Gay, booed up and ready to take your relationship to the next level? Ever dream of getting married to your partner in NYC? If you said yes to the Big Question then you and your partner have a chance to enter and win a dream wedding sponsored by the Duane Street Hotel in New York City.
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Fire Island Pines is lawyer turned artist Tom Bianchi’s gorgeous homage to NYC’S gay mecca, Fire Island. Over 40 years in the making, Bianchi shopped this amazing book to several publishers, including Andy Warhol, who saw potential in the subject matter but backed off from publishing the then scandalous document because it was taboo; and had the potential to destroy lives.
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Did someone lose a bet? That’s what I’m wondering looking at this guy who wore a skirt, boots and a white tee with the words RICH WHITE N#GGA scrawled on the front. Spotted on the NYC subway and via Reddit.
Gay Rights is Civil Rights, get over it! That’s what I want to scream at people who say that the two thoughts are mutually exclusive. When a person is killed or marginalized for being who they are, gay, lesbian, transgender, poor, a woman; their civil rights are violated. This is occurs all over the world, not just in the USA. In New York, in 2013, the right to be oneself is under attack by homophobes. Again.
Nigel Sylvester didn’t look like his usual self last night as he launched his Black Out, his second watch collaboration with G-Shock in two years, in NYC’s Meatpacking District. Sylvester, it occurred to me, is usually dressed casually in jeans and kicks, as if ready to ride. Last night the pro BMX champ, beloved on social media and on the streets, took it up a notch: he wore black velvet shoes, a leather jacket, a velvet bow tie and black drop-crotch trousers, a look he says has to do with his maturity as well as the color palette of his new watch.
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Ed Koch, former three term NYC mayor is dead. Koch was admitted to hospital several times in the last few weeks for various health issues including respiratory illnesses. Koch died last night after being admitted to Presbyterian-Colombia Hospital.
I’ve been dying to get my neck into Nueva York Workshop’s hoodies since the NY based company posted images of them on Instagram last summer. Each screenprint on the cotton/polyester and fleece blend garment is unique: if you buy three or five, each will be different. The model shown here is medium but you can order in the standard sizes.
The subject of race and sneakerheads will be tackled in 2013, just peep the synopsis and trailer of Jessica dela Merced’s Hypebeasts below:
“The most coveted new sneaker goes on sale at 8am and sneakerheads across the country are camping out overnight to get them. RONNY, a young Filipino-American and die-hard sneakerhead, has been dreaming of these shoes for months, but his quest to get in line is hindered when a fast food cashier’s racist joke offends his sister JUSTINE.
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That’s Charlie Chaplin in front of a huge crowd in NYC. The year was 1918 and everyone wore a hat. Yes. EVERYONE.
M.Tony Peralta, the 30 something Dominican Andy Warhol of Washington Heights (you should see his silkscreen game) is back on our radar with a new project and event just in time for the holidays: a one night only show titled Black Season Affair at Apt 178 Lounge, one of the livest spots in NYC.
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Today is the final day you can vote to send a friend to the site and NYC based actor and model Johnathan Charles to Hollywood to appear in a Beats By Dre commercial. Charles is one of hundreds, if not thousands, of Beats by Dre enthusiasts who took part in a month long campaign which saw many New Yorkers on electronic billboards in Times Square last month.
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Hurricane Sandy has landed in NYC for real. Parts of Lower Manhattan are under water according photos and reports filed on Twitter, The Office of Emergency Management is blowing up peoples phones with text messages advising us to stay indoors until further notice.
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