Tag: #NewYorkCity

Bottoms Up! – Sexy Server at Oasis Of all the fantastic charity events to take place in New York City during the summertime, one of my personal favorites is the Barkley’s Oasis party benefitting the Ali Forney Center. The event, slated for next Wednesday, July 24th, promises to be more than just a fabulous time spent with some of Manhattan’s most vibrant personalities. It will also help to support at-risk LGBTQ youth with vital health assistance, emergency and transitional housing, nutrition,...

From his role as “Pray Tell” on the revolutionary hit television show Pose to his star turning fashion turns on red carpets everywhere, suffice to say; Billy Porter is having an absolute moment right now!  When he dropped his latest single “Love Yourself” last month, it was the pride anthem we all needed. The remixes that dropped yesterday that accompany it though, are the dance floor anthems that our summer dance floors will be loving for the remainder of the...

Two pride flags were burned in front of Harlem’s Alibi Lounge on the eve of Pride Month, May 31, 2019. Image via Pix 11. A second fire at Harlem’s Alibi Lounge started with a burning rainbow flag early Monday morning led to considerable publicity, an NYPD investigation and, The Daily Beast’s Tim Teeman reported earlier this evening, an arrested suspect.  The Daily Beast reports that NYPD has arrested Tyresse Singleton, 20, of Manhattan, who “is charged with two counts each of criminal...

Thousands of parade-goers fill Sixth Avenue near Chelsea during 2019’s World Pride celebrations in New York City / Image via Andy Carr For the second time in the last two months, New York Police are investigating a suspected arson at Alibi Lounge as a possible hate crime. As USA Today reported earlier this morning, a “rainbow flag was set on fire at the entrance to gay bar” in the early morning hours between 12:20 a.m. and 12:45 a.m. A little...

Official Pride Guide Cover Stars (left to right): Whoopi Goldberg, Todrick Hall, Caitlin Kinnunen (The Prom), Isabelle McCalla (The Prom), Princess Nokia  The first official event of World Pride Month kicked off last week at the fabulous Arlo Hotel in New York City. The art-focused soiree celebrated the World Pride Mural Project, an initiative that honors the beauty, struggle, and strides of the LGBTQIA+ community. A multi-locational art installment, the World Pride Mural...

Credit: BoxersBoxers has opened a brand new location in the Washington Heights area of New York City that is simply fabulous. Washington Heights, or are the locals refer to it as WaHi, is a very left of center type of place in The Big Apple.  It’s an area of the city that I never traveled to up until I moved there recently. WaHi is far away from the hellish traffic and noise that...

James Roday – ABC’s “A Million Little Things” – ABC11.comMost people are unaware that May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I too was oblivious to this, but made the enlightening discovery upon receiving an invitation to cover the 2019 V!brant Gala at Cipriani Downtown in New York City. The annual event produced by V!brant Emotional Health was both a reflection and celebration, honoring citizens from all backgrounds who commit to life-saving work and promoting mental health and wellness throughout...