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The member-driven organization has officially backed Cynthia Nixon for governor of New York, calling her the true progressive candidate.

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New Yorkers are doubling down on organizing efforts to combat an anti-LGBTQ federal agenda.

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Defiant Don Lemon says ‘the process is the punishment’ after lawyers reveal feds took his phone

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These LGBTQ+ married couples aren’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 →

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 →

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 Manhattan’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 →

New York City Council advances resolution opposing Stonewall Pride flag removal

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New York City Councilmember Chi Ossé, 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 →

Former State Dept officials warn that racist Trump nominee could dismantle human rights protections at the UN

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Jeremy Carl speaks at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington D.C., Sept. 3, 2025.

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Ahead of a Thursday confirmation hearing, two former senior U.S. officials in the Biden administration are warning that President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee U.S. engagement with the United Nations could use the post to weaken global human rights protections, particularly for LGBTQ+ people and communities of color. Keep Reading →
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