As of 2021, however, representation for the LGBTQ+ community in television has never been better. No shade to some of these characters of course, because a lot of them paved the way for the positive queer representation we see today. The NYPD has arrested a suspect in connection with an alleged anti-gay assault at a popular Brooklyn gay bar last weekend.īrandon McNamara, 25, was arrested yesterday for the brutal beating of two gay men last Sunday, September 23 outside Metropolitan Bar in Williamsburg.Remember when LGBTQ+ characters were the sidekick? The stereotypical white gay who popped up in a recurring capacity for comedic effect? Or if they were the central character, their sexuality would be downplayed and scenes of intimacy would be non-existent? Yeah, we’ll admit: we don’t really miss those days. Silent as he was walked out of NYPD 7th Precinct /rl1kR7fyL6 McNamara was charged with 10 counts of assault and harassment as hate crimes, since witnesses allege he hurled homophobic slurs at his unnamed victims, ages 29 and 34.īrandon McNamara, 25, accused of attacking a gay couple in Williamsburg. Police say McNamara punched the 34-year-old victim in the face, prompting him to lose consciousness and fracture his shoulder, reports NBC News. The younger victim was treated for a broken finger at a local hospital.Īfter news of the assault broke earlier this week, NYPD detectives prompted New Yorkers on social media for help identifying the assailant. (The New York Post reports that McNamara turned himself in around 8am on Wednesday.) Shea cited authorities’ “partnership with the community” as the reason McNamara was located and apprehended so swiftly. In partnership with the community, an arrest has been made in the 9-23-18 Hate Crime assault in Brooklyn in which a gay couple was brutally attacked. Grateful to those who contacted & assisted the Hate Crimes T.F. “Grateful to those who contacted & assisted the Hate Crimes T.F. quickly apprehend Brandon McNamara,” he tweeted.The Newest New York Nightlife Phenomenon Photos by: Wilsommodels New York City’s newest nightlife phenomenon promises to be an immersive, innovative and exciting adventure.
It’s spawned from the need for the LGBTQ community to finally emerge from isolation and rock this town. Owners Bob Fluet, Frankie Sharp, and Alan Picus are planning to open when things are safe enough, Sharp telling insider Michael Musto that the club will be in Hell’s Kitchen. The three major owners agreed to give us a sneak preview. For those readers that have not been to one of your events, tell them a little about you and your nightlife background.
I moved to New York on Sfrom San Francisco. I wanted to work in fashion, so I got a job assisting a designer showroom owner, which turned into some boring desk job selling fashion wholesale. It was a dreadful experience, only because I realized I’d rather be out till 4 AM at the clubs, and having to be in the office at 9 AM was NOT working for me. I got fired from that job and eventually fell back on what I knew best: THROWING A PARTY. So I started organizing a small weekly night called “EVERYTHING” at the old Bedlam space in the Lower East Side, owned by the guys who now own Atlas and Club Cumming. It was a tiny hole in the wall party, but with huge personality. You had this sceney, intimate dance party, but with big guest DJs and performers like Hood By Air, Casey Spooner, Andy Cohen from Bravo, Mykki Blanco and Sky Ferreira, and we were one of the first parties to start booking the Ru girls. It was about celebrating the queer spectrum in all of its nonbinary flow and to keep the vibe there cross-genre, cross-generational, cross-cultural. It was a little dash of everything, which is why I called the night “EVERYTHING: A Party For Everyone”.
I won a Paper magazine award for Best New York Party that year, which caught the eye of the celebrity venue owners of the Westway (also of the Jane Ballroom) to produce their big gay weekly rager, which eventually became the infamous “WESTGAY”. WestGay ran for four years and changed my life. It was the same “everything and the kitchen sink” approach, but this time with a budget. So it was glamour, but it was all sleaze at the same time. It was sickening House beats in one room and Britney Spears and disco in the other.