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Two women arrested for invading gay politician’s home to rant about drag queens
The council member had attended an event at a public library geared toward autistic children.
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LGBTQ candidates won big in last night’s off-year elections
Many candidates – including several trans and non-binary candidates – broke ceilings with their historic wins.
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Out NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson is running for Comptroller. Here’s what that means.
Johnson called the Comptroller role “probably the most important job that people aren’t paying attention to.”
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Pride in Pictures: Rep. Ritchie Torres celebrates loudly and proudly
“Pride Month is a celebration of our progress, our journey. It’s an affirmation of our equality and humanity.”
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Ritchie Torres is proposing legislation that will include LGBTQ businesses in credit regulations
Even with the Equality Act, Torres believes LGBTQ-owned businesses “have no enforceable means of holding the financial system accountable” without his proposal.
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Activists take a polar bear dip on New Year’s to protest nuclear warfare
“Today we are polar bears for peace.”
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Christian Siriano is teaming up with Andrew Cuomo to produce ‘thousands’ of masks
The out designer took less than eight hours to put something together. Will his peers match his energy and go mask for mask with him?
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Can a gay millenial of color beat a homophobic minister for a NY Congressional seat?
Ritchie Torres is facing off against Ruben Diaz Sr, who has been fighting LGBTQ rights for 25 years, for a soon-to-be open Congressional seat.
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Gay man announces he will (likely) run for Mayor of New York City
Corey Johnson, the out speaker of the New York City Council, is considering a run for the city’s top job.
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New York gets a non-binary option on birth certificates starting today
“Transgender and gender non-conforming New Yorkers deserve the right to choose how they identify and to live with respect and dignity.”