Pride parades are not just for Fire Island anymore, and Pride Month is not just about parades anymore. South Shore Long Island offers vibrant contributions to the dialogue and continues to becomes a larger part of this list every year. That said Fire Island is where it all began and nobody does Pride Month like Fire Island can! This list is only a sampler. Check our online events calendar as new events are added regularly.   BABYLON VILLAGE PRIDE PARADE: Sunday, June 2, beginning at 3 p.m. The fifth annual Babylon Village Pride Parade commences at 3 p.m. on Sunday, making it one of the e ..read more

Following an uptick in mpox cases in New York City, out gay State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal of Manhattan announced $30,000 in funding for mpox vaccine doses at Ryan Health locations across Manhattan. “We know that in 2022, there was a very serious outbreak of mpox here in New York City and across the country, and frankly, we were, as a state and as a nation, unprepared,” Hoylman-Sigal said during a May 31 press conference in front of Ryan Chelsea-Clinton’s health center at 645 10th Ave. “But today, thanks to the good folks at Ryan Cheslea-Clinton, we are going to be prepared by establishing a ..read more

Gay City News and Schneps Media are looking for full-time and part-time salespeople to sell across a vast network of news and lifestyle websites. Are you goal-driven, persistent, and committed to the idea of informing, entertaining and advocating for the communities we serve? If you are, you’ll work closely with local businesses to help sell and create effective digital campaigns on GayCityNews.com — a division of Schneps Media whose combined reach is millions of monthly readers. Campaigns will include sponsored content, email marketing, online display advertising and social media promotion ..read more

Several transgender individuals have been killed or found dead in separate incidents across multiple states in recent weeks — and in one case, authorities made an arrest tied to the murder of a transgender individual in March. The spate of deaths started early in the month of May when the body of a 23-year-old Black trans woman, Darri Moore, was found in a quarry on the edge of the Mississippi river. Moore was discovered by workers at Tower Rock Stone in St. Genevieve, Missouri, according to Channel 4 St. Louis, a CBS affiliate. A police spokesperson has ruled out foul play in the case, Channe ..read more

It is that time of year again! Pride events are underway, including Queens, Staten Island, and Brooklyn Pride festivals. That said, there are no shortages of events across the city – including drag shows, movie festivals, bar crawls, speed dating, and more! NewFest Pride Thursday, May 30 – Monday, June 3; various times   Various locations NewFest Pride presents over 15 of this year’s most anticipated queer movies and TV shows – including “A House is not a Disco,” “Close to You,” “The Queen of my Dreams,” and more – along with filmmaker Q&A’s, afterparties, and outdoor screenings ..read more

Adapted from Sara Varon’s graphic novel, and a nominee for Best Animated Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards, “Robot Dreams” is a poignant, wordless bromance that captures feelings of love and loss. The film, written and directed by Pablo Berger, is set in the East Village in the 1980 — the Twin Towers are seen in cityscape shots, cans of Tab cola are consumed, and there is a rental case from Kim’s Video. It is also populated entirely by anthropomorphized animals.  The main character is the lonely Dog, who plays Pong by himself, joylessly microwaves his food (a frozen mac and cheese meal ..read more

In honor of Pride Month, FRIGID New York is presenting its annual Queerly Festival from June 13 through July 3 at Under St. Marks theater. Now in its tenth year, the festival celebrates a mind-blowing range of LGBTQ+ artists, both onstage and behind the scenes. “We definitely go for as broad of a representation of queerness as we can get,” said Queerly’s fearless curator, Jimmy Lovett (they/them). The festival encompasses people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, nonbinary, genderfluid — the entire gamut.  “Our mission,” they continued, “is to give audience members that feelin ..read more

Pride Parade 2022. QueensPost File Photo May 29, 2024 By Queens Post News Team The vibrant streets of Jackson Heights will host the 32nd annual Queens Pride on Sunday, June 2, in celebration of Pride month. Promising a rainbow of festivities and community engagement, “The New Queens Pride” is set to delight from noon to 6 p.m. The festival and parade are poised to draw thousands to the heart of Queens. Since its founding in 1993 by Daniel Dromm and Maritza Martinez, Queens Pride has become the second oldest and largest pride parade in New York City. Originally a response to local homophobic in ..read more

“The Mattachine Family” could not be any more self-conscious about the cultural issues it touches on. Its characters talk about assimilation, the pressure placed on gay men to act provocatively, living in the public eye, and the ethics of sex work. Incorporating these subjects into a believable drama requires a much lighter touch than screenwriter Danny Vallentine has. (His husband Andy Vallentine directed the film, and the closing credits call it a “a Vallentine family film.”) The film tells rather than showing. The problem starts in the opening moments, dominated by a voice-over fr ..read more

  In this debut episode of Talk It OUT: LGBTQ Voices In A Queer Election Year, host Paul Schindler speaks with Brian Derrick, political strategist and founder of OATH.VOTE, an online resource for political donors to maximize the impact of their candidate contributions, and to Dave Fleischer, a former senior staffer at the LA LGBT Center who pioneered an approach to on-the-ground voter persuasion known as Deep Canvassing. This podcast is presented by Gay City News and gaycitynews.com. (Music courtesy of IMG via uppbeat.io.) Subscribe now where you get your podcasts ..read more