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Assembly Candidate Samy Nemir-Olivares Attacked With Anti-LGBTQ Slur During Online Fundraiser

Assembly Candidate Samy Nemir-Olivares Attacked With Anti-LGBTQ Slur During Online Fundraiser

This comes at the end of a year that has seen a significant increase in violence toward transgender and gender non-conforming people throughout the United States.

Organizers Hold Wednesday Protest Against Anti-Black and LGBTQ+ Hate in Response to Saturday’s ‘Anti-Gay’ Attack

Organizers Hold Wednesday Protest Against Anti-Black and LGBTQ+ Hate in Response to Saturday’s ‘Anti-Gay’ Attack

Organizers Qween Jean and Gia Love call for Bushwick to support the Black Lives Matter movement and the LGBTQ+ community. If you say “BLM” and do not support the queer Black community, then you are not for liberation, Qween said.

District Leader Samy Nemir-Olivares Helps Organize Rally Against LGBTQ+ Hate This Wednesday After Possible Hate Crime

District Leader Samy Nemir-Olivares Helps Organize Rally Against LGBTQ+ Hate This Wednesday After Possible Hate Crime

Plans for the rally were prompted by a stabbing and robbery in a Bushwick bodega early Saturday morning, which NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is currently investigating.

LGBTQ+ Businesses Around Bushwick To Support During And After Pride Month

LGBTQ+ Businesses Around Bushwick To Support During And After Pride Month

Check out these LGBTQ+ businesses in and around Bushwick during Pride month and beyond.

Queer Kid Stuff: Award-Winning Web Series Educates Children (and Adults) on LGBTQ+

Queer Kid Stuff: Award-Winning Web Series Educates Children (and Adults) on LGBTQ+

NYC Native Created LGBT+ Children’s Web Series in the Heart of Bushwick.

Bushwick Nightly: The Best PoC-Centered and LGBTQ+ Parties to Catch in and Around Bushwick

Bushwick Nightly: The Best PoC-Centered and LGBTQ+ Parties to Catch in and Around Bushwick

This Queer Kitchen Brings Together the LGBTQ+ Community Through Food

This Queer Kitchen Brings Together the LGBTQ+ Community Through Food

What started out as a school project became a passion for a young entrepreneur.

Open Flame Brings an Inclusive LGBTQ+ Open Mic to Bushwick

Open Flame Brings an Inclusive LGBTQ+ Open Mic to Bushwick

This queer open mic is blowing up in Brooklyn.

Pine Box Rock Shop Donates Profit from the Sale of “Right Wing Pilsner” to Youth LGBTQ Organization

Pine Box Rock Shop Donates Profit from the Sale of “Right Wing Pilsner” to Youth LGBTQ Organization

The well-known phrase “Knowledge is Power” hit a little too close to home this past week at Pine Box Rock Shop, as they were tipped off by a customer that a beer they had on tap came from a brewery that wasn’t exactly, erm, in a nutshell, chill

Bushwick Drag Queen Hosts Fun LGBTQ Web Series for Kids

Bushwick Drag Queen Hosts Fun LGBTQ Web Series for Kids

There’s so many ways to be you and me

The Way We Were, In 2023

The Way We Were, In 2023

From Post Malone to Punks for Palestine, we’re revisiting this year’s top local stories.

It’s Fight Club, But ‘Gay’

It’s Fight Club, But ‘Gay’

A local MMA gym in Bushwick is offering free training clincs for aspiring LGBTQ fighters. They’re calling it ‘Gay Fight Club’

The ‘Ridgewood Asylum’ is Back, But Now It’s in Bushwick. Spooky!

The ‘Ridgewood Asylum’ is Back, But Now It’s in Bushwick. Spooky!

With 10% of proceeds now going to a nonprofit LGBTQ+ healthcare clinic.

Brooklyn Mirage’s latest problem? A $7.5 million lawsuit

Brooklyn Mirage’s latest problem? A $7.5 million lawsuit

“Avant Gardner has made a lot of money from the gays,” a lawyer warns.

Live From Bushwig

Live From Bushwig

The world’s largest drag and queer music festival recently hit nearby Queens.

