Notable people often publish memoirs in summation of their storied lives and accomplishments. There’s usually a recounting of successes sand highlights that illustrate their journey from obscurity to stardom, while omitting the chapters they don’t want to speak out loud. That’s the usual fare for a carefully curated bio. Every…

Half a century ago this week, in The Bronx, the hip-hop genre was born, emerging out of the turbulent 1960s civil rights era to set social commentary to music. Over the ensuing five decades, this driving, youth-empowering style of rhyming pentameter has grown and evolved into a definitive voice of…

On summer days we do summer things, like taking a day trip down to the shore, to enjoy sun and surf at the beach, just as thousands of New Yorkers did this past weekend. Among the throngs of young people returning to their neighborhoods after an afternoon on the ocean…

The contemporary Republican Party, that authoritarian entity which gave us Donald Trump, the first former President to be indicted for multiple felonies, revealed their true ideologies this past week, and both politicians who gave voice to them, uttered truths that cannot be spun away, no matter how hard their PR…

In Arkansas, a deep-red state in the Deep South, a harsh new “bathroom bill” aimed at trans men and women has been placed on the desk of far-right Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders by the Legislature there. The Republican, who signed a bill yesterday sharply restricting gender-affirming medical care for trans…

As people return to the social events that punctuate our lives, like weddings, confirmations, graduations, and even iconic gatherings like Fashion Week, demand is once again growing for quality catering to go with them. In Linden, NJ, a leafy bedroom suburb of New York City, one couple is embarking on…

In New York City, tomorrow is Primary Day, when the crowded field of candidates vying for Mayor, City Council, and the five borough presidencies (among other offices) gets tighter as voters select those who will make it to the general ballot. For registered Democrats in the Big apple, there’s something…

Sometimes, on the journey a gay man takes through life, the trip becomes the destination, and that’s certainly true for Joe Mannetti, an out actor, journalist, and LGBTQ community advocate. Joe, whose exploits have ranged from adult films to mental health outreach work and HIV awareness advocacy, has never sought…

Fashion is so closely identified in modern popular culture with the :GBTQ community, that highlighting its great gay designers seems almost an afterthought. From legends like Gianni Versace and Giorgio Armani to modern trendsetters like Telfar Clemens, there’s one more name that must be added to any pantheon of great…