1980′s Original vlogger Nelson Sullivan out and about late night in the East Village NYC on Avenue A. Hanging with RuPaul and friend Nazomi checking out the latest Polaroid photographs and having a impromptu sushi picnic on the sidewalk just across from the Pyramid Club in Alphabet City. A refreshing time when people were still social and looking a pictures didn’t require an Iphone or Ipad. Late Night Sushi Picnic on Avenue A, Courtesy of 5ninthavenueproject. Thank you
Ru Paul, Michael Musto, Come Celebrate Nelson Sullivan’s nYc
Two Special Back In The Gays events that are happening this week here in New York City brought to you by Robert Preston Coddington and Jennifer Krasinski! Come experience the magic of nYc in the 1980′s with Visionary Nelson Sullivan, Robert Coddington and Jennifer Krasinski. For only 2 days you will be able to witness Rupaul, Lady Bunny, Lady Miss Kier, Michael Musto, Leigh Bowery, Nelson Sullivan and the gang on video with a discussion panel. April 24, 2013: A lecture/screening presented by Robert Coddington of the 5 Ninth Avenue Project, with videos featuring Keith Haring, Rock Steady Crew, RuPaul, Leigh Bowery, Ethyl [...]
Fifteen Things Gay Guys Should Stop Doing
We agree with a handful. We’re sure you will connect to a few as well. 1. Going into a gay bar and deciding immediately that you hate everybody there. Then getting upset when no one hits on you. 2. Shaming someone or deeming them unattractive for acting “femme.” Not only is this some deep self-loathing shit, it also feeds into the idea that behaving in a feminine way is, in fact, bad. AKA misogyny! 3. Feeling the pressure to act in a certain accordance of “gayness.” Spoiler: you can never be “too gay” or not “gay enough.” 4. Snapping your [...]
Down the Rabbit Hole (Used to Work at Uncle Charlies and the 9th Circle) Enjoy!!!
BLOG IN FULL ORDER Hey! You! Get Out of My Way! Part1 I love New York. Don’t get me wrong, I honestly love New York. I think that I liked it better when it was scary and full of crime though. It kept you on your toes. Not to mention all the day to day drama. The looking over your shoulder to see who or what might be lurking in the shadows. This was the 80’s, the fabulous 80’s. Back when I had a Flock of Seagulls hairdo and people knew what Kajagoogoo meant. Back then when someone was [...]
The Immortal Dorian Corey Does It Again
Miss Corey was a Showgirl and drag performer who was born in Buffalo New york in or around 1937 and died in Manhattan New York City in 1993. The doyenne of Paris is Burning, Sally’s Hideaway and before that The Pearl Box Revue. Mr. Dorian Corey traveled to Atlanta Georgia to be interviewed by Betty Jack DeVine at the Velvet Club. This was after the movie (Paris is Burning) and at the height of Madonna’s Vogue movement. The video shows Dorian hanging with Betty Jack and chatting about the many trophies she has collected over the years for the Balls [...]
A Gay Story From a Time When Gay Was, What’s That?
Born in 1942, Cloud Downey explains growing up gay in the 1950s. One night Downey notices a man that looked gay and followed him to see where he was going. The young man leads him to the Magic Clock, which was the first gay bar Cloud Downey entered at the young tender age of seventeen. Like most places in the 50s it was very much a subculture with their own slang and language in order to go under the radar. Back then it was socially highly disapproved of and considered a crime. During the 1950′s Magic Clock was Liverpool’s main [...]
Afternoon Tea at the Piers
The illustrious West Side piers where you could go and hang with your friends, maybe catch some sun or just read a book and relax. Whatever you chose you could do with other gay men. This Super 8 video was shot in a simpler time before the gentrification of the West Side of Manhattan or the whole city for that matter. Nelson Sullivan was a genius at catching the gay culture of New York during its raw time. In the video we see the men of 1976 strolling, cruising and biking their way up and down the decrepit pier. In [...]