A lot of attention and energy is surely focused on same sex marriage and marriage equality but just because members of the LGBT Community are able to profess their love legally, it certainly does not mean we are invincible. Early this morning, the third tragic hate crime against a member of the LGBT Community...
This year’s “Transgender Day Of Rememberance” certainly crept up on us and it just proves that although ‘Transgendered” people are making quite a decent amount of headway in the realm of their own civil rights war, the media is still somehow avoiding the topic for the most part and obviously the budget for spreading...
We stumbled upon this through our tumblr page and after taking the less than three minutes to watch it…we were totally enamoured by the complexity of this video beneath it’s utter simplicity and commend The Dutch website for being so far ahead of the game. The website may be hard to read unless you speak...
Thursday, October 11th is National Coming Out Day and what better way to celebrate your supreme gayness than at The Will Clark Show featuring P*RNO Bingo at The Ritz! Will Clark hosts his long running, star studded gameshow that raises money each week for different LGBT related charities in the New York area. ...
When people say that The NYC Queer Underground culture is dead, they obviously haven’t attended Pussy Faggot at The Delancey ever! The amazing Earl Dax, ringleader of this amazing art collective/exhibition/dance party/celebration, brings you the newest edition of Pussy Faggot! featuring New York City icon Penny Arcade! DJ Chauncey D and The Q...
Secretary Clinton Delivers a Video Message for Pride Month Never has a politician in such a grand position with an insane amount of influence over so many different people from so many different countries, walks of life, religions, creeds made such powerfully intelligent and provocative statements in support of LGBT people in history! Hillary...
We here at The House have been long supporters of the supreme efforts of LGBT supporting organization SWISH! This is their 5th Annual Benefit Concert and sure to be an amazing night of performances and all around positive energy. Chauncey will also be working with them in June for one of their Pride related...
Chauncey Chat with BAGLY’s Director of Development, Kurtlan Massarsky After much back and forth amidst the scheduling obstacles that exist between two busy men, Chauncey was finally able to tie longtime friend and fellow philanthropist Kurtlan Massarsky down to have a chat. (That’s him up there on the far left with the big, happy...
Pretty recently…this particular video has been making the rounds on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. The video is quite an eye opener and features tons of negative propaganda shaken not stirred with news reports and video clips of gays who have been murdered, committed suicide and many of the other few ups and many, many downs...
We are familiar and/or friends with many of the artists who will have their work on display and for sale at this momentous event at the fantastic Leslie/Lohman Gallery in Soho. Opening reception will be held on Tuesday, November 29th 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Definitely looking forward to witnessing some amazing work just a few...
We’ve been a long time supporter of all things SWISH and this event looks like something quite new for the group. SWISH invites you to Elmo this Wednesday for a very special gift from the NYC Dance Community. Follow SWISH on twitter and stay in the loop! why do you swish? use the hashtag #iswishbecause...
Our favourite in this competition is Heartbreak Crew. They are from The Bronx Their cause is Anti-Violence/Anti-Sexual Discrimination They were all in different schools but shared the same passion for dance. They met up during after-school hours to dance, and soon became a performing dance crew. They’ve never done a competition like this before. They...
The campaign byline for The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History is “If you don’t know you have a past, how can you believe you have a future?”. A more meaningful question could hardly be asked and is so pertinent considering the current mindset of a lot, if not most, gay youth. Help keep LGBT...
Too-Ism: The Discrimination from Within the Queer Male Community A topic that needs to be addressed… The film is about discrimination from within the queer male community. I wanted to share the mic to discuss what our experiences have been like within the community. My hope is the the film creates dialogue within communities that...
We thought that title would grab your attention! We had the pleasure of meeting Alex McCord at a Marriage Equality After Party last November and are excited for the special viewing of the episode featuring clips of The Wedding March! Chauncey helped produce the Festival side of The Wedding March in Brooklyn with...
Swish Nights OUT are regularly scheduled events throughout the year for our members to meet, network, share how they are making a difference in the LGBT rights movement, and introduce new members to the Swish community of allies and advocates. Join us on Saturday to help us meet our 2011 goal – 5,000 members by December 31st!...
Hosted by the one and only Emily McNamara Celebrate SWISH’s very own Sue Sena & H.L. Ray’s BIRTHDAYS If you’re straight & you support our LGBT loved ones If you’re gay & you wanna party Want to help raise money for SWISH (gay-straight alliance that envisions a world in which love is equal.) www.swishpride.org What is...
It was an exciting moment in history yesterday as we watched DADT get repealed! Hearing all the AYEs and much fewer NOs was pretty much The House Of Dandridge’s version of The Superbowl. The only thing missing was the beer and finger food…oh and the straight, loud former jocks hooting and hollering for their...
This report is from The Ali Forney Center’s press release that I received this morning Dear Friends, I want to thank all of you for your efforts to keep our youth safe. I especially want to thank the hundreds of you who joined me at the Rally to Protect Homeless LGBT Youth in Union Square...
we have been looking for a way to introduce one of our new internet treasure finds for weeks now and have finally found it. we’re not exactly sure how we found it but super blog attackerman is the place to go if you want to get smacked in the face, spit on and punched in...
as may draws to a close tonight and june begins…you will find that the house of dandridge shall definitely turn pinker and gayer than usual. it is a month full of celebration, recollection and determination to look into the future and hope that it is a brighter and safer one for homosexuals and all that...
Attend HUD’s first ever study of housing discrimination against LGBT people in NYC on Friday; is amending Fair Housing Act next? For the first time ever, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is conducting a study of discrimination against LGBT people and families in the housing rental and sales market. Raphael W. Bostic, Assistant...