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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Lesbian indie musicians Julien Baker & TORRES team up for new country album

5 days ago | gaycitynews.com | Steve Erickson

Through her first three solo albums, Julien Baker established her voice as a piano-based singer/songwriter and a rocker. After reaching a new height of stardom with boygenius, she is returning with a country album made as a duo with fellow lesbian musician TORRES. It’s a labor of love, in the works since 2020, not an obvious stepping stone in Baker’s career. Moves from pop or rock into country always threaten to be posturing, but “Send a Prayer My Way” reflects both singers’ southern roots.
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.
‘Queens of Drama’: Two pop stars fall in love amidst the dangers of fame

1 week ago | gaycitynews.com | Steve Erickson

“Queens of Drama” spans 50 years, taking that much time to map out of the movement between two songs: “Don’t Touch” and “Fisting to the Heart.” Queer, non-binary director Alexis Langlois took the most baroque fantasies inspired by pop singers and their fandom, running wild with them in this musical. Their film takes wild delight into garish, bright colors. The production design is gloriously tacky. Even so, it never settles into a comfort zone of mere prettiness.
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.
Adam Gwon’s ‘All The World’s A Stage’ takes on life’s complexities in a gorgeous new musical

2 weeks ago | gaycitynews.com | Christopher Byrne

Coming to terms with who you are and living authentically is, at best, challenging, and it’s certainly nothing to sing about…except when it is. Adam Gwon’s new musical “All the World’s A Stage,” now at Keen Company, addresses this challenge head-on with beauty, sensitivity, and honesty. Set in northeastern Pennsylvania in 1996, the story is a tale of four characters — each struggling to negotiate life and, in the process, discovering who they truly are, and how to live richly with that truth.
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.
‘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...
‘I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan’: A solo show with multiple characters and metatheatrics

2 weeks ago | gaycitynews.com | David Kennerley

David Greenspan may be the most prolific downtown theater artist you’ve surely heard of but forgotten why. Chances are, the particulars are a bit murky. As a refresher, the boldly queer actor/playwright/director has dazzled — and occasionally baffled — theatregoers for nearly four decades, garnering six Obie Awards along the way.
Q&A: Roshan Sethi and Karan Soni on the making of ‘A Nice Indian Boy’

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

The charming romcom, “A Nice Indian Boy,” directed by Roshan Sethi and adapted from Madhuri Shekar’s popular play, has Naveen (Karan Soni) being pressured by his extended family to get married. But Naveen, who is gay (and out), is reluctant to have his boyfriends — not that he currently has one — meet his traditional (but accepting) family. That all changes when he has a meet cute with Jay (Jonathan Groff), a photographer who was adopted by Indian parents.