A local MMA gym in Bushwick is offering free training clincs for aspiring LGBTQ fighters. They’re calling it ‘Gay Fight Club’
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.
A culmination of sculpture, painting, performance, and illustration by Ben Ross Davis.
Enjoy an intimate evening of food, drinks, music, and live performances this weekend at Terra Firma.
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A self-described “naughty marketplace” sets up shop with an “intersectional feminist perspective.”
“This is an era of no more demonizing successful businesses, but promoting, lifting them up,” claims Eric Adams
From Post Malone to Punks for Palestine, we’re revisiting this year’s top local stories.
“Avant Gardner has made a lot of money from the gays,” a lawyer warns.
A local gallery show questions what it means to change and move, as well as who is allowed to do so.
A self-proclaimed “dyke bar for the queers” opens in Bushwick
A recent Bushwick Starr production delivers on the “Demons,” but could do more with its female characters
Scenes among “a discoherent group of young people making a discoherent collection of art”
Amid this weekend’s Brooklyn Book Festival, a few local writers met in Bushwick: “I’m gay, that’s why I moved to Brooklyn!”
New Yorkers saw 52% more hate crimes in 2021 than in 2020.
Tinashe, Shygirl, Vanessa Vanjie and a cannon of condoms explode in Bushwick
An elaborately curated dance festival hits the warehouses of Bushwick this Pride weekend
“I feel like Bushwick is very gay, but in so many different ways,” says one local filmmaker.
“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.”
A leak from the Supreme Court inspires two fundraisers at the new Bushwick club.
It’s May Day weekend!
For over two decades, Taiwanese artists have had a home in Bushwick
The time it takes investigators to arrive is more costly than if the establishment were to reopen without reporting the crime, said one local business owner.
As we continue to welcome in the new year, let’s just take one more look back at 2021.
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.
The second season is set to be released in February of 2022, and the podcast is currently looking for people who are just dipping their toes into their non-monogamy journeys.
A guide to the City Council candidates in District 34, 37 and 30 running this general election.
A World Sake Day pop up at Mika, an evening of songs and stories at Wet Spot, the return of Bare Book Club and more! These are the events happening this week (September 30 – October 6) in and around Bushwick.
Small business owners Andrew Owens and Benny Polanco started selling empanadas to support not only themselves but nonprofits like Hope for Haiti and the Sunrise Movement.
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.
The Bushwick Collective Block Party, a dance competition at 3 Dollar Bill, a neighborhood career fair and more! These are the events happening this week (August 26-September 1) in and around Bushwick.
Juan Ardila, the 27-year-old progressive, came up roughly 500 votes shy against incumbent Councilman Robert Holden, with roughly 46 percent of the vote according to early tallies. Ardila hasn’t yet conceded.
A Pride-themed dance party at DorDor, Tasty Licks at Wet Spot, a Pride event at Trans-Pecos and more. These are the can’t-miss events happening this week (June 24-30) in Bushwick.
Check out these LGBTQ+ businesses in and around Bushwick during Pride month and beyond.
A guide to the candidates running to represent New York’s District 30
A guide to the candidates running to represent New York’s District 34
