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Sair Kaufman hit a stroke of inspiration back in 2020 while playing Dungeons and Dragons with their friends. It was the height of the pandemic, they were unemployed, and decided to write down their D&D character's backstory.  "I thought 'this will be a fun 3,000-word jaunt through fantasy,' and emerged seven days later with a 63,000 word novel," Kaufman told Gay City N...

The Ali Forney Center's annual spring gala, held on May 7 at The Glasshouse, raised more than $3 million for the homeless youth non-profit's supportive services and housing programs. “This event is what sets off our year and the global network of work that we do on behalf of unhoused LGBTQ young people,” Ali Forney Center executive director Alexander Roque said in an interview ...

LGBTQ organizations and state lawmakers rallied at the State Capitol in Albany on May 6 to call for passage of state-based bills to protect coverage of gender-affirming care, establish a 24-hour LGBTQ crisis hotline, and limit coordination with federal immigration authorities. One of the top political priorities outlined at the rally included a bill known as the

Looking back on it, I'm astonished and proud — and scared.  A handful of raggedy-ass kids, including me, formed the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) and made life infinitely better for LGBTQQ people, even saving the lives of many. But now all our gains m...

New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG), a trans-led organization advocating for policies in support of transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary individuals, held its second annual health and wellness Summit in Albany April 24-26. The summit brought together more than 100 TGNCNBI New Yorkers from across the state for a weekend of connection, learning, and collecti...