Tag Archives: NYC

Via Queer Rising: In an act of civil disobedience, Lt. Dan Choi and Capt. Jim Pietrangelo and Robin McGehee have been arrested at the White House gates on Thursday while protesting the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. We are in solidarity with Choi, Pietrangelo, Robin McGehee and all other protesters nationwide. Join us as we protest the Army Recruitment …

[Below is a very short story I wrote for the blog five years ago. I was reminded of it tonight during a rerun of Keith Olbermann’s epic hour-long rant on health care reform. So here’s a rerun of my own.] Rite Aid Pharmacy, Grand Central Terminal There’s a woman in line ahead of me who has just handed over a …

The folks at amfAR have tipped JMG exclusively that gay icon Kylie Minogue will host their June 3rd benefit, The Inspiration Gala, which will be held at the New York Main Library on Fifth Avenue. In a first-time collaboration, amfAR and Josh Wood Productions are initiating a new event series—the Inspiration Gala—a celebration of fashion and creativity that will benefit …

For the first time since arriving in NYC, I actually made it all winter without losing my gloves, although as per tradition, I contributed a few tuques to my fellow cab riders. Boxing it all up today. Despite all those snowpocalypes, we only had a few days of single-digit weather this year and the slush piles were usually gone within …

GLAAD is trickling out the video clips from Saturday’s Media Awards in NYC. This one is pretty good for Joy Behar’s digs at Barbara Walters, Eric Massa, Sarah Palin, and John McCain. Joy also gives credit for her success to the gay clubs in the West Village. NSFW for Joy’s potty mouth.

Local news has declared Assemblyman Jose Peralta the victor (by an almost 2-1 margin) over former NY Sen. Hiram “Slasher” Monserrate in one of the most homophobia-filled elections in recent NYC history. It appears that turnout, always low for special elections, may have only been about 25,000 total voters, making the impact of activists from groups such as Fight Back …

Courtesy of the Saint At Large, today’s Swag Tuesday prizes are tickets to this Saturday’s 31st annual legendary Black Party, the most famous/infamous gay dance party in the history of the world. The party takes place at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan, just off Times Square. This year’s Black Party DJs are Hector Fonseca, Paulo, and Ana Paula. Popular NYC …

Yesterday gay activists gathered in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood in Brooklyn to stage a “kiss-out” in response to the March 2nd attack on a 22 year-old gay man, who was beaten by cowardly thugs as he left a gay event. The attackers used anti-gay epithets during the attack and are being sought by the NYPD. [Video below] In a separate …

Yesterday JMG reader Jim Brochu rang the closing bell at NASDAQ in recognition of his critically raved performance in his Off Broadway one man show tribute to Zero Mostel, Zero Hour, which is now running at the DR2 Theater. Jim’s partner, Steve Schalchlin, recently had his show New World Waking! performed by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. Get tickets …

If you live in Jackson Heights, Queens or know somebody who does, please remember to email your friends a reminder to get to the polls today. Turnout is expected to be quite low, so you will be spending less than five minutes of your day to strike the first blow in voting out hate in the New York Senate. Fight …

Ten year old Will Phillips’ speech at the NYC 2010 GLAAD Media Awards is the one that everybody will remember. Watch this. He’s very smart and not a little snarky.

The New York Times reports today that the city is one step closer to shuttering the popular M2 Ultralounge nightclub over smoking law violations. The club is on trial this week. If the closure happens, it will be the first NYC business shut down because of smoking. The Bloomberg administration is moving closer to shutting one of the largest and …

A new group called Drinking For A Change has arranged for fifteen NYC gay bars to donate $1 per drink to LGBT causes. The first DFAC event is this weekend, March 19th and 20th. Via press release: By focusing on small donations on a mass scale, Drinking for a Change aims to engage a greater portion of the LGBT community …

Last night I attended the 2010 NYC GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, where industry hotshots mingled with wealthy supporters as media contributions to LGBT equality were recognized in numerous categories. Joy Behar and Cynthia Nixon were honored for their outspoken activism and other top awards went to ABC’s Brothers & Sisters for Best Television Drama, …

A NYC charter school teacher is being sued by the parents of a 9 year-old boy, who say the teacher forced him to write a note to a female crush, falsely “confessing” that he is gay. According to court papers filed this week, the teacher, Jared Alessandroni, 29, threatened to “out” a straight 9-year-old boy, James Pastrana, to his class …

The NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission has uncovered a massive scam on the part of the city’s taxi drivers, many of whom are are charging out-of-borough rates to unsuspecting riders. The drivers’ scheme, the commission said, involved 1.8 million rides and cost passengers an average of $4 to $5 extra per trip. The drivers, officials said, flipped switches on their …

Last night Perry Vs. Schwarzenegger lead attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies spoke before about 150 journalists at the New York Times headquarters in Manhattan in an event called “Unlikely Allies.” In attendance among the print journalists were uber-blogger Andy Towle, activists Corey Johnson and Brendan Fay, former Clinton advisor David Mixner, and former GLAAD director Neil Giuliano. Olson and …

This is Respect For All Week in NYC public schools, during which students will take diversity workshops and learn how to diffuse bullying and harassment. GLSEN is one of the NYC Department of Education’s partners in the program. “We applaud the Department of Education for recognizing the importance of the ongoing project of providing safe and effective learning environments for …

A woman in Queens is suing the maker of her big floppy clown shoes because when she dressed up as Bozo for Halloween, her defective big floppy clown shoes caused her to trip and injure herself. Presumably this isn’t the Queens woman of the Diana Ross wig head fame.