Tagged With "Gay Pride"
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Re: Marriage and New York
Oh Lily - I thought of you and the many marches we've been on for this cause that night, and several times since.. It was an amazing night and I was so glad to be here for it (we left the day after pride for vacation and just getting back now) - Still smiling!
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Re: Can We Build a Less Prejudiced TG Sense of Community?
Well, my mind expanding Sweetie, this drop the bomb topic has been running around my already busy brain for days. I'm very happy to see people expressing themselves and shedding their experiences. (Stacy, welcome home honey, I've often wondered how you were doing.) A Transgendered Woman Is A Transgendered Woman Is A Transgendered Woman! A transgendered woman is not a man! A transgendered woman is not a woman! (Repeat chorus) Bobby Miller and I are friends. I love him as a human being and as...
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Re: Provincetown
Hiya hons..Miss you too. Dreamed about Mothership party as if I were there and then woke up, read the boards and it was just as I had dreamt. hitting NYC tomorrow (weds/June 26 - July 1 and then back to Problemstown) Standing in front of Puzzell store blowing bubbles when thre beautiful grandmother-type trannies arrive from three different directions at once and begin to chat.One person in man haircut w/lips/earring/baseball hat/shades and a polka dot dress Second person in pink pastelsummer...
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Re: Can We Build a Less Prejudiced TG Sense of Community?
First of all let me just say this is a FIERCE topic and one of the few on the Motherboards that left me so amazed I was stumped for an answer. Maybe that's why it's taken me so long to join it. I encourage everyone to be proud and be the best you can be in your chosen self-expression. OWN IT. I guess all I can contribute is my own perspective and experience for what it's worth. As a gender bender/androgyne, I walk through a strange middle country somewhere between the gay archetypes of...
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Re: RIP, VIP
Gay Activist Harry Hay Dies http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20021025_9.html From: SrBananaNut@aol.com Subject: radical faerie founder died in San Francisco Our beloved faerie sissy brother Harry Hay left this earth plane at 2 a.m., PDT, this morning, October 24, 2002. The Duchess died peacefully in his sleep at home while attended by his beloved companion John Burnside and a circle of loving friends. Let us join hands in a circle to remember Harry and how he has graced our lives, as he joins...
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Re: RIP, VIP
With his sometimes crackpot notions and radiant, ecstatic, vision of the holiness of being queer, Harry Hay refused to play the model homosexual EVEN IN THE GLOW of its conservatism, America "” which was formed via revolution, after all has always taken a certain pride in its radicals. Even so, America prefers to remember its history-makers in sanitized versions with none of the messy, often embarrassing flaws that are usually inscribed on the souls who take it upon themselves to change the...
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Re: Oh, no, here come The Republicans!
Let's throw a big "Republicans Go Home!" party and give the $ to some lefty cause! It should be a benefit but it should also get press... that's the point, to make a grassroots statement that says "Ick, go away!" They should leave and take the gay republicans with them. I always wanted to do a Pride float with a burning "Log Cabin".
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Re: Swept Away part 2
Say what you will about poor ticket sales and deep discounts, but Madoo-doo is doing alright compared to many this summer. From MTV:
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Re: Goin' To The Chapel: The Lesbian, Gay & T/S Marriage Topic
Well, bridesmaid's gowns aside, it appears tha NYC will now be recognizing out of state gay marriages... "New York City To Recognize Gay Marriages by Doug Windsor Posted: April 7, 2005 5:01 pm ET New York City will recognize same-sex marriages and civil unions - but only if they were performed outside the state in areas where they are already legal. The announcement was made by Mayor Michael Bloomberg's special counsel, Anthony W. Crowell and comes two months after the mayor appealed a...
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Re: ACT UP
I guess it was hard for anyone to remember. At last years Gay Pride March there were about Three (3) people marching in the ACT UP contingent unless they were lost from a larger group. What happened to ACT UP?
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Re: ACT UP
I think gay kids have it so easy now with everything that they don't feel the need to fight for anything. We're living in a time where people think if they show up at the pride parade and pledge twenty bucks to the AIDS walk that they are a fighter for gay causes.
