The 1971 Gay Pride Parade in NYC on was held exactly two years after the Stonewall Riots. In Manhattan, Marchers made their way up Sixth Avenue on the way to Sheep Meadow in Central Park. After the 1970 march, similar events happened in Washington DC, Los Angeles and … [Read more...]
#BlastFromTheGayPast: Before There Was The Internet, There Was “After Dark Magazine”
I was already a veteran magazine junkie at 18-years-old. I purchased my first copy of After Dark at a newsstand at Copley Square in Boston in late August 1972. It had the most arresting cover with a shot of Argentine ballet dancer Jorge Donn. It stopped me dead. I looked both … [Read more...]
#LGBTQFlashback: After Stonewall, There Was “The Blues Bar Raid”…
On Sept 29, 1982, 40 NYC police officers burst into the Blues Bar a primarily Black and Latino gay men’s bar at 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue and locked the doors, lining up the patrons. The cops hit them while shouting racist and homophobic slurs. The cops had guns drawn and … [Read more...]
Stonewall Uprising
Stonewall Uprising opened in NYC yesterday and will have viewings around the country throughout the summer. (via [Read more...]
Frank Melleno: The Fairoaks Project
In celebration of Gay Pride Month, DRKRM/Gallery is premiering this Saturday, June 12, "Frank Melleno: The Fairoaks Project," a never-before-seen collection of provocative 12"x12" archival prints of … [Read more...]
