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Queer Latina Tiffany Cabán Is Running For NYC Council, Bringing Hope To 2021

She ran a progressive campaign for Queens DA that put New York’s establishment on notice, and now has NYC Council in sight. “It’s not about good people or bad people, it’s just about people. We need to divest from policing and incarceration and invest in the true sources of safety.”

By Christian| December 3, 2020 | 2 Comments
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Giving Poppers to Cis Women

“A cultural exchange from a person with a prostate to those without.”

By Drew Gregory| October 19, 2020 | 26 Comments

What Is Even Happening in Andrew Cuomo’s Bananas New Covid-19 Poster for New Yorkers?

“I can only describe my current emotional state as 🙃 “

By Stef| July 13, 2020 | 25 Comments

Gentrification Inside the Club and Out: How Stigma and Respectability Are Impacting the Sex Industry

The very same free speech arguments that lawyers used to attempt to defend sex shops and strip clubs in the late 1990’s are being used to defend against SESTA/FOSTA now — and the fallout is largely the same: erasure of so-called “deviance” for the sake of respectability and supposed “safety.”

By Janis Luna| November 19, 2019 | 12 Comments

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Premieres and Finales

It’s the season premiere on my life in New York! Meanwhile, The Good Wife is about to have its series finale! Let’s talk about it all.

By Kayla| May 6, 2016 | 190 Comments

Discriminating Against Trans Employees in NYC Just Got Less Legal

Trans employees in NYC get more legal protections in the workplace, Barbara Dawson dies after being arrested in a hospital that didn’t want to treat her, Wisconsin Republicans have bad ideas and more.

By Rachel| December 24, 2015 | 7 Comments

GBT Pods Won’t Keep Trans and Queer People in Immigration Detention Safe

Jennicet Gutiérrez, Rita, Karolina and Joselyn tell us what real support for undocumented trans women looks like.

By Maddie| September 24, 2015 | 9 Comments

“Out In The Night,” the Story of Four Black Lesbians Convicted for Self Defense, Premieres on PBS and Logo Tonight

“I know that our story is the story of so many others, and I want those people to know that they’re not alone, and that they do have the right to fight back.”

By Maddie| June 22, 2015 | 18 Comments

Audre Lorde Project Hosts Vigil and Flashmob To “Free Our Sisters, Free Ourselves”

“To be clear, we are not here to change the system. We are here to SHUT IT DOWN.”

By Laura Mandanas| December 16, 2014 | 2 Comments

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Dattch is offering our readers the chance to win a pretty sweet setup for the most intense day of NYC Pride. They’re offering VIP tickets to one of the biggest Pride parties in the USA, plus a gorgeous hotel room to crash in afterwards.

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