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Re: The Cincinnati Connection
Saturday, August 27th Jacob's -- Cincinnati 4029 Hamilton Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45223 (513) 591 - 2100 Music @9pm Dancefloor @10pm Come Join Us for a Celebration of the Music of Prince. Everything he's touched is fair game! Expect to hear: Apollonia, The Bangles,The Time, Chaka Khan, Vanity 6, Sheila E, Sheena, Easton, Jill Jones, Cindi Lauper... Come early to hear those collaborations you forgot about: Kate Bush, Sinead O'Connor, Madonna, No Doubt... How Many "Kiss" Covers would you dance...
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Re: Queers are the Blacks of the 1950's!!! Anti-Gay is on the RISE!!
IMHO the youth of today have no manners or respect for the struggle of the gay generations before them. It seems to be all about their own self interests and materialism ( thanks Madonna for being such a shining example) and their youth obsessed behavior is a testiment to the shallow way that they treat any of their elders. But I doubt if that's new to our society. The value placed on money, fame and beauty overshadow any hopes for real depth. Of course this is a generalization but the basic...
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Re: Queers are the Blacks of the 1950's!!! Anti-Gay is on the RISE!!
A new article about Kevin today: The New York Times June 12, 2006 Fourth Man Is Arrested After Attack on a Dance Recording Artist in the East Village By KAREEM FAHIM and SARAH GARLAND A fourth man was arrested yesterday in connection with the beating of a Manhattan singer who the police said was attacked by a gang of young men who kicked him, screamed anti-gay slurs at him and broke his jaw as the singer walked through the East Village early Saturday. The man arrested by the police yesterday...
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Re: Queers are the Blacks of the 1950's!!! Anti-Gay is on the RISE!!
There were two separate attacks in Astoria that weekend. Found this on astorians.com message board ... anyone knows more about this? March and Rally this Saturday Raise Our Voices Against Anti-LGTB Hate in Our City and in Our Neighborhoods When: Saturday, June 17 Where: Gather at NE Corner of 14th Street and First Avenue at 2PM; march at 3PM to Christopher Park (Christopher & West 4th Streets) Why: In the last week - as unfortunately happens so often in June - a number of hate incidents...
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Re: Queers are the Blacks of the 1950's!!! Anti-Gay is on the RISE!!
Well, folks, perhaps we should become our own Al Sharptons. Although I try to believe in the American system of justice-- against all odds it would seem-- it very frequently fails us. Especially when the so-called leader of this country has repeatedly ensured that we be considered and treated like second-class citizens. Enough! I will never forget the riots in the streets of san Francisco when the Dan White verdict was handed down. But that would be looking a bit far in the future right now.
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Re: Queers are the Blacks of the 1950's!!! Anti-Gay is on the RISE!!
March and Rally this Saturday Raise Our Voices Against Anti-LGTB Hate in Our City and in Our Neighborhoods When: Saturday, June 17 Where: Gather at NE Corner of 14th Street and First Avenue at 2PM; march at 3PM to Christopher Park (Christopher & West 4th Streets) Why: In the last week - as unfortunately happens so often in June - a number of hate incidents have impacted our community in neighborhoods around the city: Saturday, June 10, 12:30 AM - East Village, Manhattan On his way home,...
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Re: Queers are the Blacks of the 1950's!!! Anti-Gay is on the RISE!!
Time to bring back Queer Nation? I've been thinking a lot about this in the past few days. The QUEER Nation Manifesto Queers Read This Don't Tread on Me The QUEER Nation Manifesto is a powerful document. The first section, "Queers Read This," opens with these words. "How can I tell you? "How can I convince you, Brother, Sister, that your life is in danger? "That every day you wake up alive, relatively happy, and a functioning human being, you are committing a rebellious act. "You as an alive...
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Re: Queers are the Blacks of the 1950's!!! Anti-Gay is on the RISE!!
Dear Sweetie I am very happy you helped hang posters. Do you want a medal for it? My work is my life. Kevin is a drag queen who was bashed; I am a proud drag queen who does not want to hide in the shadows. I walk to work in drag so I am very aware how dangerous it can be for a queen. I choose to march in drag because that is part of who I am. You could have easily come in drag to the event and shown a proud face. Instead you choose to attack people because of certain inadequacy's you are...
