Last night I saw the recently released indie film Moonlight, a coming-of-age story about the devastating impact of societal homophobia and parental neglect. The acting is fantastic, not a false note in the entire film, and there’s buzz about Academy Award nominations.  I really loved it.             My favorite genre of…

An exhibit by the artist known as Tabboo! (a.k.a. Stephen Tashjian) is on display at Howl Happening Gallery in the East Village, featuring 14 portraits of her nearest and dearest. (I’m not included, even though we’ve known each other for decades. Am I bitter? Of course not! I realize an artist must be free to…

I love that Halloween in NYC is more about adults than children. Kids in costume = Cute Grown-ups in costume = Fantasia!                 That was my third year in a row hanging out in Times Square for Halloween. So I guess it’s a tradition… I’ll be back, hopefully in something new!  

I’m off to Europe for work and play. Leaving in an hour! First stop Amsterdam, which I adore. Plus three new places: Oslo, Copenhagen and Berlin. I haven’t been to Europe in ages and I’m beyond excited! In Copenhagen, I’m presenting The Drag Explosion on Sat, Aug 13th. Stop by if you’re around!

Back when I was a pervert… In the women’s bathroom at the Palladium in 1995. Ha! Back then at the clubs, the “real girls” were always very welcoming of the drag queens—and many were thrilled to have us as special guests!

Last night I was invited to a book release party by my friend Michael Reynolds, who is deeply immersed in NYC’s creative media scene (For one thing, he helped give birth to Wallpaper magazine). It wasn’t until I got to there that I realized that it was Michael’s own book. I thought he was helping spread…