GAYLETTER

We have been nominated for this award three times and we haven’t won yet. We are not salty about it, we’re just putting it out there, into the universe...it’s time. GAYLETTER FOR THE WIN! lol. We are just kidding. Or are we!? We are….not. Ahahah. Give us the brick, goddammit! For those of you who don’t know the award the hand to you on stage is a brick and the main reason we want one is because we need a new paperweight for our office. And you never know, it might come in handy if someone pisses us off. The Brooklyn Nightlife Awards have been running for many years. It’s a super fun night where all the weirdos from Brooklyn nightlife come out to celebrate each other. No one else is celebrating us, so unfortunately we have to do it for ourselves. The night is hosted by Merrie Cherry (who also created the event) and there is always plenty of amazing performances in between awards. We are presenting an award this year, but we don’t know what it’s for yet. The BNA’s are the kind of show where you have to be ready to improvise. Everyone’s wasted and rowdy and not interested in listening to someone prattle on for too long. Last time we presented an award we pulled down our pants. That seemed to go over pretty well with the crowd, so maybe we’ll go full nude this year. See you there!  —Gayletter

It’s June 1st and yes we have a Pride Party for you to go to! Were you ready for that? No, well, honey, be ready! It’s our month and this is the absolute best way to kick it off. Callen-Lorde is the leading LGBTQ health service clinic servicing our community free of judgement or from lack of funds in New York City since Stonewall, and they are opening in Brooklyn very soon, which is really beneficial to our community. More of us will have the chance to be seen, nursed and worked with by LGBTQ+-sensitive employees and doctors in the near future! ROAR 2018 is at the Central Park Zoo, and while it may not be the all-night take your clothes off kind of pride party you’re looking for (you can wait until the end of the month, OK?) it sure as hell has a ticket price that suits a better cause. But you’re not just going to the event for animals, light environmentalist-commentary that high-definition Central Park air; there’s food, an open bar for those of you legal, a performance by Rupaul's Drag Race Season 10’s Yuhua Hamasaki (Forgot she got eliminated and that’s the T.) a silent auction and a drag-queen story hour! You can’t spell wholesome without some hole, so I am sure there will be cuties to say hello to there as well, but aside from my large use of camp in this post, GAYLETTER absolutely loves this organization. Our friends and our office are patients, and we try and show our support in anyway we can. As health-care is rapidly being pried from the most needed, Callen-Lorde needs our support now more than ever because we’re going to need them more than ever. Start Pride Month right and show the community your wallet… I mean love!  —Chris Stewart