New York

Meet Shiny Penny, The Southern, NYC Drag Queen
There is no shortage of drag queens in NYC. You can’t throw a rock without hitting some twink in a dress who thinks he’s got what it takes to shantay down the runway just because he’s seen every season of Ru Paul’s Drag Race while practicing YouTube makeup tutorials. There’s a difference,

Get To Know The Bearded Vampire Drag Queen of Brooklyn
There is no shortage of drag queens in NYC. You can’t throw a rock without hitting some twink in a dress who thinks he’s got what it takes to shantay down the runway just because he’s seen every season of Ru Paul’s Drag Race while practicing YouTube makeup tutorials. There’s a difference,

A Comedy Show that Interacts in Real Time with Tinder Matches, & it’s Hilarious
By Jonas Barnes Tinder is the undisputed king of online dating and comedian and author Lane Moore has managed to take this dating app and turn it into a live comedy show. In NYC, this is something that any producer should celebrate because comedy comes and goes here on a

Half of All Cellphone Calls in 2019, will be Robocalls from Scammers
I don’t know about you, but I get daily robocalls on my cellphone. Most of my friends do too. Some get text messages telling them they’ve won something, some get voice mails telling them they’re in trouble with the ‘IRS’ or ‘the bank’ and they need to buy some kind

Meet The Technicolor, Psychopathic Sex Clown Drag Queen of NYC
There is no shortage of drag queens in NYC. You can’t throw a rock without hitting some twink in a dress who thinks he’s got what it takes to shantay down the runway just because he’s seen every season of Ru Paul’s Drag Race while practicing YouTube makeup tutorials. There’s a difference,

Help BAS Get a Brooklyn Nightlife Award!
I’ve spent the last year interviewing the most fascinating and fabulous drag queens in NYC, particularly Brooklyn. Brooklyn queens are fierce, adventurous and are re-defining drag. I’ve been able to share the stories of drag queens, drag kings and everything in between (and there’s a LOT in between). They are

Meet The Drag Queen Who Went From Farm Life To Fabulous
There is no shortage of drag queens in NYC. You can’t throw a rock without hitting some twink in a dress who thinks he’s got what it takes to shantay down the runway just because he’s seen every season of Ru Paul’s Drag Race while practicing YouTube makeup tutorials. There’s a difference,

There’s a Sex Worker Mixing Witchcraft into Her Bag of Tricks
Gia welcomed me into the room. Spell candles flickered, and I could smell flowers and dried sweet grass burning. Honey soaked words dripped from her mouth, asking me how my day was while she purred over my 6-month pregnant belly. When Gia speaks, it feels like you and she are the only people in existence.