Joe.My.God. LGBT News

This spring I wrote about the problems the West Village was having with gangs of violent gay black and latino youth, a topic which generated considerable debate among the readers. Today comes news that a “gang” of seven young lesbians from New Jersey stabbed and beat a 28 year old man for “coming on” to one of them. The New …

I have a habit of noting the monthly rates at the parking garages around the city. I don’t have a car and don’t plan on getting one, but I like reminding myself how insanely expensive keeping a car in Manhattan would be. The garage next to my apartment building (shown) has the lowest rate I’ve seen so far. Notice NYC’s …

At sundown, people like to crowd the far end of the pier and watch the sun sink into New Jersey. (Insert joke, here.) Left, in the far hazy distance, is the Woolworth Tower. To the far right, the Goldman Sachs building in Jersey City.

Today’s NY Times has a fascinating look into the lives of female-to-male transexuals, a growing phenomenon that is sowing anger and dissention among some lesbians, who see gender transitioning as a betrayal of feminism and lesbian activism. Many of the women who transition to male do not completely change their gender, leaving the so-called “bottom surgery” unperformed. The article raises …

This shot was taken from the 14th floor outside deck of the AMC Theatre on 42nd Street, looking north. That green-roofed building is the current headquarters of the New York Times at 43rd & Broadway. In 1904, Longacre Square was renamed Times Square when the Times built their first home on 42nd Street, the building now topped by the giant …

I tried to get a photo of the young men from Ivory Coast who stand on the train platforms with open briefcases full of counterfeit watches, but when their sentry saw me aim my camera, he shouted, “Mbuala a’fahti!”, which is Yaoure for “That fat guy has a camera!” and they all snapped their cases shut and began chatting about …

37 seconds of looking out my office window, using a medium-rez digicam. I’ll probably try this again with a better camera on a less overcast day.

I think I’m already beginning to get a little annoyed with the onslaught of “my”. Thanks to News Corp, we’ve got MySpace, MyNetworkTV and New York’s My9 tv channel. Sure, I’ve got a MySpace account (even though most of the time it won’t let me log in), but this whole army of “My” (nerdy Bjork shout-out) is getting on MyNerves. …

New York gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer plans to include same-sex couples in domestic violence legislation, according to his running mate, David Paterson. Spitzer has already pledged to legalize gay marriage if elected, although as Attorney General he was forced to argue against it in court cases. Spitzer is a shoo-in for the November election, drawing massive support from both major …