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Re: Queers are the Blacks of the 1950's!!! Anti-Gay is on the RISE!!
VLADA raided last night. At least 4 police cars plus a van WITH the sargeant leading the pack. It was closed due to over-crowding and too much activity on the sidewalk. MEANWHILE the STRAIGHT bar 2 doors down with JUST as many people is left completely alone. I have worked all over the city. Vlada has to be one of the most professional bars I have had the pleasure of working in. One of the owners, a straight Russian gentleman was such a hero. He confronted the sargeant about this being...
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Re: BoyBar
Sweetie you really are the real deal! Puddin bag i am lMAF right now in my regeal eagal's nest!Go I do have a thing for beige it lets the preformer come through no matter how complicated the costume.As a matter of fact the theme for the last boy bar gay pride float was going to be beauty is bland all dressed in beige beige on beige float toped off with a beige on beige boy bar logo high above.
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Re: The Motherboards Remembers 9/11/2001
Worked a corporate gig at a major talent agency during this period while moonlighting the bars. My favorite client for whom we booked speaking engagements was The Honorable Ann Richards. She had no qualms about filling us in on the depths that W would sink to win. (He of all people brought public her ages-old bout with alcoholism during her schoolteaching years when he ran against and unseated her as Gov. of TX - so much for anonymity). I was listening to the Rolling Stones' Some Girls CD on...
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Re: BoyBar
Let's not loose focus on this topic of Boy Bar and its beauties. Mr. Kasten had those girls out performing at other venues and events all the time. Be it a gay pride parade with a BB float or at Wigstock as shown here backstage at the original band shell in Thompkins Sqare park. I don't remember the year. I hardly remember my name. Shown from left to right: David Dalrymple & friend, Miss Guy,Miss Missy, Todd Tomorrow, Raven O and Mother of the House of Boy bar Matthew Kasden.
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Re: Caribbean
I am not just speaking out of hometown pride here: you must go to St. Croix. Going in the spring or summer is relatively cheap, we have tons of amazing secluded beaches, great food, lots of cultural activities, rainforests, art, and a very cosmopolitan culture with artists, travelers, students, and yes, even mystics, from all over the world. You will need a rental car to really see the island, but it's definitely worth it. You'll get a real immersion in our distinctive culture instead of a...
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Re: SJ's European Tour 2007
Ok, so with my head full of Cure and severely lacking H2O I arrive in.... MILAN: where I am greeted by Mauro the promoter of Billy (the club night I am playing at) who's a dead ringer for Bobby Miller I kid you not, and my new agent (backstory: my previous agent got knocked up by her husband and had the baby after which she decided to say screw being an agent I wanna be a mom only, hey why not), Riccardo who lives in London but is from Milan so he came for the weekend. Both are lovely and...
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Re: HyperGender Burlesque
It's time for HyperGender again!!! The queer, twisted burlesque show presents Seven Deadly Sins on Saturday, June 16th. WOW Cafe Theatre 59-61 East 4th st starts somewhere between 9:30 and 10pm, seating is first come first served unless you politely ask us to hold a seat for you... late comers will be seated if space permits so if you want to make sure you are not sitting on the floor come early $10 unless you are a burlesque, drag, queer ... performer, for you it's $5 email...
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Re: Politically Incorrect VI
I agree Lex but the really outrageous thing is why gay men have sex in public bathrooms in the first place. The heterosexual world condemed gay sex for so long and made it illegal, thereby driving gay men into the closet and into the dark backrooms and secret places where we could meet. There were no gay church socials or dating services or public community meetings where gay people could meet and socialize like the straight world around them. We were doomed to cruise street corners and...
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Re: Dean Johnson - Death of a Legendary Legend
Dear Beth and Rev. Johnson, I just heard about Dean today. I was truly saddened by the news. Please let me know if there is ever another memorial service--if yes, I'd like to attend. Also, fyi, I think I have a cassette tape of Dean and the Weenies from around the time when I helped to book them at Boston City Hall at Gay Pride for a Gay Community News benefit many, many years ago. I can find it, make you a copy and send it to you--just let me know the best mailing address. Thinking of you...
