PHOTO ESSAY BY CHRISTIAN MILES: NYC PRIDE MARCH of JUNE 30, 2019 Chelsea Community News is made possible with the help of our awesome advertisers, and the support of our readers. If you like what you see, please consider taking part in our GoFundMe campaign (click here). To make a direct donation and/or […]
BY CHARLES BATTERSBY | At the stroke of noon on Sunday, June 2, Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” boomed out on the corner of 37th Ave. and 89th St. in Queens. It was a sound check for Queens Pride. New York City was just 36 hours into Pride Month, and the first of our Pride […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | By 9am on Sunday, June 30, a few thousand people had gathered at Sheridan Square, just south of the Stonewall Inn, to await the step-off of the Queer Liberation March. By the time the March wended its way up Sixth Ave. to Central Park, the crowd had reached an estimated 45,000 […]
BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | The 2019 NYC Pride March was held on June 30, an event that historically brings millions of people together, either to march, or to cheer on the procession of floats and participants waving and dancing their way down the March route—which, this year, traveled down Fifth Ave., into the Village, and […]
BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | This year’s Pride celebrations held a special historic importance, as the 50th anniversary of Stonewall was commemorated and WorldPride was held in the United States for the first time, bringing in significantly more people than usual for June 30’s Pride March. The March took a different path than previous years, beginning […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER Sunday, June 30 will see the end of an especially robust LGBTQ+ Pride Month, with NYC having spent all of June anticipating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, while welcoming an influx of global guests, drawn to the city by WorldPride. (The “Olympics of Pride,” it’s being held in the U.S. […]
BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | On June 25 in the Community Room of Penn South Building 10 (367 W. 28th St.), a joyful gathering was forming. People congregated in groups of twos and threes, laughing and talking. As new members filed into the room, more chairs had to be brought in to accommodate the crowd. Once […]
BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | The malicious and fiery destruction of Henry Jarrod’s lifelike wax figures, and the consequences wrought from that act, may continue to unsettle audiences of 1953’s House of Wax. But the only things melting at the June 25 screening were hearts, as film buffs spoke reverently of the film and its star, […]
Dear Editor The construction of yet another upscale apartment building in Chelsea is not only inconveniencing people; it is also endangering them. On the northwest corner of 14th Street and 6th Avenue, the sidewalk has been closed. A narrow space in the street has been set aside for pedestrians and bikes (see photo). The pedestrian […]
BY CHARLES BATTERSBY | With WorldPride, the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, and the usual frenzy of Pride month celebrations sweeping over New York City this week, LGBTQ pilgrims are coming in from around the globe, to be part of this truly unique moment in time. Among the notable visitors is His Royal Highness […]