Gay City News

The premise of the sweet and smart teen comedy, “She’s the He,” has two presumed-to-be-gay high schoolers, Alex (Nico Carney) and Ethan (Misha Osherovich), pretending they are trans so Alex can woo Sasha (Malia Pyles) the girl of his dreams. It’s a dumb plan that is bound to backfire — but it does impress the school jock, Jacob (Emmett Preciado). As Sasha helps Ethan become more...

Writer/director Hafsia Herzi’s “The Little Sister” is an outstanding coming-of-age story — it won the Queer Palm at Cannes last year — about 17-year-old Fatima (Nadia Melliti), a French-born Algerian. Fatima projects a tough exterior that masks her internal conflict about being a lesbian. She is reluctant to commit to her boyfriend, who sees a future for them. She hangs out with...

In this week’s episode of the Gay City News podcast “Thank You For Coming Out,” creator and host Dubbs Weinblatt (they/ them) welcomes Darrius & Jacques. Darrius is a father of four and a proud creative spirit who also channels his voice through dance as a director for dance companies in Knoxville. His journey of coming out has been rooted in growth, self-acceptance, a...

Brooklyn state Sen. Jabari Brisport told anti-gay "haters" to "give up" on Wednesday as the body passed a resolution recognizing June as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in New York State. 

The resolution, introduced every year, recognizes struggles and celebrations...

Actress Laverne Cox hosted Outright International's annual Celebration of Courage awards dinner at Chelsea Piers on June 1 as the organization honored Brazilian democracy institute VoteLGBT (Felipa de Souza Award), Grammy-Award-winning artist Cyndi Lauper (Outspoken Award), and Levi Strauss & Co. (Outstanding Award). “We all want to live in a global world where LGBTIQ peopl...