“Brooklyn is filled with amazing restaurants, as well as active and {read more...}

Tens of thousands of people showed up to the National Equality March in Washington D.C. on Sunday, October 11, 2009. This reporter was lucky enough to be one of them. Inspiring and touching and powerful moments were everywhere. I have never been part of something like this before, but I will surely be again.

BOROUGH HALL — Last Thursday, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joined members of the LGBT community at Brooklyn Borough Hall to announce a major partnership with the nonprofit Brooklyn Community Pride Center (BCPC) that will provide community programming and support services for LGBT Brooklynites as progress continues on establishing the borough’s first LGBT center.

While fundraising and location searches for the center continue, volunteers with BCPC will work with the Borough President’s Office to provide outreach and programs and services to LGBT residents. Last {read more...}

I can easily talk about how badly Robyn and I needed a romantic escape. And you can easily read my sob-story and say “Yeah, honey, listen to this.� Instead, check out what we did on our (well-deserved!) three-day getaway to this fantastic gay-friendly destination.

Stay:

The Encore: Wynn’s newest addition offers its very own Pride Concierge: (708) 770-LGBT. They have a series of packages available on the web site at www.encore lasvegas.com/pride.

The rooms were crisp and {read more...}

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The organization is looking for local artists to create a unique piece of artwork to be featured on five limited-edition t-shirts that will be sold to benefit Brooklyn Pride.

The work must be original, and have {read more...}

City Council Candidate Bob Zuckerman has strongly condemned a newspaper advertisement placed by Brad Lander, which contained strongly worded anti-gay statements. The ad ran in Der Blatt, a Yiddish language weekly, which is widely distributed in Borough {read more...}

By Gina Osnovich

We all know Philly as an historically rich, family-friendly, one-gas-tank trip. For those who are willing, it's a two-hour drive for a cheese-steak lunch. Most of us have been there before, have done the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, South Street kinda thing. I did it last year with my family and wrote about it for the Eagle. This summer, we saw Philly in a new light. This year my partner Robyn and I visited Philly for the {read more...}

By Gina Osnovich
OUTBrooklyn

The jeans stayed packed all weekend, tossed around the suitcase, pushed off to the side, as we prayed that we took an extra pair of khaki shorts with us. As my son, Quentin, so eloquently put it, this was our fancy-pants vacation.

Our weekend at the Skytop Lodge in the Poconos was loaded, in the most relaxing way possible, with activities. And, the summer season, though busy, was not busy enough to {read more...}

I’ve been working at the Brooklyn Eagle for a decade now. It was my first real job. Here, they have seen me go through everything. And, like your usual wordy writer, everything I’ve gone through, I managed to {read more...}

BROOKLYN — The Brooklyn Community Pride Center (BCPC) has been awarded more than $1 million from New York City.

When combined with another $1 million that the center received from Borough President Marty Markowitz, {read more...}