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An NYC musician lost his son to fentanyl. Now, he's honoring him with an LGBTQ+ benefit show

Musician Rich Pagano is honoring his son's legacy with a benefit concert for the Nic Pagano Scholarship Fund, which helps LGBTQ+ people pay for addiction treatment.

Two men arrested in death of trans activist and performer Cecilia Gentili

Gentili died in February after overdosing on fentanyl-laced heroin. Michael Kuilan and Antonio Venti are charged with supplying the drugs.

Second man pleads guilty in death of trans activist Cecilia Gentili

Michael Kuilan and Antonio Venti have pleaded guilty to supplying the drugs that caused Gentili's death.

Grand Jury Reportedly Indicts Suspects in Killings of 2 Gay Men in NYC

Julio Ramirez and Robert Umberger were drugged, robbed, and left to die.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Uses Gay Club Mass Shooting to Lie About Drugs

And, naturally, to argue against gun control.

Gay Bar Deaths in New York City Ruled as Homicides

New York’s chief medical examiner’s office said that two gay men were killed by “drug-facilitated theft.”

Feds Lead Justice for Mac Miller But Turn Their Backs on Gay Black Men

When it comes to prosecuting overdose deaths, what a difference money and skin color make. 

Ryan Walters’s latest gambit fails as critics outnumber supporters at Oklahoma education meeting

Local parents and LGBTQ+ advocates say the ultra-conservative politician is trying to silence criticism.

Goodbye, Lil Peep

The world mourned when bisexual rapper Lil Peep died of an accidental overdose, but his music and legacy remain.

Anne Heche Not Impaired by Drugs at Time of Crash, Coroner Finds

Heche died after a car crash in August.

Details emerge after a Chicago man dies on the world’s biggest gay cruise

The identity of the man who died on Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas during an Atlantis cruise has been revealed, and his family is seeking answers.

Trans Woman Elisha Stanley's Death Raises Suspicions, Leads to Probe

Some friends of Stanley's suspect she was murdered, but the authorities have ruled that she died of an accidental drug overdose.

Arrests Made in Roofie-Robbery-Murder Spree at New York City Bars

The crime spree made headlines after Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg was accused of refusing to prosecute those who allegedly killed two gay men.

Gay Couple Attacked in NYC’s Times Square as Crowd Watched

It's not the first time LGBTQ+ have been attacked recently in the city.

Hell's Kitchen Gay Bars React to Attacks on Queer Men

Several men were arrested following the deaths of two men who were allegedly drugged and robbed.

Laphonza Butler, first Black lesbian senator, honors young people in first Senate speech

"Young people are demonstrating their willingness to be the force, the energy, and the face of change," she said.

Biden Delivers Energetic, Economy-Focused State of the Union Address

He did get in a pitch for the Equality Act, though, and shout-outs to transgender youth and marriage equality.

Op-ed: What Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joe Putignano, and Maybe Your Boyfriend Have in Common

My mom was a drug addict and so was this Cirque du Soleil star, but like most Americans they -- and many LGBT addicts -- don't fit our idea of what an "addict" is.

Jill Biden Invites Tyre Nichols' Parents, LGBTQ Rights Plaintiffs to SOTU

The first lady's guest list offers a blueprint of what to expect in President Joe Biden's State of the Union address.