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Over 200 arrested at NYC gay cruising site

A gay elected official is sounding the alarm that a string of arrests at a New York City cruising site revives “the dark days” of queer entrapment. Last week, The City broke the news that the Amtrak Police Department — a federal police force that operates outside New York City’s sanctuary city laws — had targeted a Penn Station bathroom in arrests for public lewdness. The bathroom was listed as a “hotspot” on Sniffies, a map-based digital platform for queer hookups.  These enforcement efforts have led to over 200 arrests since June 1, an Amtrak representative confirmed to Out. And The Gothamist reports that at […]

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funded queer-inclusive shows, is shutting down

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) shared the news today that it would be slowly shutting down following the Trump administration’s defunding of public media. The corporation was responsible for providing funding to NPR and PBS, which were known to fund LGBTQ+ projects such as Intersex Justice, Mother Witt, and Queering the Map. Earlier this month, Congress approved the “Big, Beautiful Bill” that slashed funding for CPB by $1.1 billion over the next two years. The Senate Appropriations Committee’s fiscal 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill entirely excluded funding for public media for the first time in over 50 years. Patricia […]

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New study ranks U.S. states with highest STI rates

Summertime means more sunshine, more socializing, and, according to medical researchers, more sexually transmitted infections (STIs). A new study by telehealth company Invigor Medical analyzed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to determine how infection rates have evolved across the United States, and which states and cities have the highest rates of reported STIs. Examining the four most commonly tested STIs — chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and HIV, — the study tracked how rates have changed over time, and where the infections are most concentrated in the U.S. According to the study, the overall number of reported STIs has […]