Tag Archives: NYC

The NYPD has been advised to prepare for 10,000 – 20,000 Hispanic evangelicals rallying outside Gov. Paterson’s Manhattan office today at 1PM for their self-described anti-gay protest. LGBT folks and our allies are urged to show up too, “not in a fight against our dissenters, but in a gesture of support for Governor Paterson, who has supported us.” Gay organizers …

The NYPD is asking for tips if anybody witnessed a gay man being brutally assaulted the near the corner of Christopher and 7th Avenue late on Wednesday night. Alan Williams, 50, is in a coma after the attack. Roving hoodlums were out for blood when they bashed in the head of an accountant on a West Village street Thursday, possibly …

On Monday a man became the first person to streak across the diamond at the Mets new Citi Field stadium. Meh, boring, and I wasn’t even going to blog about it. But today comes news that the man faces a year in jail thanks to a 2005 law enacted by the city after a drug-addled Calvin Klein rushed the court …

Some Star Trek buffs are pissed after paying $17 to see the movie in IMAX at AMC’s flagship Times Square megaplex, only to find a normal size screen. The flap really got rolling earlier this week when actor/comedian Aziz Ansari went ballistic on his blog, describing how AMC management refused to refund his ticket. The CEO of IMAX has weighed …

Via press release: This Sunday, May 17, stars of Broadway and Television will come out to perform and rally in support of love, peace and marriage equality. Please join us from 5:00pm – 7:00pm ET on Sixth Avenue at 44th street in Manhattan as we let the sunshine in. “I am thrilled that we are able to come together as …

Tomorrow I’ll be participating in a panel discussion at the NYC LGBT Community Center titled “Queering The Blogosphere: Reflections On LGBT Blogging.” Gay blogging has recently experienced a meteoric rise in popularity and now serves as a major new resource for information and entertainment for the LGBTQ community. In fact, a recent study has shown that LGBT adults are now …

Openly gay movie mogul David Geffen is angling to buy the New York Times, which is sure to inspire even more wingnut cries about the gay mafia running the nation’s MSM. David Geffen, the former record executive who made an offer for the Los Angeles Times two years ago, now wants to buy the New York Times, according to people …

The MTA has released the new fare schedule to go into effect on June 28th. The increases aren’t as steep as what was first predicted. (Via- Gothamist)

Our industrious Father Tony has registered a space for LGBT bloggers to march in this year’s NYC Pride Parade. We’re gonna have a banner and everything – fancy! Banner suggestions are welcome, we’re thinking something like: “LGBT Bloggers: Digital Activism.” If you’d like to join us, please contact Father Tony. Have blogger groups marched in other parades?

Sixteen year-old John Katehis pleaded not guilty to the murder of former ABC newsman George Weber on Friday, claiming he was acting in self-defense when he stabbed Weber at least 50 times after meeting him on Craigslist. Predictably, Katehis’ defense attorney Jeffrey Schwartz is attacking the character of the victim, claiming that Weber “lured the kid” and therefore, presumably, got …

Construction on the Second Avenue subway line has my neighborhood all torn up. Especially hurting are the restaurants who have lost their sidewalk seating right in time for the warm weather. But hey, we’ve only got, what, about six to nine more years before completion? Follow along on Second Avenue Sagas.

Which any 8th grader with Photoshop could have created. And probably made brighter. Today the White House’s sacrificial lamb fell on his sword. The director of the White House Military Office has resigned, an administration official said Friday, two weeks after he authorized an Air Force One flyover of the Statue of Liberty that terrified thousands of people in New …

I live in the back of my building, so the only thing that tends to wake me is when the neighbors across the alley put their dogs outside and go to work for the day. The separation anxiety kicks in after about ten minutes. Embiggen Greg Hathaway’s Things That Keep Me Awake In New York City for his list. My …

Gothamist points us to this photo of Ground Zero taken yesterday morning. More than seven years later and it’s still mostly just a big hole in the ground. This shot faces west with New Jersey visible in the distance. (Photo credit: luluinnyc | Amy Dreher on Flickr)

Visitors to the Statue of Liberty will be able to hike up to the crown again beginning on July 4th. The Statue of Liberty’s crown, which was closed after the 9/11 attacks, will reopen to the public on July 4, the White House announced on Friday morning. The decision, by the Obama administration, is a reversal of the previous policy. …

If you need a new time suck, check out this aerial virtual tour of NYC. Use your arrow keys to zoom around or click on the lower left boxes for specific destinations. Warning: bad new age music ahead. (Via – Gothamist)

Tonight at the NYC LGBT Center: Both Marriage Equality New York and Civil Rights Front will be having their monthly meetings tonight at the LGBT Center. MENY is at 6:30pm, CRF at 7:30pm. These may be the last meetings before the Prop 8 decision is issued, so I’d strongly urge you to attend one or both. Both meetings will also …

Openly gay top Bloomberg adviser Jonathan Feinblatt is reportedly considering running for Manhattan District Attorney upon the coming retirement of Robert Morgenthau, who had had the job for 35 years. Sources insist Jonathan Feinblatt, the Bloomberg administration’s criminal justice coordinator, will enter the race for Manhattan district attorney. But strategists say he may be too late. The other three Democratic …

Next Saturday May 9th at the NYC LGBT Community Center in the West Village: FUR BALL. Tickets: $8 advance, $10 at the door. Be warned…fur ahead! Join Dance 208 as we celebrate everything furry and fuzzy. Furball is back! There are 2 floors of dancing, go-go bears, cheap beer, bear art, and warm warm fur…and over 700 furry friends… So …

Queens, the borough, that is. Tomorrow marriage equality activists in Queens will stage an organizational meeting and party. Details: Saturday, May 2nd, 5:30pm, 21-21 24th Street, Astoria, Queens. (b/w Ditmars and 21st Avenue). I know we have tons of JMG readers in Queens, who’s down?