Category Archives: LGBTQ Alphabet Soup

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Resurrection of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on August 10, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

He got him from a breeder in Vienna. And we’re back with the 15th installment of my own personal New Yorker cartoon captions. Having exhausted all possible biblical book titles, I must now cast about elsewhere for inspiration in naming … Continue reading →

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COMPANY XIV’s PETIT ROUGE

Posted on July 27, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

Company XIV are still at it. Eleven years ago I marveled at their cheeky blend of circus and burlesque, opera and pop, corsets and tassels when they presented Cinderella at the Minetta Lane in Manhattan. The company now has their … Continue reading →

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Ed is at Sixes and Sevens Today

Posted on July 12, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

It’s Ed’s birthday today. Ed Elder, my partner of 33 and husband of 28 years. He turns 67 today, so I joke that he’s at sixes and sevens. Which is all in jest and not at all truthful. Nothing about … Continue reading →

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PRIDE NYC 2026

Posted on June 29, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

Video Diary of Watching and Marching in New York’s Pride Parade – with a special appearance of the Pride Puppy! Ed Elder and his Trophy Husband We arrived just at the 12pm start time, and thought the bikers were the … Continue reading →

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BROOKLYN PRIDE 2026

Posted on June 14, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

Last night was Brooklyn Pride, just down the street from where we live in Park Slope. Two weeks before the big NYC march that goes down 5th Avenue in Manhattan, the Pride march that goes down 5th Avenue in Brooklyn … Continue reading →

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Stills from “Oh Jesse”

Posted on March 18, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

The director of “Oh Jesse”, Tokio Sasaki, shared stills from the footage of the short film I acted in a few weeks ago opposite Xiaoxiao Sun. I share them here as an update to the original blog post about that … Continue reading →

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Another Short Short Film Shoot

Posted on March 6, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

Tuesday I traveled to Woodside, Queens, to shoot another short film in short order – all in an afternoon’s work. The director liked that I’d regrown my beard for the short film I’d just done, so the facial follicles are … Continue reading →

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Light Play on Window Sill

Posted on February 16, 2026 by dannyashkenasi
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Ian McKellen Performs Shakespeare’s Immigrant Speech on the Late Show

Posted on February 5, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

Ian McKellen appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, and the whole interview is delightful and engrossing – the full video is posted below – musing on Gandalf and Magneto, Christopher Lee and Elvish tattoos, and seeing … Continue reading →

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Joining the Wall of Emotion

Posted on January 8, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

Above is my contribution to WOE – Wall of Emotions, a project created by Eva Mueller as a response to the ’24 post-election reality. Yesterday Eva was at Maison 10 on 29th Street in Manhattan, taking photos of more subjects … Continue reading →

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On Set as Bernhardt, a Fairy Tale Grandfather

Posted on December 20, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

That’s me in costume as Bernhardt, the grandfather, on set of the short film “Mouse”, which was shot in Bushwick last weekend. “Mouse” is a fairy tale with adult themes. Bernhardt, the grandfather, is a woodsman who lives in a … Continue reading →

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Seasons Greetings

Posted on December 7, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

We dressed our tree. Our windows have lights. Even our trellis is dressed. I prefer to call it a Solstice Tree. And since this is a very Queer home, our tree angel is a vintage Billy doll. He’s very anatomically … Continue reading →

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Performing at the Piscator Awards

Posted on November 1, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Michael Lahr von Leitis presenting Cole Escola with the Piscator Award I had the pleasure and privilege of performing October 23 at the Piscator Awards, a dinner and fundraiser at the swanky Upper East Side Lotos Club benefitting the arts … Continue reading →

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Reflections at the AIDS Memorial

Posted on October 25, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

After completing the No Kings march last Saturday, Ed and I took a break at the Aids Memorial in the Village before going for dinner and taking in a double feature at Newfest (we saw the queer animal documentary “Second … Continue reading →

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PRIDE VIDS!

Posted on June 30, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Happy Pride from Ed and me! We watched much of the parade at a perch on 5th Avenue, north of 8th Street, then walked up to 27th Street to gather and then march with the Quakers. Here is a video … Continue reading →

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PRIDE SATURDAY at the BROOKLYN MUSEUM

Posted on June 9, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

It being June, Pride Month, the Brooklyn Museum’s First Saturday was a celebration of Queer community and art. NYC Gay Men’s Chorus performs Andra Day’s “Rise Up” The Beaux Arts Court was turned into a fair for queer figure drawing, … Continue reading →

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