Have you been to Union Square lately and wondered what the hell all the construction is at the north end of the park?Well, the construction is for a new, large upscale restaurant which will extend itself into the northern part of Union Square Park. Go figure.Below are the details for Tomorrows action to protest the privatizing our city parks.SAVE UNION SQUARE 2008 PRESS ADVISORYContacts: Savitri Durkee, (347) 693-8857; Eric Laursen, (917) 806-6452LOCAL ACTIVISTS CALL UPON CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO STAND UP AGAINST UNIONSQUARE PRIVATIZATION; MAJOR DEMONSTRATION SET FOR THURS., JUNE 5, 5:30 P.M.NEW YORK – Save Union Square 2008 is demanding that City Council MemberRosie Mendez take a stand against the privatization of a historicportion of Manhattan's Union Square. Full story...
Masterbeat-Downs?!!?
In an incredibly bizarre twist of fate the 11th place team- that's right, 11th place team, The Masterbeat MasterBeatdowns, won every game and climbed the ladder of this week's championship games and came home in the number 1 spot!The whole league was astonished that this rag-tag team who nobody took seriously was able to beat The Logo - DownLogos, The Stonewall Riots, The United Shipping's Massive Delivery and one of the most powerful teams, The Henrietta Hussies and took home the BigAppleDodgeball Season 3 trophy.
The Center is holding two meetings tonight regarding equal rights/marriage equality.Tonight- Wednesday December 3rd:Marriage Equality NY: 6PM- 8PM Room 410Join the Impact Meeting: 7:30PM-9PM Room 212.
if that...The NYC World AIDS Day Event entitled "Out of the Darkness" included a meet- up at GMHC and a candle light vigil march down to a church in Greenwich Village where speakers, activists and performers were all part of the program.
The other day I was digging through files for the hell of it and interestingly enough came across a folder entitled "College Writing Fall Semester 2002.
Writer, activist and performer David Worjnarowicz(1954-1992)
One of my favorite pieces of writing from the 1980's AIDS crisis is entitled "Do Not Doubt the Dangerousness of the 12-inch Politician" and can be found in David Worjnarowicz's book: Close to Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration.
NYC World AIDS Day EventMonday December 1st. 2008CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL begins at 6PMGay Men's Health Crisis - Tisch Building Lobby119 West 24th St.
DBG Team still rages
Although Big Apple Dodgeball's David Barton Gym (DBG) Team won 4-2 against View Bar's Woof and The Eagle it sadly is not enough for us to place within the top 4 teams making it to the playoffs.
I'll try and be as proactive and optimistic as possible but that might prove to be difficult in responding to last night's Marriage Equality GLBT Center Town Hall Meeting.
November 23, 2008An open letter to my LGBT brothers and sisters:With the passage of Proposition 8 in California I expect that you all feel as passionately upset as I do.
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