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US Virgin Islands governor signs executive order allowing gender marker ID changes

US Virgin Islands governor signs executive order allowi...

The governor of the US Virgin Islands, Albert Bryan, Jr., signed an executive or...

‘Little Bear Ridge Road’: Stumbling towards connection

‘Little Bear Ridge Road’: Stumbling towards connection

Exiting the theater after seeing “Little Bear Ridge Road,” I was obsessing over ...

SUNY announces winner of annual Harvey Milk Scholarship

SUNY announces winner of annual Harvey Milk Scholarship

For a second consecutive year, the State University of New York (SUNY) awarded t...

Portal to the past: Author Camryn Garrett champions overlooked Black history for young readers

Portal to the past: Author Camryn Garrett champions ove...

When author Camryn Garrett first began writing the draft of her middle grade deb...

With Stripped II, Sasha Colby is turning vulnerability into performance art

With Stripped II, Sasha Colby is turning vulnerability ...

Sasha Colby launched her “Stripped II” tour in Seattle on Sept. 16, becoming the...

Sing a song of America: The revival of ‘Ragtime’ is not to be missed

Sing a song of America: The revival of ‘Ragtime’ is not...

E.L. Doctorow was not convinced that “Ragtime,” his sprawling, iconic, 1975 nove...

Op-ed | Why Mayor Adams says he’s endorsing Andrew Cuomo to succeed him

Op-ed | Why Mayor Adams says he’s endorsing Andrew Cuom...

New York City stands at a crossroads. We can either continue the hard work of re...

Deborah Glick, first out New York State lawmaker, won’t run for re-election

Deborah Glick, first out New York State lawmaker, won’t...

Manhattan Assemblymember Deborah Glick, who became the first out member of the N...

Jordan E. Cooper, writer of ‘Oh, Happy Day,’ shares his process, growth, and faith

Jordan E. Cooper, writer of ‘Oh, Happy Day,’ shares his...

Jordan E. Cooper is a playwright of reclamation. In his previous 2022 play at Th...

‘Fight Back’ turns theatergoers into 1980s ACT UP activists

‘Fight Back’ turns theatergoers into 1980s ACT UP activ...

Perhaps the most overused term when touting a theatrical production these days i...

‘An embarrassment of riches’: ‘The Gay Harlem Renaissance’ opens at The New York Historical

‘An embarrassment of riches’: ‘The Gay Harlem Renaissan...

On Oct. 9, the New York Historical (which last year dropped “Society” from its t...

Ethan Hawke stars as fading lyricist in melancholic ‘Blue Moon’

Ethan Hawke stars as fading lyricist in melancholic ‘Bl...

In the wistful, elegiac “Blue Moon,” the celebrated lyricist, Lorenz Hart (Ethan...

LGBTQ youth face growing mental health crisis, study finds

LGBTQ youth face growing mental health crisis, study finds

A new report by the Trevor Project, a non-profit suicide prevention organization...

From ‘cringe’ to celebration: Puerto Rican queer comics take the spotlight

From ‘cringe’ to celebration: Puerto Rican queer comics...

A group of queer comic book artists gathered at the New York Public Library’s 53...

Gladys Wine & Books: A new space for Black queer femmes in Brooklyn

Gladys Wine & Books: A new space for Black queer femmes...

Tucked away along Brooklyn’s Malcolm X Boulevard is a cozy new bookstore that do...

Bluestockings Cooperative’s abrupt closure sparks internal drama

Bluestockings Cooperative’s abrupt closure sparks inter...

After 26 years, Bluestockings Cooperative, New York’s radical queer bookstore, h...