Matt Tracy

New York

Editor-in-Chief at Gay City News

Contributor at Reuters

Editor-in-Chief, @GayCityNews. Email: [email protected]. Views expressed are my own. he/him

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HIV/AIDS activists hold ‘funeral’ protest against PEPFAR freeze

6 days ago | gaycitynews.com | Matt Tracy

Posted on To the tune of a haunting drumbeat, HIV/AIDS activists staged a “funeral” protest in front of the State Department in Washington on April 17 to condemn the Trump administration’s decision to halt funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a decades-long initiative launched under President George W. Bush to combat HIV/AIDS on an international level.
Trump administration’s immigration crackdown hinders LGBTQ asylum seekers

1 week ago | gaycitynews.com | Matt Tracy

LGBTQ individuals have been among those swept up in the Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown on immigration, which is especially hurting asylum seekers fleeing hardship in other parts of the world.
Jason Collins joins Nets’ Pride night and calls on sports world to ‘fight for equality’

1 week ago | gaycitynews.com | Matt Tracy

The first week of April was a dizzying one for Jason Collins, and it had nothing to do with the turbulent stock market thumping in the background. The out gay former NBA player started off by returning to his old stomping grounds at the Barclays Center for Nets’ Pride Night before turning around and jetting off to San Antonio to help with an LGBTQ youth inclusion clinic at the Final Four.
US corporate bond market dries up on Trump tariff volatility

2 weeks ago | zawya.com | Matt Tracy

U.S. corporate bond market issuances have dried up after opening for just one bond offering on Tuesday, as spreads in the week after President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs widened the most since the 2023 regional banking crisis. Since Trump's tariff announcements exactly one week ago on April 2, corporate bond spreads, or the cost to borrow, have widened to their highest levels in nearly two years.
Newark LGBTQ Film Festival to spotlight BIPOC

2 weeks ago | gaycitynews.com | Matt Tracy

Next month’s Newark LGBTQ Film Festival, with a full slate of films made by and featuring queer people of color, will have live performances, film screenings, and a new fellowship opportunity named in honor of Sakia Gunn, a Black lesbian teen whose murder in downtown Newark in May of 2003 outraged the local community. Kicking off May 1, the Newark LGBTQ Film Festival is entering its third year — and the 2025 festival will showcase three feature films and more than two-dozen short films.
US Corporate Bond Market Shuts Again on Trump Tariffs Volatility

2 weeks ago | money.usnews.com | Matt Tracy

By Matt Tracy(Reuters) - The U.S. corporate bond market has shut again after opening for just one bond offering on Tuesday, as spreads in the week after President Donald Trump's Liberation Day tariffs have widened the most since 2023's regional banking crisis. Since Trump's tariff announcements exactly one week ago on April 2, corporate bond spreads, or the cost to borrow, have widened to their highest levels in nearly two years.
‘Thank You For Coming Out’ podcast paves the way for new TYFCO Collective

2 weeks ago | gaycitynews.com | Matt Tracy

For years, Dubbs Weinblatt has extracted fascinating personal stories from LGBTQ folks — and some allies! — who have joined their Gay City News podcast, “Thank You For Coming Out,” which highlights individuals’ journeys and, in Weinblatt’s words, showcases “the magic of how our stories intertwine.” Weinblatt’s podcast was borne out of an improv show by the same name, and over the years, “Thank You For Coming Out” has amassed an impressive roster of guests and an archive of stories that embody...
米社債市場、3日連続で発行ゼロ信用スプレッド拡大継続が響く

2 weeks ago | jp.reuters.com | Shankar Ramakrishnan |Matt Tracy

米社債市場では４日７日まで３営業日連続で新規発行の発表がゼロになった。写真は米ドル紙幣。４日撮影のイメージ写真（２０２５年ロイター/Dado Ruvic/Illustration） [７日ロイター] - 米社債市場では７日まで３営業日連続で新規発行の発表がゼロになった。トランプ大統領の関税政策が米景気後退をもたらすのではないかとの懸念から、米国債利回りと比較した信用スプレッド拡大が続いているためだ。トランプ氏が相互関税の詳細を発表した２日から７日までに、投資適格社債の信用スプレッドは平均で２４ベーシスポイント（ｂｐ）広がって１２０ｂｐと２０２３年１１月以来の高水準を記録した。ＩＣＥＢＡＭＬのデータ(.MERC0A0), opens new tab(.MERH0A0), opens new tabによると、高利回り社債の信用スプレッドもこの間１１９ｂｐ拡大して２３年６月以来の４６１ｂｐに拡大している。...
US credit spreads continue to widen, no new bonds announced

2 weeks ago | ca.marketscreener.com | Shankar Ramakrishnan |Matt Tracy

(Reuters) -No new offerings were announced in the U.S. investment-grade and high-yield bond markets for the third consecutive day as credit spreads, or the cost of issuance, continued to increase on worries that U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff war could lead to a recession. Since Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on U.S. imports on Wednesday, credit spreads, which are the premium companies paid on bonds over Treasuries, have widened sharply to two-year lows.
US credit spreads continue to widen, no new bonds announced

2 weeks ago | sg.finance.yahoo.com | Shankar Ramakrishnan |Matt Tracy

Shankar Ramakrishnan and Matt Tracy Mon, 7 Apr 2025, 10:11 am 2 min read By Shankar Ramakrishnan and Matt Tracy (Reuters) -No new offerings were announced in the U.S. investment-grade and high-yield bond markets for the third consecutive day as credit spreads or the cost of issuance continued to increase on worries that U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff war could lead to a recession.