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An LGBTQ marching band performs during the Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time in history
“There are families out there in middle America, throughout the country, that are going to see this and it’s going to give hope to young people.”
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Trans & queer New Yorkers faced brutal use of force by police near Stonewall. The mayor “doesn’t know anything.”
A regularly held, trans-led rally ended with police sieging the crowd near the LGBTQ rights landmark. NYC’s “second-in-command” official was shoved – but Bill de Blasio shrugs it off.
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Rachel Maddow goes into quarantine right as nation anticipates the election being called
We wish you well, Rachel.
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Ritchie Torres will be the first out Afro-Latinx person elected to Congress
The New York City Councilmember may have engineered a landslide victory despite facing anti-LGBTQ opposition.
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Cyndi Lauper viciously claps back at a gay Republican who stole her song & made it about Trump
The pop legend says she won’t be listening to a gay Republican’s version of “True Colors” because it’s “not appropriate for anything MAGA related.”
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Violent thug shouts anti-gay slur & punches a man who is filming a TikTok video
The shocking and unprovoked attack was caught entirely on camera.
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Out Democrat Corey Johnson drops out of NYC mayoral race after police funding controversy
“Too often mental health issues are shrouded in secrecy and stigmas, which causes people struggling with these issues to feel alone.”
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Cynthia Nixon says Black Lives Matter movement reminds her of HIV activism from the 90s
Both HIV/AIDS and Black Lives Matter activists worked “to seize the world’s attention and demand an enormous change,” the actress and once-political hopeful said.
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New York City will pay $5.9 million to settle suit after transgender woman’s death
It’s the largest settlement New York City has ever paid in a case involving a prisoner’s death.
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State park renamed to honor legendary trans activist Marsha P. Johnson
The first state park in New York to honor an LGBTQ person will reflect “Marsha’s style and colors.”