Tag Archives: Harlem

Over the objections of some activists, in July 2012 the FDA approved the use of Truvada as a daily HIV preventive for some high-risk populations. Harlem Prevention Center has launched a study which will evaluate if taking the drug less frequently will also be effective. Via press release: HPTN 067, also known as The ADAPT Study, is a unique study …

Two weeks ago Harlem’s Chipped Cup coffee shop was in the news after a customer launched an internet campaign against them for placing a pro-gay message on their menu board during the Supreme Court hearings on marriage. That customer performs in local opera productions and tonight the Chipped Cup will see some love from more equality-minded members of the opera …

Leesa Dahl is continuing her campaign against Harlem’s Chipped Cup for its support of marriage equality and apparently slunk back to the store last night to take a photo through their door. Yesterday’s JMG post about her is here.  Dahl is also crowing that “nobody came to fire me” for her attacks on Chipped Cup.

Yesterday the Harlem coffee shop Chipped Cup put out their daily chalkboard with a drawing of the now-famous red equal sign and the message “Peace, love, equality.” That made one customer super angry. Via New York Magazine: When a neighbor informed [owners] Ding and Cantor they had just lost a customer with their political stance, the coffee shop’s owners wrote …

Details at the Kickstarter page: The Rockland Palace was a famous event hall at the corner of 155th street and Frederick Douglass Avenues in Harlem, where political rallies, sport events, concerts, and elaborate dragballs were held during the Harlem Renaissance. It was torn down in the 1960’s and is now a parking lot. On Sunday July 1st, 2012 we plan …

New England Patriots wide receiver Chad Ochocinco will probably be in the news tomorrow after this stunt. Sylvia’s just tweeted back that they’re ready. I bet they aren’t. Ochocinco has over three million Twitter followers.

Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater was the location of Houston’s The Greatest Love Of All video.

The president launched into his Al Green impression during a fundraising event last night at Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater. Not bad, actually.

So says Pastor James David Manning, the Harlem nutjob we’ve blogged about several times. Enjoy the logic…

Do you want to be free of witchcraft and voodoo? Harlem’s Church of Jesus Christ Is Lord can help. The lady standing outside may have cast a spell on me for taking this photo today. Such a look she gave me.

This is actually an improvement over what the sign used to say. The pastor of this church is a viciously anti-gay douchebag whose YouTube channel is filled with lies about LGBT people.

“If children start to believe it is okay to be gay, they will think it’s okay to be a pedophile or have sex with animals. It’s a slippery slope. This gay pride nonsense is an abomination. God does not want to see homosexuals in our parks.” – Pastor Ronald Ferguson, objecting to a planned gay pride picnic in a Harlem …

Harlem preacher David Manning is back with an explanation of how repealing DADT will bring about the destruction of the Earth. Manning’s last video was removed under YouTube’s hate speech rules due to his declaration that all Christians should feel free to use the words “faggot” and “dyke.” Incidentally, Manning has multiple breaking and entering felony convictions for burglarizing over …

“Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth living on the streets and in foster care need our support more than ever. In New York City, the True Colors Residence is going to play a big role in providing these young people with the leg up and encouragement they need. I am thrilled that construction has already begun and I am honored …

Keith Haring’s 1986 handball court mural can be viewed from the eastbound lanes of Harlem River Drive, which is where I grabbed this shot from as we crawled along in Sunday traffic. The mural’s popularity prompted the city to rename its location the Crack Is Wack Playground.

Last night I trekked up to Harlem for pal Damian’s birthday party, meeting up there with a gaggle of chattering nattering bloggers. Are all my friends bloggers, or are all bloggers friends? Damian’s apartment is hoooge, even by Harlem standards, six or seven rooms, airy and light-filled with interesting details. My entire 2-room UES studio could fit into his living …