“Together We Stand with Ukraine,” Says This Local Group

“Together We Stand with Ukraine,” Says This Local Group

Fundraisers held at 3 Dollar Bill by LGBTQIA+ group

As Reports Of Hate Crime Rise in Bushwick, Activists Push For More Protections At Nightclubs

As Reports Of Hate Crime Rise in Bushwick, Activists Push For More Protections At Nightclubs

New Yorkers saw 52% more hate crimes in 2021 than in 2020.

Tip Your Local Trans Drag Queens

Tip Your Local Trans Drag Queens

“Spaces in Brooklyn are more open to all types of drag,” says Bobby LeMaire “You can do whatever as long as you can give a show.”

Events Happening This Week(end) (March 25 – March 30) in and Around Bushwick

Events Happening This Week(end) (March 25 – March 30) in and Around Bushwick

Watch a Lizzie Borden movie! Design your own collage! Try out boxing!

Some Ways To Spend Valentine’s Day In Bushwick

Some Ways To Spend Valentine’s Day In Bushwick

Go to Roberta’s! Watch ‘In the Mood For Love’ at Syndicated! Fall in love!

Time For a Fresh Look? Here’s Where to Get a Haircut in Bushwick

Time For a Fresh Look? Here’s Where to Get a Haircut in Bushwick

If you’re in search of a haircut in Bushwick, look no further. Here are some local spots that will keep you stylin’.

The Year in Photos – Bushwick 2021

The Year in Photos – Bushwick 2021

As we continue to welcome in the new year, let’s just take one more look back at 2021.

NYC-DSA Endorses Samy Nemir-Olivares For Assembly District 54

NYC-DSA Endorses Samy Nemir-Olivares For Assembly District 54

Nemir-Olivares seeks to unseat incumbent Democrat Erik Dilan in the June 2022 primaries.

Samy Nemir-Olivares Announces Candidacy for State Assembly

Samy Nemir-Olivares Announces Candidacy for State Assembly

If elected, the current Democratic district leader would unseat incumbent Democrat Erik Dilan.

Events Happening This Week (September 8-15) in Bushwick

Events Happening This Week (September 8-15) in Bushwick

The return of Bushwig, a New York Fashion Week after party event at Farewell, a free music and dance performance in Maria Hernandez and more. These are the events happening this week (September 8-15) in and around Bushwick.

The Free Store: Coming Soon to Bushwick

The Free Store: Coming Soon to Bushwick

The free store, a concept dreamt up by Bushwick Mutual Aid, is stocked with free clothes, baby supplies, furniture, household appliances and other donated goods.

8 Hot Events Happening This Week (June 17-23) In Bushwick

8 Hot Events Happening This Week (June 17-23) In Bushwick

A live dance-painting performance by artist Annika Rhea, a group art and photography show on St. Nicholas Ave., Juneteenth pop-up markets and more. These are the can’t-miss events happening this week (June 17-23) in Bushwick.

How Ranked Choice Voting Could Rattle the D37 Race

How Ranked Choice Voting Could Rattle the D37 Race

‘RCV gives us an opportunity to transform the way politics works in our city,’ one candidate says

Bushwick Loudly: Two Local DJs Are Spinning Sets From Home

Bushwick Loudly: Two Local DJs Are Spinning Sets From Home

Joey Quiñones keeps the local rave scene alive and Anna Morgan mixes bass tracks that ‘wouldn’t work without women’s work’

Ursula Is Building a Table For Pop Ups

Ursula Is Building a Table For Pop Ups

The cult burrito joint is opening their space to fellow queer chefs

Ariel De Souza Brings Moments of Non-Binary Experience To Paradice Palase

Ariel De Souza Brings Moments of Non-Binary Experience To Paradice Palase

The Bushwick painter and photographer’s latest show ‘dives into the sacredness within the trans experience.’

Local Organization to Unveil a New Mural and Raise Funds for Bushwick Mutual Aid this Labor Day

Local Organization to Unveil a New Mural and Raise Funds for Bushwick Mutual Aid this Labor Day

The (Preliminary) Results Are In!  The Candidates Expected to Win The Primary

The (Preliminary) Results Are In! The Candidates Expected to Win The Primary

UPDATED Juneteenth Protests & Events for Today, Saturday June 20, 2020

UPDATED Juneteenth Protests & Events for Today, Saturday June 20, 2020

Juneteenth Celebrations Continue, Here’s a Breakdown of What’s Happening Today.