Tag Archives: Pride

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 →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged 5th Avenue, Brad Lander, Chappell Roan, Christopher Street, Edward Elder, Gay Street, Heritage of Pride, Hetrick-Martin, J P Morgan Chase, Jumaane Williams, LGBTQ, March, marching band, Met Opera, New York City, Parade, Pride, Quakers, Queer Big Apple Corps, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Stonewall, SUNY, Whitney Houston | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged Aimee Amour, Andra Day, Beaux Arts Court, Bertha Vanashun, brooklyn, Dev Doee, Drag History Hour, Emi Grate, Ethel Smyth, figure drawing, First Saturday, Harriet Tugsmen, I'm Baby, Langston Hughes, Lesbian Herstory Archives, LGBTQ, Marsha P. Johnson, Maya Hayuk, Moog, museum, Nathalie Clifford Barney, pop up market, Pride, Queer, Rise Up, Starmakers, Tourmaline, Wendy Carlos | Leave a comment

PRIDE NYC ’24

Posted on July 1, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

Ed and I made our wasy from Brooklyn to the Village to watch much of the Pride festivities and parade before joining the Quakers* at their late afternoon slot in the march down Fifth Avenue. What follows are a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged 5th ave, balloons, Chuck Schumer, confetti, drag queen, Dykes on Bikes, Friend of Friend, LGBTQ, marching band, Michelle Visage, NYC, Parade, photography, Pride, puppetry, Quaker, Rainbow, trophy husband, World Pride | Leave a comment

MANHATTAN PRIDE ’23

Posted on June 26, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

Up Close at the 2023 New York City Pride Parade – Watching and Marching – Getting ready at home (my head still wet from the shower)… She said we were a “cute couple”… Our vantage point for the first three … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged 5th ave, bisexual, Buddhists, Cheer, costumes, drag queens, Drag Race, Empire State Building, Flaggots, Gay, Lea DeLaria, lesbian, Manhattan, New York, Parade, Pride, Quakers, Rainbow, Symone, transgender, World Trade Center | Leave a comment

BROOKLYN PRIDE 2023

Posted on June 11, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News | Tagged 5th Avenue, brooklyn, Cheer, drag queen, Dykes on Bikes, Gay, Gotham, Herstory, Human Rights, lesbian, New York, Parade, Park Slope, Pride, Rainbow, Scouts, soap bubbles, Trans Rights | Leave a comment

Home Details

Posted on March 9, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Beginnings | Tagged Buddha, bulb, Freud, home, India, Lego, light, Nataraja, Painting, photography, Pride, Rainbow, shadow | Leave a comment

BROOKLYN PRIDE 2022

Posted on June 12, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News | Tagged Attorney General, Batala, Berkeley Carroll, Bill de Blasio, brooklyn, Cheer, City Council, drumline, Eric Adams, friends, Gay, GMHC, Gotham, Herstory, lesbian, Letitia James, LGBTQ, Mayor, New York, NYC, Officers Action League, Parade, Park Slope, Pride, school, Trans Rights | Leave a comment

48 FINAL DAYS OF OUTDOOR MEMORY ESCAPES

Posted on August 12, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

All Things Come to an End, if not this Pandemic (yet) I’ve continued posting the awkwardly named Daily Outdoor Memory Escapes far longer than I thought I would. Arguably the pandemic is worse in the whole of the USA than … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged 9/11 memorial, Antelope Canyon, brooklyn, cactus garden, Cherry blossoms, Death Valley, dragon, Escape, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Iguacu, Lake Powell, Las Vegas, Little Colorado River Gorge, Memory, National Park, New York City, Outdoor, Paris, Pride, Sedona, Spreewald, Statue of Liberty, Vermont, Versailles, winter, Zion | Leave a comment

40 Days of Outdoor Memories

Posted on May 12, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

Thanks A Lot, COVID 19! Back in early April, when it became clear we would be hunkering indoors for at least the next month, barely getting out, and certainly not doing any traveling, I started posting on my social … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged 9/11 memorial, Antelope Canyon, Arizona, botanic garden, Bryce Canyon, Central Park, Cherry Blossom, Covid 19, Death Valley, Devil's Golf Course, Dunedin, Escalante, Florida, Grand Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Japanese maple, Lake Powell, Madison, North Rim, Notre Dame, Outdoor, Paris, Pride, Rainbow Bridge, Red Rock Canyon, Rodin, Staten Island, sunset, Valley of Fire, Versailles, Zion | Leave a comment

50TH PRIDE NYC

Posted on July 1, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

11 Hours of Pride NYC – Watching and Marching – a Photo Diary 11:30am – Ed and I perched ourselves at 17th Street and 5th avenue to await the start of the 50th NYC Pride march … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News | Tagged 50th, anniversary, Bears, Big Apple Corps, Bill de Blasio, bisexual, cartwheels, Chirlane McCray, drag queens, Dykes with Bikes, Empire State Building, Flatiron, Gay Liberation Front, Gay Rights, LGBTQ, March, New York City, Pence, photography, Pose, Pride, puppets, Quaker, Rainbow, Sage, Stilt walkers, Stonewall, Trevor Project, Trump, World Trade Center | 1 Comment

PRIDE MONTH DAILY MOVIE PLAYLIST

Posted on June 18, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

And so the daily LGBTQ movie shout out commences: Call that blog post by its name here. That Queer Movie blog post is its own country here.

Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup | Tagged 3, Alison Bechdel, Andrew Haigh, Ang Lee, Big Eden, Booksmart, Bound, Brokeback Mountain, Call Me By Your Name, Carol, Cinema, Cloud Atlas, Gay, Gentleman Jack, Go Fish, God's Own Country, Guys and Balls, In the Family, Jane Austen, LGBTQ, Looking, Moonlight, movies, Paris 05:59: Theo and Hugo, Parting Glances, Playlist, Pose, Pride, Pride Month, Queer as Folk, Rebecca Cantrell, Rocketman, Sam Smith, Sense8, Short Bus, The Broken Hearts Club, The Cakemaker, The Celluloid Closet, The Handmaiden, The Happy Prince, The L Word, The Wedding Banquet, Three of Hearts, threesome, Tom Tykwer, Touch of Pink, TV, Walk on Water, Warchowski, Weekend | Leave a comment

WE WILL SURVIVE – again and again

Posted on June 6, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

A Pride Month Special Look at “I Will Survive” and Some of its Many Covers with particular ruminations on what we will survive, or not The Original – Gloria Gaynor If one were to choose one song … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News | Tagged Andrews Sisters, Anthem, Aretha Franklin, Bishop Torbin, Blu Holliday, cake, climate change, Destiny's Child, Diana Ross, disco, diva, Funky Nashville, Gay Rights, Gladys Knight, Gloria Gaynor, Guys and Balls, I Will Survive, I'm a Survivor, J2, LGBTQ, Madonna, Männer Wie Wir, Postmodern Jukebox, Pride, Puppini Sisters, Remix, Sara Niemitz, Scott Bradlee, Shirley Bassey, Trump, Vogue | 1 Comment

The Belligerent Homophobe Who Ruined Rocketman For Us

Posted on June 1, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

The three or four loud sneezes that erupted behind us during the 20 minutes of previews were a warning shot that all would not turn out alright for us during this screening of “Rocketman” in midtown Manhattan. But the … Continue reading →

Posted in Beginnings, Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News | Tagged 2016 election, Arrival, Ben Wishaw, bigot, Braveheart, Cloud Atlas, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Ed Elder, Elton John, Gay, homophobia, James D'Arcy, LGBTQ, love scene, MAGA, movie, Pride, Rocketman, Taran Egerton, Trump, Trumpian | 1 Comment

BROOKLYN PRIDE

Posted on June 11, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

Park Slope Comes Out! Highlights from the June 9 Brooklyn Pride Street Fare and Parade We are Family – Sisters Sledge

Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News | Tagged brooklyn, Diana Ross, Gay, Gloria Gaynor, Holiday, I Am What I Am, I'm Coming Out, lesbian, LGBTQ, Madonna, Parade, Park Slope, Pride, Sisters Sledge, Street Fare, We are Family | Leave a comment

In the Name of Love on MLK Day

Posted on January 15, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

Today our nation commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The message and significance of Martin Luther King Jr. and what he represents for the aspirations of our country and the world weigh more heavily, sadly, today, than they … Continue reading →

Posted in Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News, The Teaching Artist | Tagged Berliner Luft, choir, chorus, Depeche Mode, I Have a Dream, In the Name of Love, Joy to the World, Martin Luther King Jr., Mas Que Nada, Miriam Makeba, MLK Day, Pata Pata, Paul Lincke, People are People, Pride, school, Sergio Mendes, third grade, Three Dog Night, U2 | Leave a comment

PRIDE MONTH at Notes from a Composer

Posted on June 16, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

The White House in Rainbow Colors. That happened. Specifically that happened in June 2015, after the Supreme Court affirmed Marriage Equality for the United States. But that was the previous administration. This administration won’t even make mention of June being … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News | Tagged 1920s, 1930s, Big Apple Corps, bisexual, Cabaret, drag ball, June, LGBT, LGBTQ, logo, March, marriage equality, Pride, Quakers, Queer, Sex addiction, sex on screen, slang, Snow White, Speakeasy, The Handmaiden | Leave a comment

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