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Thursday, December 04
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A case which dominated the NYC tabloids in early 2004 has finally been settled as a firefighter who was left with permanent injuries after being smashed in the face with a metal chair has agreed to accept $3.75M from the city. The firefighter claimed...
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Wednesday, December 03
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The NY Daily News demonstrated how easy it is to commit property fraud by falsely transferring the ownership of the Empire State Building to themselves. In one of the biggest heists in American history, the Daily News "stole" the $2 billion...
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Monday, December 01
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Richard Davis at the NYC LGBT Center writes: On November 30, 2008, the eve of World AIDS Day, a small group gathered at Pier 49 on the Hudson River walk to dedicate the AIDS Monument. The project of the AIDS Monument Committee took 14 years to come...
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Friday, November 28
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....so said our waiter as he took this picture after our big homo-family Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. We were the last party to leave the dining room and I guess he finally felt safe to come out to us, although we'd instantly pegged him when...
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Monday, November 24
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Tonight at the LGBT Community Center in NYC there will be a town hall meeting on the state of the marriage equality movement in New York. "What's Next for Marriage Equality in New York?" Town Hall to discuss what's next? How will...
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Friday, November 21
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One of the world's largest and brightest LED billboards lit up in Times Square last night. Via New York Times : The new Walgreens sign going live in Times Square Thursday is not the largest LED-based sign in the world, but its developers believe...
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Wednesday, November 19
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Please click the box at the top of my far right ad column and consider making a holiday donation to the Ali Forney Center , NYC's homeless shelter for LGBT youth. In addition to accepting cash donations online , the Ali Forney Center has a lengthy...
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Wednesday, November 19
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The economic crisis has prompted NYC's transit authority to announce major budget and service cutbacks. The NY Daily News ticks off the damage: Positions: More than 1,500 axed - including approximately 350 administrators and managers; approximately...
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Tuesday, November 18
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In New York it boils down to marriage equality or a continuation of denying equal rights. Democrats now have a very slim majority in the senate which paves way for the opportunity to introduce a marriage bill which already passed the legislature...
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Tuesday, November 18
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Oh, man...this is brutal . Citigroup Inc.’s reduction of 52,000 employees announced on Monday is the second-largest job cut ever undertaken by any company on record, according to consulting firm Challenger Gray & Christmas. Only the 1993 bloodbath...
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Monday, November 17
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This should make you feel better after the crap news of the weekend. The first Blowoff in Brooklyn was way crazier than I expected, as evidenced by the raucous behavior displayed in the above slideshow. Email me if you don't want your mug shown...
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Monday, November 17
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Richard Davis at the NYC LGBT Community Center sends us some great video recapping of Saturday's protest at City Hall. TOP LEFT: The first video is a compilation of several speakers, including former Miss America Kate Shindle, who was fantastic...
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Monday, November 17
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Via Father Tony , here's 30 seconds or so of my pals Paul Vitale and Eric Leven firing up our boys at Saturday's rally. You'll spot Wilson Cruz and Little David when the camera pans around. Subscribe. Read more...
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Sunday, November 16
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Friday night I attended the Out 100 Awards at Gotham Hall. It was a fancy-schmamcy shindig populated by pop stars, publishing honchos, pouty models, glamazon drag queens, and a veritable who's who of the gay glitterati. I spent most of the evening...
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Saturday, November 15
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Wow. Thank you New York City! I'll have photos of our protest today up in a few minutes. Subscribe. Read more...
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Friday, November 14
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Tomorrow's protest in NYC will begin at 1:30PM, rain or shine. And rain is more likely, Weather.com is predicting a 93% chance of rain tomorrow afternoon. So wear your raincoat, bring your umbrella, and cover your signs with plastic wrap. I'll...
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Thursday, November 13
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Whoopi Goldberg opened The View today by recapping her experience at last night's protest in NYC. And of course, Elizabeth Hasselbeck jumps in to say that gays are expressing prejudice against religion. Subscribe. Read more...
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Thursday, November 13
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....Especially this woman trapped in the middle of a few thousand chanting queers. I waved my "Honk For Equality" sign at her, but she shook her head. Oh well, none of the cabbies would honk either - they probably thought they'd lose...
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Thursday, November 13
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Here's the clip from Eric Leven . Subscribe. Read more...
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Wednesday, November 12
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NYC's first marriage equality rally/protest was a smashing success as a crowd estimated at 10,000 - 15,000 jammed the plaza across from the Manhattan Mormon Temple before taking over Broadway and marching to Columbus Circle. Major celebrities...
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Wednesday, November 12
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Via Gawker : The Iraq War is over, according to the fake New York Times ! This morning a cadre of volunteers has fanned out across New York City to pass out a remarkably good, faux-copy of the Times dated July 4, 2009. They've even set up an...
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Wednesday, November 12
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Tonight is NYC's first Prop 8 protest, which will be held at the Mormon temple on the Upper West Side at W.65th and Columbus Avenue at 6:30PM. It looks to be major. Who's down? Subscribe. Read more...
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Tuesday, November 11
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In advance to tomorrow's marriage equality rally at the Mormon temple on Manhattan's Upper West Side, pre-protest organizing and sign making will take place tonight at the NYC LGBT Center. Via Eric Leven : We need folks to come help and...
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Sunday, November 09
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New York City will see its first Prop 8 protest on Wednesday at the Manhattan Mormon Temple on the Upper West Side. Via Facebook : Tens of thousands of our brothers and sisters are in the streets in California and Salt Lake City and around the country...
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Friday, November 07
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Mayor Bloomberg hopes to help the city's budget woes (oh, also: the environment) by instituting a five to ten cent tax for every plastic bag issued by Gotham's stores. The controversial charge could raise at least $16 million for the cash...
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Thursday, November 06
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Eric Leven sends us his video of the spontaneous Obama celebration in NYC's Union Square just moments after the election was called. I love how somebody is up in the Discount Shoe Warehouse flipping their sign on and off. Subscribe. Read more...
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Thursday, November 06
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The Ali Forney Center is an LGBT homeless youth shelter that operates in New York City. Due to the current financial crisis in the economy, the local government has cut funding which is now threatening the existence of the project. The $600,000...
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Wednesday, November 05
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I couldn't find a single local paper today to read over lunch. Every newsstand is completely wiped out and now I see that Towleroad is reporting that people are lined up around the block at the NY Times headquarters to get today's issue...
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Wednesday, November 05
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This Saturday at the NYC LGBT Center : DJ Quentin Harris will bring the bears out of their caves with his mixing magic. Be warned…fur ahead! Join Dance 208 as we celebrate everything furry. Fur Ball is back! Enjoy the fur attack. There are two floors...
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Monday, November 03
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The grand dame of Broadway, Patti Lupone, will make a "surprise" appearance at Splash tonight at 9pm. Lupone will be introduced by Michael Urie, who plays her son on Ugly Betty . Lupone is promoting her new CD, Patti LuPone at Les Mouches...
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