Leaving Our Keys at the Pink Teacup by

in a photo booth

We used to leave our keys with the Pink Teacup, just under the Coconut Cream Pie, in case friends needed to get in. You could also call from a payphone and we would lower the keys down on a string. This was 42 Grove Street and we had all moved there in 1992—fags and dykes and in-betweeners—and there were four of us in a two-level apartment with a spiral staircase and mice. We came with our ACT-UP t-shirts and Doc Martens and we sneered at Gay Pride, though we marched in it. We wanted to be part of gay history. More…

The Stonewall Celebration by

We sent Onur Karaoglu, the KTLO in-house video master to the legendary Stonewall bar in NYC’s West Village, on June 24th, the night when the marriage equality bill finally passed the New York State Senate, making marriage legal across the Empire State. A crowd of people had gathered after the annual Village Drag March, which finishes it’s route in front of the bar each year. When the news came across the wire, the crowd had even more cause for celebration. Enjoy.