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MargOH! Channing is Tipsy June 10 9:30PM
MargOH! Channing returns this June in a drunkglama new show aptly titled “MargOH! Channing is Tipsy” at The Duplex Cabaret, June 10 , 9:30PM, 61 Christopher Street on the corner of 7th Ave south in Greenwich village. MargOH! will be fusing her raucous onstage persona and famously bombastic voice with The Jarad Astin Trio and backed by the vocal styling’s of the MargOH!-tini’s. MargOH! will perform original songs including "Marg ... OH! on the Rocks", “ I Love my Men Gay” and “I’m not a Drunk...
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Zuni Mountain Sanctuary - High Mountain Desert Delights
Ahh, my Motherboarding Family! Greetings from New Mexico! I began a road trip in February, ended up here (my fourth year visiting), and have signed on to stay here through the next year with trips back and forth to NYC. Zuni Mountain...
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718 Sessions Boat Party 2012! W/ Danny Krivit 06/24
718 Sessions Boat Party 2012! W/ Danny Krivit 06/24 SUNDAY, JUNE 24th Benny Soto presents.. The Annual 718 Sessions Boat Party 2012! This is a DON'T MISS! And it's GAY PRIDE SUNDAY...CHILDREN : ) Music by... DANNY KRIVIT! On the WORLD FAMOUS CIRCLE LINE! Pier 83-West 42nd Street & Westside Highway www.circleline42.com Boarding 7:30pm/Cruise begins at 8:30pm SHARP! Tickets at Gate-$40. TICKETS FOR THE BOAT PARTY ALWAYS SELL OUT WELL IN ADVANCE! DON'T WAIT TO MAKE YOUR PURCHASE! for more...
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House of Xtravaganza Ball 7/22 in Midtown
FATHER JOSE X. & THE ICONIC HOUSE OF XTRAVAGANZA IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR 30TH ANNIVERSARY "WRATH OF THE GODS & GODDESSES" BALL SUNDAY, JULY 22ND 2012 DOORS OPEN AT 8PM / BALL BEGINS AT 11PM XL NIGHTCLUB 512 WEST 42ND STREET, NYC ADMISSION: $30.00 AT THE DOOR ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE AT XL BOX OFFICE http://www.showclix.com/event/XBALL Other information: https://www.facebook.com/events/151075545016950 Photo above: DAVID IAN XTRAVAGANZA in 1988, photo by Johnny Dynell 18 YEARS OLD TO...
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Quentin Crisp: The Naked Bon Vivant! A 100th Birthday Extravaganza!
The fabulously flamboyant and witty gay icon Quentin Crisp (who died in 1999 at age 90) gets a party fit for a queen. The lively literary salon includes readings, recollections and performances by some of Crisp’s most ardent admirers.The event...
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Sylvia Rivera
From: Rusty.M.Moore@Hofstra.edu (souborboleta)Sylvia Rivera passed away this morning at approximately 5:00 AM, in the intensive care unit of St. Vincent's Hospital, Greenwish Village, NYC. She had been ill with cancer of the liver. She was accompanied...
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James Caroline Pride show in NYC- Union Square
Bring a poem by your favorite queer writer to share along with your own on the OPEN MIC!Bar 1335 East 13th Street @ University Place. 2nd FLoorNew York, NY 10003United States The work of Boston-based poet and performer James Caroline is a rare mix of...
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Minneapolis Low Life - Gay Pride June 28-29
Johnny and I are off to Minneapolis for the first time ever, to do a two-night club in an alley off Loring Park. If you live in the Twin Cities or have any tips while we are there, much appreciated.And if you are in town, be sure to come check LOW...
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Queer SOS! and the American Equality Bill (ongoing)
For Motherboarders and Beyond -Like many of us, I have taken to using Facebook for so much communication (moreso than e-mail these days), that at times I have to stop myself. Certain events and moments always bring me back to the Motherboards, and...
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MargOH! Channing in What makes a legend drink more?
