Tag Archives: Carl Siciliano

Carl Siciliano Gets Horny

The Ali Forney Center’s executive director Carl Siciliano struck a horny pose at a photo shoot for Pride Magazine 2010 this weekend. And big thanks to the JMG readers who responded to our annual couples photo shoot, you all turned out beautiful!

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Mike Diamond Reports From Ali Forney Center’s Broadway Beauty Pageant

Manhattan nightlife bon vivant Mike Diamond turns in a typically hilarious report on the Ali Forney Center’s Broadway Beauty Pageant. Mike interviews the AFC’s executive director Carl Siciliano, Michael Musto, Tovah Feldshuh, and cavorts backstage with the contestant hotties. Possibly NSFW (skin, language.)

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Guest Post – Carl Siciliano

I get very angry at the hell so many LGBT teens are put through. A few months ago a man named Anthony reached out to me to tell me a terrible story. He knew of a teen in upstate New York whose family learned he was gay and threw him out. A few days later the boy tried to return …

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Episcopal Church Aids NYC’s LGBT Homeless Youth Shelter

Carl Siciliano, executive director of NYC’s Ali Forney Center, writes to direct us to a story in today’s New York Times about the aid recently given his organization by the Long Island Episcopal Church. Since 2002, when he opened the Ali Forney Center, which helps homeless gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth, Carl Siciliano says, he has often witnessed the …

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Slideshow: A Very MARY Holiday

Earlier this week, I attended the first annual Very MARY Holiday fundraiser put on by Broadway Speaks OUT to benefit the Ali Forney Center, NYC’s shelter for homeless LGBT youth. It was a fun night, very “Hey, kids! Let’s put on a show!” Host Marti Gould Cummings was a riot as loads of Broadway stars performed, including Tony winner B.D. …

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Guest Post – Carl Siciliano

This has been a brutal year for LGBT youth. From the vicious murder last week of Jorge Mercado, to the deadly attack on the LGBT Youth Center in Tel Aviv, to the two thirteen year old boys who committed suicide in the spring because of anti-gay bullying in their schools, we see that youth are increasingly under attack by the …

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Broadway Friday

-Open lesbian and GLEE star Jane Lynch will appear at the NYC LGBT Center on November 9th. Stage and screen star Jane Lynch will appear at the first installment of Newsmakers at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (208 West 13th Street) on November 9 at 7pm. The conversation series celebrates important figures in the arts and politics. …

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A Place At The Table

Last night my pal Chris accompanied me to the Ali Forney Center’s gala fundraiser, A Place At The Table, held at the Chelsea Art Museum where Manhattan’s gay glitterati nibbled fancy bits from top chefs, took part in silent and live auctions, and were entertained by Tony-nominee Justin Bond and famed singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright – all in the name of …

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The LGBT Youth Homelessness Epidemic

Today the Indypendent published a heartbreaking story about the epidemic of LGBT homeless youth on the streets of NYC, where every night hundreds of gay children hustle for money, drugs, or just a warm place to sleep. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 575,000 to 1.6 million homeless and runaway youth are living on the streets …

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Remembering Bea Arthur

This afternoon Father Tony accompanied me to a memorial honoring Bea Arthur at Broadway’s Majestic Theater, one of the few houses I’d never been in as Phantom Of The Opera has been playing there for roughly 87 years. As one would expect and demand, it was a star-studded affair featuring Broadway royalty such as event emcee Angela Lansbury, Chita Rivera, …

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Broadway Beauty Pageant 2009

Last night my loyal companion Aaron accompanied me to the third annual Broadway Beauty Pageant where five male Broadway stars competed in the categories of talent, swimsuit, and question & answer. Emceed by four-time Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh and celebrity judged by Seth Rudetsky, SNL’s Ana Gastayer, Tony winner Beth Leavel, and playwright Charles Busch, the evening was a fundraiser …

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Guest Post – Carl Siciliano
Executive Director, Ali Forney Center

Christmas is a bittersweet time for me. Ali Forney was murdered on the streets of New York City in December of 1997. He was the seventh homeless LGBT kid I knew who had been killed on the streets between 1994 and 1997. In those days there was no shelter for LGBT kids in New York City. The only youth shelter …

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Jingle 2008

On Thursday night, Aaron and I attended Jingle 2008, the fifth annual holiday fundraising party for the Ali Forney Center, NYC’s shelter for homeless LGBT youth. Held at the lovely Meatpacking District loft of David Raleigh and Richard Bahl, the party brought out a nice crowd of Gotham’s homorati including pop star Ari Gold, Tony winner B.D. Wong, gossip maven …

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Guest Post – Carl Siciliano
Executive Director, Ali Forney Center

At the Ali Forney Center we work hard to provide a holiday season of joy for the homeless LGBT youth who come to us for help. Many of our kids find this season challenging; it’s getting colder outside, and they really feel the pain of being rejected by their families during a time that so emphasizes family togetherness. We try …

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Gay Activist Carl Siciliano Wins
Brooke Astor Service Award

Carl Siciliano, Executive Director of the Ali Forney Center, New York City’s homeless shelter for LGBT youth, was yesterday awarded the 2007 Brooke Astor Service Award. Siciliano (right) is seen here accepting the award from New York Public Library president Paul LeClerc. The Brooke Russell Astor Award honors Mrs. Astor’s commitment to the role of individuals in improving the quality …

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