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Out on the town: DJ Keo Nozari’s New York

November 12, 2009 / No Comments



Keo Nozari, interviewed by GayCities New York editor JJ Keyes
Occupation: popstar/rockstar
Sexuality: Gay
Home: New York City
Hails from: Minneapolis
Relationship Status: Single
Favorite City: New York
Spotted on a typical New York Friday night: DJ-ing at ROCKIT @ Amalia
JJK: Hey Keo, what’s going on? We hear you just got a new gig at Club 57@ Providence. When can we find [...]

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My Pride: Chicago’s Sami Grisafe

June 24, 2009 / No Comments



Sami Grisafe is quarterback for the 2008 Eastern Conference Champion Chicago Force (of the professional Independent Women’s Football League). Unlike many of the more than 10,000 women who play the full-contact sport–mostly on boys’ youth and small-school teams, but increasingly on all-women’s squads like the IWFL’s–Sami is a veteran, having played for 15 years. Her Force [...]

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My Pride: Vance Garrett’s New York

June 6, 2009 / 1 Comment



Vance Garrett has been described as “the Ziegfeld below 14th Street.” At 28 Vance already has range of production roles with icons such as Kylie Minogue, Tori Amos and Jennifer Hudson. Lately he’s worked in theater, as director for Saint At Large events, including some biggies for New York City LGBT Pride, June 20-27. GayCities contributor [...]

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Calling all Queers: Marriage equality rallies nationwide

May 25, 2009 / 3 Comments



(Updated)–The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the ballot measure that enshrined a ban on same-sex marriage in the state constitution. Now begins the hard work of changing the hearts and minds of voters, one-by-one. Here’s a glimpse of that massive campaign, starting right now with rallies across the nation.
The most massive is Day of Decision, [...]

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Out on the town: San Francisco playwright Sean Owens

May 11, 2009 / No Comments



Each year as host of DIVAfest at his resident EXIT Theater in downtown San Francisco, Sean Owens performs his own “drag ballads” while showcasing the world premier works of female artists. You can catch his latest play, Stale Magnolias, a tribute to beloved strong female characters (think Sissy Spacek in Crimes of the Heart) at [...]

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Out on the town: Fuerza Bruta’s Andy Pellick

May 7, 2009 / No Comments



Boys night at Fuerza Bruta is the hottest of events in New York today. FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP is a non-stop collision of dynamic music, visceral emotion and kinetic aerial imagery. Andy Pellick is one of the sexy men in the cast of ripped performers splishing and splashing in the party pool at the Daryl [...]

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Iceland’s warm embrace

February 1, 2009 / 2 Comments



 
Iceland is a tourist paradise, boasting icey-beautiful wilderness and the warm welcome of gay-friendly Reykjavik, all at reasonable prices. But now there’s another great reason to check out the largely undiscovered nation. In late January open lesbian Johanna Sigurdardottir, 66, was named interim prime minister. Siguradardottir, labor activist and former flight attendant, faces quite a [...]

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