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Trump's Budget Proposal Wipes Out Funding for Arts & Public Broadcasting

Trump's so-called "America First" budget would move $54 billionĀ from federal programs over to defense spending.

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For New Yorkers, Stonewallā€™s new Pride flag is only step one

A person in a black jacket and rainbow accessories holds up a sign that reads "Stonewall Is Not Over" and raises their opposite fist in the air.

Susan Breindel, an activist with New York City's Downtown Nasty Women Social Group, poses outside Stonewall Inn on Feb. 12, 2026.

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As local leaders raised a new Pride flag at Stonewall Thursday afternoon, Kiki Ball-Change watched through sunglasses, bundled up in a matching fur coat. Replacing it was one piece of the puzzle, she said. More important was that hundreds of people rallied against the federal crackdown on LGBTQ civil liberties. Keep Reading ā†’

These LGBTQ+ married couples arenā€™t afraid to show their love

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A new campaign from GLAAD aims to spotlight queer married couples, asking for submissions from those whose lives have been made better by having the legal right to marry.

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As conservatives push to overturn marriage equality, LGBTQ+ couples are uniting to show that their love is stronger. Keep Reading ā†’

This trans street medic was among 67 protesters arrested at Minneapolis hotel hosting ICE agents

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Anti-ICE demonstrators protest outside the Graduate Hotel where federal immigration agents are staying during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis, Minnesota (January 13, 2026).

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Police at the University of Minnesota arrested 67 protestors two weeks ago during a demonstration outside a hotel where ICE agents were staying, among them a street medic, a volunteer who is trained to assist protesters related to medical matters, who was there to "make sure that nobody got hurt." Keep Reading ā†’

Hundreds fill the streets near Stonewall as NYC community members reraised Pride flag Trump ordered removed

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Political leaders in New York City hoist a Pride flag next to a U.S. flag after the Trump administration took the LGBTQ+ symbol down from the Stonewall National Monument.

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The Pride flag is flying at Stonewall again. More than 1,000 people formed a sea of rainbow and transgender flags and handmade signs, flooding the area surrounding Lower Manhattanā€™s Christopher Park in Greenwich Village on Thursday after the Trump administration ordered the Pride flag removed from the Stonewall National Monument earlier this week. Keep Reading ā†’

New York City Council advances resolution opposing Stonewall Pride flag removal

A man in a quarter-zip swearer and tie sits at a desk and speaks into a microphone, reading from a sheet of paper. He sits behind a placard that reads "Chi OssƩ."

New York City Councilmember Chi OssƩ, an out Democrat, reads Resolution 1255 at a Wednesday meeting of the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations.

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Updated Saturday, February 14: After this article's publication on Thursday, the New York City Council passed Resolution 269 by a verbal majority vote. Keep Reading ā†’
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