Arts & Culture
Guest Artist Allison Schieler. Photo courtesy of Mister Dusty Rose.The Rose Room, a nightlife variety show coming to queer bar and performance space 3 Dollar Bill [https://www.3dollarbillbk.com/] on May 13th, is here to answer the prayers of live performance-deprived Brooklynites. The queer, inclusive, body-positive experience is
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Photo via David L. Bowles, @aquanasium [https://www.instagram.com/aquanasium/], with permission.PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Thousands of people in masks and white clothing rallied outside the Brooklyn Museum and then took part in a silent march for Black transgender lives. Earlier this week, two Black transgender women, Riah Milton from
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Pussy Plate painting gathering hosted by @metgodshesblack [https://www.instagram.com/metgodshesblack] at New Women Space. Courtesy of @NewWomenSpace.WILLIAMSBURG — A community-based organization for women, femme, and queer folx has transformed from a pop-up into a permanent home for events and workshops in North Brooklyn. New Women Space [https://www.
Arts & Culture
People dancing at Yalla! Party. Fabian Gomez/Yalla!Middle Eastern and North African (MENA)-focused parties in Brooklyn are creating a wave in the local nightlife. [/the-category-is-bushwick-realness-locals-bring-back-accessibility-to-queer-ballrooms/] DJs and party-goers alike are now making their own spaces to celebrate their roots, and bring together communities where they feel safe to
Arts & Culture
A contestant walk a category. Tim Tobias/OTA.BUSHWICK — Get ready to vogue and strike your best pose at Open to All [https://www.instagram.com/ota.weekly/], a new mini ball series in Bushwick that sets ballroom politics aside in order to foster inclusivity in the true spirit of
Bensonhurst
(Photo via francis_ellen [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGoppKSnTZ9/?hl=en])In the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando [/stand-orlando-tonight-grand-army-plaza-unity-vigil/#.V5o1XZMrLe0], the killings in Minnesota, Baton Rouge and Dallas, and the string of attacks [/cops-investigating-hate/#.V5o1JJMrLe0] against Muslims during Ramadan, a group of Bay Ridgites are coming
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Ingersoll Senior (Courtesy NYCHA)The planned LGBTQ-friendly senior residences at the Ingersoll Houses [/?s=ingersoll] is starting to come into focus. The planned building, to be known as Ingersoll Senior, is to be built on an unused grassy area at Myrtle Avenue between St. Edward Street and Portland Avenue and
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Public Advocate James took center stage (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Michael Randazzo)When a contentious meeting Monday night at the Ingersoll Community Center about a proposed building with 145 affordable apartments for seniors — including those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) — threatened to devolve into chaos,
Events
This isn’t a chef. It’s a magician. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox.) Here’s a recap of what went down this week. Follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/ftgfocus], like us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus], and check out our Instagram [http://instagram.com/
Bensonhurst
Thousands packed surrounding areas of the iconic Stonewall Inn in the West Village on Monday, June 13. (Photo via francis_ellen [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGoppKSnTZ9/?tagged=stonewall&hl=en])Public Advocate Letitia James will join several other politicians and advocacy groups tonight at Grand Army Plaza [https:
Events
Thousands packed surrounding areas of the iconic Stonewall Inn in the West Village on Monday, June 13. (Photo via francis_ellen [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGoppKSnTZ9/?tagged=stonewall&hl=en])Public Advocate Letitia James will join several other politicians and advocacy groups tonight at Grand Army Plaza [https:
Central Brooklyn
Thousands packed surrounding areas of the iconic Stonewall Inn in the West Village on Monday, June 13. (Photo via francis_ellen [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGoppKSnTZ9/?tagged=stonewall&hl=en])Public Advocate Letitia James will join several other politicians and advocacy groups tonight at Grand Army Plaza [https: