Gay City News

Gay City News is a complimentary weekly publication located in New York City that covers both local and national topics important to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Established in 1994 under the name Lesbian Gay New York, it later became known as LGNY. In 2002, Community Media LLC, which also owns The Villager, acquired the paper and rebranded it. Today, it stands as the largest LGBT newspaper in the United States, boasting a circulation of 47,000 copies.

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Q&A with ‘I Don’t Understand You’ directors Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig

4 days ago | gaycitynews.com | Gary M. Kramer

“I Don’t Understand You,” written and directed by Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig, is a darkly humorous but very funny comedy about miscommunication. Married gay couple Dom (Nick Kroll) and Cole (Andrew Rannells) are celebrating their 10-year anniversary in Italy. During their trip they learn they will become fathers, as the pregnant Candice (Amanda Seyfried) has selected the couple to adopt her baby. However, this good news comes at an awkward time.
June LGBTQ music: Cynthia Erivo and Lucy Liyou

4 days ago | gaycitynews.com | Steve Erickson

This month, Gay City News reviews the latest albums bi singer/actor Cynthia Erivo and trans singer/pianist Lucy Liyou. Cynthia Erivo | “I Forgive You” | Verve/Republic | June 6Even without last year’s release of “Wicked: Part 1,” in which she performed a duet with Ariana Grande on “Defying Gravity,” British singer Cynthia Erivo’s background in musical theater can’t be missed. Her voice reaches to the rafters.
‘My Son’s a Queer’ finally set for NYC debut

5 days ago | gaycitynews.com | Christopher Byrne

Queer Show Finally Makes NYC BowBY CHRISTOPHER BYRNEIn 2024, there were big plans for queer, Olivier-nominated writer and performer Rob Madge to bring their hit show “My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?)” to Broadway. Well, anyone who has ever tried to get a show to Broadway knows that the road is anything but smooth, and that planned premiere was postponed. Fortunately, this is a tale with a happy ending, as Madge is bringing the show to New York City Center for a Pride Month run June 12-15.
Queens kicks off Pride Month with ‘defiant joy’

6 days ago | gaycitynews.com | Dashiell Allen

S was thrilled this weekend when their new black dress, dotted with pink and red flowers, arrived just in time for the start of Pride Month. “Pride means full visibility really, and fully owning identity and queerness,” S, 70, a Queens native, told Gay City News.
A new wave of books celebrating queer spaces

1 week ago | gaycitynews.com | David Kennerley

In the last couple of years, there’s been an invigorating new wave of books documenting lost and current queer spaces in New York City. Among them are “Drag Explosion,” featuring Linda Simpson’s rare photos of the underground club scene in the 1980s and ’90s; “Glitter and Concrete,” a cultural history of drag; and “Bartschland,” tracing decades of Suzanne Bartsch’s fabulously queer parties. For my part, I am gratified to be part of this renaissance in chronicling LGBTQ history.
Pew: LGBTQ adults say trans and non-binary people lag behind in acceptance

1 week ago | gaycitynews.com | Duncan Osborne

Likely reflecting recent attacks on transgender people, a survey of 3,959 LGBTQ adults by the Pew Research Center found that most see more acceptance of gay and lesbian people since the US Supreme Court required states to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples in 2015, but fewer think that transgender and non-binary people have experienced that acceptance.
Sammy Lopez, Thank You For Coming Out

1 week ago | gaycitynews.com | Bobby Hankinson

In this week’s episode of the Gay City News podcast “Thank You For Coming Out,” creator and host Dubbs Weinblatt (they/ them) welcomes Sammy Lopez (he/him). Sammy is a Tony Award-winning theatre-maker and co-founder of P3 Productions, dedicated to uplifting historically excluded voices through the arts. His producing credits include “How to Dance in Ohio,” “Job,” and the upcoming Broadway production “Call Me Izzy,” starring Jean Smart and playing at Studio 54 for 12 weeks only beginning May 24.
Supreme Court decision to abstain from the ‘T-shirt wars’ draws heated Alito dissent

1 week ago | gaycitynews.com | Arthur S. Leonard

On May 27, the Supreme Court announced that it would not review a decision by the Boston-based US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which held that the Middleborough, Massachusetts, school district did not violate the First Amendment free speech rights of a middle school boy who was sent home from school for refusing to take off a T-shirt that stated “There Are Only Two Genders” when he was told to do so by the school’s principal.
NewFest Pride features ‘Plainclothes,’ ‘Heightened Scrutiny,’ ‘Sally,’ and more

2 weeks ago | gaycitynews.com | Gary M. Kramer

NewFest Pride, the annual mini film festival, kicks off Pride Month with dozens of shorts, features, and documentaries by, for, and about the LGBTQ+ community. The 5-day program opens with “Jimpa” (May 29, 7:00 pm, SVA Theatre), which has non-binary teen Frances (Aud Mason-Hyde) wanting to live with their gay grandfather Jimpa (John Lithgow) in Amsterdam, much to the chagrin of their mother (Olivia Colman).
Advocates seek $35 million to support trans community in NYC budget

2 weeks ago | gaycitynews.com | Matt Tracy

Advocates huddled on the steps of City Hall in Manhattan on May 22 to urge lawmakers and Mayor Eric Adams to increase funding for trans individuals in the upcoming city budget in the face of urgent threats from the hostile federal government.