International drag queens featured in Jeza Belle’s ‘The Harlot’s Guide to Classy Cocktails’ revealed (VIDEO)

With six short weeks until the release of The Harlot’s Guide to Classy Cocktails, New York City drag star, actress, comedienne, columnist, and cocktail connoisseur Jeza Belle reveals the roster of 27 international drag queens featured in her forthcoming boozy book of cocktail recipes and drunken drag tales. The list includes San Diego’s Glitz Glam,  a #1…

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The Knick

dvr this Cinemax, Friday, Aug. 8, 10 p.m. Steven Soderbergh directs this TV show about a New York City hospital at the turn of the last century. Starring Clive Owen as the drug-addled chief of surgery and André Holland as the hospital’s first black doctor, the show is supposed to be bloody, tense and brilliant….

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Guinness beer drops sponsorship of New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade over anti-LGBT policy

Guinness has announced that the beer company would drop its sponsorship of the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade due to the parade’s discriminatory rule that prohibits LGBT families and organizations from participating. In a statement released yesterday, Guinness said: Guinness has a strong history of supporting diversity and being an advocate for equality…

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New original web series, ‘Gays,’ premieres episodes three and four March 16

New York, NY– Following the release of a sexy teaser trailer, and the launch of a buzz generating social media blitz, GAYS, a new half hour original series about—you guessed it—a group of gay friends in New York City, premiered  Jan. 12. The first two episodes went live at gaystheseries.com, as well as on VIMEO,…

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That was then. This is now

Feb. 11, San Diego has the opportunity to join world class cities like New York City in electing a truly progressive and inclusive mayor. However, some LGBT “leaders” want to go backwards to business as usual politics. Last year Robert Reich released Inequality for All, a documentary about income inequality destroying the American dream. Newly…

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PFLAG NYC’s 40th anniversary gala to honor Edie Windsor for bringing equality to all families

NEW YORK — PFLAG NYC (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays of New York City) has announced that Broadway producer, Daryl Roth, who has mounted a record seven Pulitzer Prize-winning plays and multiple Tony Award-winning shows, and Edie Windsor, the brave and outspoken plaintiff in United States v. Windsor, which brought federal recognition of same-sex marriage, will be featured honorees…

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Popular ex-DJ sends suicidal Tweet after prostitution scandal goes public

Mister Cee, the popular New York City-based HOT 97 DJ who was forced to resign after his solicitation of a male prostitute was leaked to the public, Tweeted later that day that he may be “better off dead.” The scandal began on Wednesday, according to reports in RolliingOut.com, AllHipHop.com and other Web sites devoted to hip-hop…

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Empire State Pride Agenda uncovers startling health disparities among LGBT New Yorkers

NEW YORK – The Empire State Pride Agenda, New York’s statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, has revealed the most comprehensive report on the health disparities faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in New York City. The report outlines data collected by the New York City Department of Health…

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West Side Story

dvr this Turner Classic Movies, Sunday, Aug. 18, 6 a.m. Arguably the greatest film musical ever made, West Side Story won 10 Oscars and is still an astonishing site to behold. Mostly this is because of Robert Wise’s and Jerome Robbins’ direction, which took a very stagey show and made it believable on the streets…

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