The Supreme Court, at the close of business on November 12, denied a request for giving the State of Kansas a stay of a district court marriage equality ruling while it seeks review by an appeals court. Comment

Harvard University remains shut down one day after a lone woman wielding a Bushmaster .223 semiautomatic rifle broke through security at the university’s elite, men-only Porcellian Club and shot 14 white male students to death. Comments (157)

Get this: “At this point, only the most deceived or grossly uninformed among us do not realize that a devilish enemy regime has taken over our nation. Under Barack Obama (or whatever his name is) we have seen unprecedented lawlessness from the executive branch of the federal government.” Comments (1)

I was disappointed that Duncan Osborne’s article on the exclusion of the executive directors of Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) and the MOCHA Center from the 63-person task force charged with developing a plan to reduce new HIV infections statewide ended with two sentences that seemed designed to support the decision to exclude GMAD (“GMAD, Upstate Mocha Center Don’t Make Cuomo AIDS Task Force,” Oct. 30). The sexual harassment charges noted by Osborne were thoroughly investigated by GMAD’s Board of Directors and found to be without merit. The “continuing” financial challenges a Comments (4)

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers’ Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comments (2)

In New York City, we hold the Stonewall Riots dear as the definitive marker for the start of the modern LGBT rights movement. And it’s fair to say that most gay folks share that assessment — as does the world generally. Comment

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers’ Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comments (1)

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers’ Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comments (7)

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers’ Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comment

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers' Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comment

Neal Goren’s always interesting Gotham Opera started its season October 14 at the Lynch Theater with a Bohuslav Martinu double bill that looked great — Gotham shows almost always do — but left one wanting musically. The urbane Czech composer penned works, including & Comment

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers' Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comment

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers' Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comments (1)

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers’ Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comments (1)

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers’ Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comment

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers’ Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comment

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers’ Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comment

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers’ Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comments (1)

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers’ Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comment

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers’ Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comment

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers’ Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comment

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The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers’ Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comments (1)

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers’ Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comments (35)

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers' Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comment

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers’ Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comments (1)

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers' Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comment

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers' Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comments (1)

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers' Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comments (2)

The final round of the Best of Gay City Readers' Choice Contest is complete and the winners are in. Comments (5)

The city’s new marijuana policy is a good thing, but it is probably best thought of as just a chapter in a book not yet completed. Comments (2)

The Democrats really got clobbered this mid-term. And all the progressives are wailing and gnashing their teeth. Still, we at least have a Democratic president for another two years, so it could be worse. And maybe it will be next election. The Republicans will probably keep the House and Senate and maybe even install Ted Cruz in the White House. Or why not my boy, Rand Paul? Comments (3)

Let’s address the 400-ton boat in the living room first, shall we? The book of the new musical by John Logan and Brian Yorkey, “The Last Ship,” is not great. You could sail a tanker through the holes in its logic. The story is part “Billy Elliot Builds a Boat” and part “Kinky Boats,& Comment

It’s incredible, but Lypsinka, that whirling dervish of illusion and the highest imaginable camp — whom I consider as essential a New York figure as the Statue of Liberty — hasn’t been on a local stage in nine years. Comment

On November 7, one day after the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected marriage equality claims from Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, and Kentucky, federal district courts in Missouri and West Virginia issued new gay marriage rulings. Comment

So, do you watch these Broadway-themed hit reality shows? Comment

Using a defense that appears to be growing more common in the killings of gay and transgender people, the two men who are accused of killing John Laubach may argue that the 57-year-old was accidentally choked to death during rough sex. Comment

The question of whether to use pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP — regular drug treatment aimed at preventing transmission of the HIV virus — faces all HIV-negative, sexually active people, but especially gay and bisexual men who are outside of a monogamous relationship. The National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association, in partnership with Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Comment

Marc Solomon tells it in “Winning Marriage: The Inside Story of How Same-Sex Couples T Comments (1)

New Yorkers Joseph Vitale and Robert Talmas are among plaintiffs challenging Ohio's ban on out-of-state marriage recognition, having gone to court to ensure that both of their names appear on the […] Comments (5)

Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney, elected two years ago as New York State’s first openly gay member of Congress, won his reelection bid, in a hard-fought and tight race against the one-term Republican he ousted in 2012. Comment

With a popular governor headed for reelection, 2014 was supposed to be the year when Democrats could make gains in the State Senate sufficient to ensure they would be the governing party come January. Comments (2)

Robert Greene’s past two documentaries, “Kati With an i” and “Fake It So Real,” were impressive, but they didn’t prepare one for the way he’s suddenly turned into an inventor of new forms. His latest film, “Actress, Comments (1)

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The sweet and sunny Brazilian romance “The Way He Looks” is out writer and director Daniel Ribeiro’s feature length version of his excellent 2010 short “Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho” (“I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone”). Th Comments (1)

The 28-year-old victim of an October anti-LGBT hate crime in Bushwick has been released from the hospital but requires round-the-clock care at home while recovering from a traumatic brain injury. Comments (2)