainbow Flags near the Stonewall Inn during the height of Pride Month

Out non-binary candidate Marti Allen-Cummings, a drag queen and LGBTQ activist running to represent the 7th Council District in Manhattan Valley,

TS Candii, a Black transgender woman and founder of a non-profit called Black Trans Nation, is calling on the city to give the green light for plans to create

Furious queer New Yorkers, led by the Reclaim Pride Coalition (RPC) and longtime AIDS activists from ACT UP, huddled near the pop-up hospitals in Central Park

Love. Dr. Anthony Fauci recalled Kramer inviting him and his wife to see his 1992 play, “The Destiny of Me,” where both the good doctor and Kramer...

Members of the City Council’s LGBTQIA+ Caucus stood alongside advocates at City Hall on August 11 to introduce multiple bills intended to improve the New York City Department of Health and Mental...

More than 250 Catholic leaders are stepping up to express unequivocal support for comprehensive nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ individuals.

With the coronavirus pandemic creating a critical shortage in the nation’s supply of blood needed for transfusions, platelets, and plasma, out gay Manhattan

Kicking off Pride weekend, President Joe Biden and famed singer Elton John joined LGBTQ leaders and allies under a tent near the Stonewall Inn on June 28 to

Queens Councilmember Vickie Paladino unleashed a barrage of bigoted tweets on June 13 in response to an insensitive New York Post article about funding for

The upcoming season of the Emmy-winning show RuPaul’s Drag Race will feature top-notch looks, scalding hot drama, and plenty of jaw-dropping talent.

Several LGBTQ congressmembers and numerous LGBTQ organizations swiftly echoed the growing nationwide demands to impeach President Donald Trump for a second

Advocates are escalating their demands for a $15 million Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund in the 2023 New York State budget to provide dedicated resources

The City Council's LGBTQIA+ Caucus kicked off Pride Month by releasing a comprehensive, multi-pronged policy agenda outlining legislative goals and

Governor Andrew Cuomo has expanded COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to include people living with HIV after advocates pressured the state to clarify the