GOING DOWN IN LA LA LAND Film Premiere and DVD Sale

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Going Down in LA LA Land Film Premiere took place at the Cinema Village on April 20th.

DAVID LEDDICK/DAVID VANCE Double Book Signing at Rizzoli

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The two Davids, Leddick and Vance,
each one holding on to their books

June 12th at Rizzoli NY, was the place for art lovers of the Homoerotic genre to be. It was there that two legends in the field of Gay Art, David Leddick and David Vance, gathered with friends to promote and sign their newly published books, Leddick's Gorgeous Gallery and Vance's Jungle Fever.

Jungle Fever

Gorgeous Gallery - Bruce Sargeant (1880-1938),
"Wrestler and Boy in Jacket"

"Meet & Greet" - COREY JOHNSON For NYC Council

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Corey Johnson telling what he is all about

On June 26th, at the home of Brian Delshad, hosts Artyom Matusov, Jay Coleman, David Castleman, Charles Serotoff, Al Taveras, Baruch Shemtov, Ted Anastasiou & Brian Delshad gathered a group of their friends for a Meet & Greet with Corey Johnson as he runs for New York City Council.

A renowned activist for the LGBT rights movement and current Community Board 4 Chairman, openly gay ex-high school football captain, whose "coming out" when he was 18 years old was documented in the NY Times, Corey Johnson is running for District 3's Council seat.

This is a critical race – the seat Corey is running for covers most of Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, Midtown, the West Village and Soho, and it’s being vacated by Christine Quinn as she runs for mayor. The West Side of Manhattan is going to change a lot in the next few years, and it deserves a representative as passionate and progressive as Corey. Johnson said he would need to work closely with the City’s Office of Housing Preservation and Development on land use applications and the shortage of affordable housing which will become much more aggravated with the imminent advent of the 7 Subway Train extension

Mathew Bergman and Corey

ROCKIT FRIDAYS 3rd Anniversary Masque Ball

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Congratulations Tony Fornabaio and Brandon Voss!

And Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, for bringing so much fun and entertainment to the Queer community!

Your April 20th Masque Ball at XL nightclub was a blast!

UNIVERSAL GEAR Flagship Store Launch!

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Hotter, Hotter, Hotter, Hotter, Hotter
To get more of an eye popping, live eye full of these Hunks, albeit more heavily covered, rush over to XL Nightclub, where they are safely kept behind the bar counters for fear of setting the whole place on fire

On May 18, Universal Gear launched its new flagship store in Hell’s Kitchen, its second location in Manhattan. The first store, in Chelsea, opened in November 2001, creating a dynamic shopping environment with dance music listening stations and aluminum and polycarbonate fixtures. It became instantly popular among the Queer community.

"The gay community has helped position our store for enormous growth," said David Franco, co-founder and owner of Universal Gear. "But the non-gay customer also makes up about 30% of our sales. Straight men are increasingly feeling more comfortable wearing cool, city gear and sportswear and buying in a traditionally gay area."

BENEATH THE SHEETS: AN HIV/AIDS Awareness Fundraising Event

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Director/producer Sal Bardo and Actor/producer Max Rhyser play bookends to
MC of the evening Jonathan D. Lovitz, of MTV "The Set Up Squad" and tireless advocate of Gay rights and social causes

Food, drinks, entertainment, raffle prizes (including a walk-on role on Law & Order: SVU!), knowledge, and much more were the order of the day on March 30th, in the most enjoyable fundraiser "Beneath the Sheets", an HIV/AIDS charity event that took place at The Players Club to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and "Chaser," a short narrative film confronting the issue of unsafe sex in the gay community today, directed by Sal Bardo and starring Max Rhyser, whose companies Always Rhysing & Bardo Films are also the co-producers. The objective of "Chaser" is to start a dialogue about the increasing number of gay men practicing unsafe sex, both out of recklessness and self-injury.   

A FETISH FOR FASHION - Folsom Street East Runway Show and Auction

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Copy: Folsom Street East press release

Anthony J. Christman

Malnourished adolescents are so last season. Skins (and rubber, and spikes, and jockstraps) are in, so Folsom Street East had their annual Fetish for Fashion runway show and silent auction on February 18^th, at the LGBT Community Center NY to benefit Housing Works.

Socializing at the bar while soaking in the ferocious talents of DJ Dave Huge, built up on the excitement before Master of Ceremonies Will Clark took the stage to guide us through an evening of gorgeous models showing off the hottest in fetish and fetish-inspired fashions from some of NYC’s top purveyors, including The Eagle Store, FM Leather Design, Manskins, My Lady’s Toys, E7 Rubber, Nick Stryker, and  WonderWear NY.

Grand Opening of "ROCKIT FRIDAYS" at XL Nightclub

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Gio and Avi

On January 27th, Brandon Voss and Tony Fornabaio’s Rockit Fridays had a grand opening at XL Nightclub, the latest nightlife destination by FV Events and John Blair Promotions. Located inside the Hell's Kitchen gay urban resort, The Out NYC (512 West 42nd Street,) this enjoyable weekly event—with wall to wall cuties, muscle boys, and the “Fire Hazard” bartenders—takes place in a dance and party space with a 2400-seat cabaret and lounge catering to hotel guests and the queer community.

Angel and Louie