Murray Hill’s ninth annual Miss Lez Pageant, self-billed as a “wildly provocative alt-beauty pageant for queer womyn,” was held at the newly opened Knitting Factory in Williamsburg. More about the event here and photos from 2008 and 2007here.
"On March 1, 1993, l have the option to go to City Hall… oh, I mean we have the option, my long-suffering honey and I, to go to City Hall and register as domestic partners. Will we take it? Shall we pretend to tie some kind of knot?"
"The relationship of gay white men and Latinos, whether mutual attraction or mutual exploitation, has its lore, its literature, and plenty of anecdotal evidence."
"Dylan’s survived, grown up. He’s a giant, like Chaplin or Picasso. Like Brando or Muhammed Ali . . . Nobody else even comes close — Jagger, Springsteen, Paul Simon."