Hey Kids,MargOH! Channing is back with an all new show“What makes a legend drink more?” May 20, 9:30PM "Fierce"- Time out NY MargOH! Channels so many people, she makes me laugh out loud”- Nellie McKay“MargOH! Has a huge sense...
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PICTURES from The Love-In
Here are some pictures from the Tom Spanbauer Love-In on the pier.THURSDAY JUNE 8NOW IS THE HOURA Love-In for Tom Spanbauer and his new book "Now Is The Hour"9 PM to latenightPier 63 @ 23rd StreetFREE No author has captured the Lost East Village of...
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Pet Food Recall
I have been following the massive Pet Food recall since the weekend, and kind of assumed that everyone we knew with a pet knew about it. But, after running into several people who still didn't know about it yesterday, I thought I'd start this topic.On...
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Local Artist Stabs us in the Back?
Anyone Know This Woman? From the NY Daily News: - A New York artist known for her colorful canvases of drag queens and gay pride parades gave $1,000 to help pass California's ban on same-sex marriage.Maureen Mullarkey, 66, made her sizable...
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BUTT BANG! concert - "Sissy Bounce" and more 6/19
BUTT BANG! a pre-pride concert featuring three wild new bands from different parts of the country and all from different genres of music/underground scenes. Salem are a goth-juke-synth band from Chicago who have a full length coming out at the end of...
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Armen Ra presenting METAL/ a tribute to Maria Callas/special guest Edgar Oliver
HOT! Festival and New Museum Presents: Armen Ra and Bora YoonThursday, July 9, 7 p.m.Location: New Museum TheaterSeries: New Museum Presents$12 Members, $15 General PublicHOT! Festival and New Museum Presents bring you an evening of music from the...
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Stonewall: 40 Years
Forty years ago, on a hot June night at a small run-down bar in New York's Greenwich Village, a somewhat minor altercation between the NYPD and a rag tag group of homosexuals, started a sexual and sociological revolution and a demand for civil rights...
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718 Sessions Annual Boat Ride w/Danny Krivit@Circle Line Cruises
718 Sessions Boat Party 2014 At The World Famous Circle Line Ferry Sunday June 29th 2014 Music by... DANNY KRIVIT! Benny Soto presents.. The Annual 718 Sessions Boat Party 2014! This is a DON'T MISS! And it's GAY PRIDE SUNDAY...CHILDREN : ) HARD tickets Available at the following location starting Monday, April 7th: Rebel Rebel-319 Bleecker Street/212-989-0770 Advance Tickets are $30 plus on-line charges/store fees Hard tickets will be also...
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JACKIE FACTORY first Asbury Park show THE PYRATE BALL Gay Pride 6/3
FRIDAY, JUNE 3 THE JACKIE FACTORY PRESENTS OPENING NIGHT ASBURY PARK GAY PRIDE THE PYRATE BALL (BLOW THE MAN DOWN) Starring DJ AND CAPTAIN JOHNNY DYNELL JACKIE 60 MCs PAUL ALEXANDER + CHI CHI VALENTI SEVERELY MAME HEATHER LITTEER SIR HONEY DAVENPORT THE HOUSE OF DOMINATION A four hour pansexual romp on the High Seas with NYC creative club collective THE JACKIE FACTORY in their first Asbury Park production. “The Factory” is best known for the 450 themed editions of their legendary club weekly...
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June at Deep Space feat. Sunshine Jones, Ana Sia, The Illustrious Blacks & more!
June 12: Sunshine Jones Live {Dubtribe/ King Street/Treehouse Muzique} + DJ Courtney K (That Girls Got Rhythm) & Ana Sia https://www.facebook.com/events/564712577023449/ NEW HOURS ALERT! Starting June 12, Deep Space will run from 9 pm - 3 am. Free admission and complimentary vodka cocktails before 10 pm with eflyer. Sunshine Jones performs in a rare live show. He's got his gear, he's got his mic, and he's giving us a full night's set at Deep Space. Opening dj to be announced shortly!
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Thoughts on the Pulse Nightclub Tragedy
As a community begun in celebration of New York City's club tribes and cultures, the MOTHERBOARDS family is shattered by recent events in Orlando.