For Gay Men, Boyttg Equox Gym is a Complited Proposn | OPINION

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The majory owner of Equox's parent rporatn, Related Compani, is hostg a high-ticket fundraiser for Donald Tmp. But for some gay men, 's not easy to leave a place that felt like home.

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EQUOX EXPLOR THE LGBT ALPHABET IN COLORFUL PRI-THEMED SHORT FILMTHE FNS CHA IS HIGHLIGHTG S MMENT TO THE QUEER MUNY WH A CHOREOGRAPHED TAKE ON THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY TRISH BENDIXJUNE 7, 2017/11:50 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}EQUOXEQUOX PRI CAMPAIGNBY TRISH BENDIXJUNE 7, 2017 / 11:50 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"EQUOX EXPLOR THE LGBT ALPHABET IN COLORFUL PRI-THEMED SHORT FILM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-06-07T15:50:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-06-07T15:50:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TRISH BENDIX","KEYWORDS":"PRI","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EQUOX HAS TEAMED UP WH AD AGENCY WIEN+KENNEDY AND THE CENTER FOR S FIRST-EVER PRI-THEMED VIO—AND 'S A GOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIRECTED BY JORDAN BAHAT, LGBTQALPHABET: SIX LETTERS WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH IS A LORFUL FIVE-MUTE SHORT FILM THAT EXPLOR THE LGBT ACRONYM. WH CHOREOGRAPHY BY ANDREW WGHART, DANCERS MONSTRATE TERMS LIKE "DRAG," "FEMME," "KK," "MASC" AND "VOGUE" A POWERFUL CELEBRATN OF INTY, THE BODY, AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE JANUARY, EQUOX HAS BEEN G THE TAGLE "COMM TO SOMETHG," WHICH THE GYM'S EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR, LIZ NOLAN, EXPLAS WAS PART OF THE SPIRATN FOR THE PRI-THEMED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE'VE SPENT THE PAST FEW YEARS PHG EPER TO THE NOTN THAT 'WHAT YOU M TO IS WHO YOU ARE,' AND THIS FILM IS A THROUGH-LE FOR , EMPOWERG VIEWERS TO FD THEIR OWN WAYS OF EXPRSG ALL THE LOR, VARIATN, AND REALNS HERENT ONE'S INTY," NOLAN SAID A STATEMENT. "EQUOX HAS ALWAYS EMPOWERED THE MUNY TO BE PROUD AND UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT WHO THEY ARE, BUT THIS YEAR, WE WANTED TO MAKE AN EVEN MORE MEANGFUL NTRIBUTN TO A CULTURAL DIALOGUE THAT IS BEG WRTEN BEFORE OUR EY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH EQUOX HAS OFFERED PRI IATIV THE PAST, THIS IS THE GYM'S FIRST HIGH-PROFILE IATIVE THAT ACTIVELY CLUS MEMBERS OF THE MUNY.EQUOXEQUOX PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHEN YOU EXIST YOUR OWN WORLD FOR TOO LONG YOU FET REALY, AND BEG ABLE TO WORK WH PARTNERS LIKE THE CENTER IS REALLY IMPORTANT,” NOLAN TOLD FAST COMPANY. “WE DIDN’T WANT TO BE DICTATG MEANG AROUND WHAT THE LETTERS STOOD FOR. ‘LGBTQA’ EXISTS THE WORLD AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT [THE LETTERS] MEAN. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OTHER LETTERS THAT WE CID TO GIVE AN TERPRETATN OF BASED ON THE SIGHTS OF REAL PEOPLE AND WHAT MEANS TO THEM–THIS IS NOT EQUOX SAYG THIS IS WHAT THIS MEANS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOLAN ALSO MAK NOTE OF EQUOX'S DIVERSY OF S EMPLOYEE AND MEMBERSHIP BASE.EQUOXEQUOX PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“KNOWG THAT OUR MUNY AND OUR MEMBERSHIP BASE AT EQUOX IS SO DIVERSE, WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE DO HAVE SOME CREDIBILY," NOLAN SAID, "AND WE WOULD NEVER LVE TO A SUBJECT THAT WE DIDN’T FEEL THAT WE HAD THENTICY AND CREDIBILY . WE WENT TO THIS SAYG THERE IS AN [EXISTG] IA OF PRI: IT’S RABOWS; ’S ELECTRONIC DANCE MIC; ’S THE PARA AND THAT’S ALL FANTASTIC. BUT THERE’S ALSO A MORE SER, THOUGHTFUL SI OF TOO. WHAT THIS FILM DO IS PROVOKE A NEW NVERSATN AROUND PRI AND SPECIFILLY A BRAND’S RIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT PRI BY EPENG THIS UNRSTANDG OF WHAT LGBTQA MEANS. WHERE BRANDS GET TO TROUBLE IS WHEN THEY TRY TO CLG ONTO TRENDS, NEWS STORI, AND EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO MENT ON. IF A PANY WANTS TO BE BRAVE, WANTS TO MAKE A STATEMENT, THE CRIL THG TO ASK IS ‘WHAT DO I HAVE THE RIGHT TO MENT ON?’ AND ‘HOW DO THAT NNECT BACK TO THE RE OF WHO WE ARE?’"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EQUOX IS ALSO HOSTG POWERED BY PRI EVENTS LOS ANGEL, CHIGO, D.C., TORONTO, NEW YORK, AND SAN FRANCIS THROUGHOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Consir LGBT as a base or foundatnal acronym reprentg lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people. Some women who are attracted to women prefer the terms gay or queer refers to someone who rejects or do not intify wh the genr bary of man or woman. G – Gay.

AdvertisementSKIP WisemanJune 21, 2018Updated on June 7, 2019When I me out as gay more than 10 years ago, there were only four letters monly ed to group var sexual and genr mori: L, G, B and letters were an evolutn toward cln — an expansn of the language ed to reprent a disparate group that had often jt been lled “the gay muny. We have updated this list to reflect more mon them among the follows is a by-no-means clive list of AND LESBIAN It’s important to start wh the basics, and “gay” and “lbian” are as basic as gets.

As “homosexual” began to feel clil and pejorative, gay beme the rigur mastream term to refer to same-sex attractn the late 1960s and early ’70s. Gradually, as what was then lled the gay liberatn movement gaed steam, the phrase “gay and lbian” beme more popular as a way to highlight the siar-yet-separate issu faced by women the fight for is still sometim ed as an umbrella term, but the days, also refers specifilly to men, as “gay men and lbians.

FOR GAY MEN, BOYTTG EQUOX GYM IS A COMPLITED PROPOSN | OPINION

It is not a way statn om straight to gay, as had once been stereotyp around bisexualy — that ’s a transnal stage or a ver for promiscuy — have been at the center of ght nversatn wh L. The termology is siar: homoromantic, heteroromantic, biromantic and so on. ""The Center is proud to partner wh Equox once aga this year for Pri celebratn of the wonrfully tersectnal and diverse muny we serve, " said Glennda Ttone, Executive Director of The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center.

IT'S The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy CenterEstablished 1983, New York Cy's Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center empowers people to lead healthy, succsful liv. Ross JS, Gay LM, Wang K, Ali SM, Chumsri S, Elv JA, Bose R, Vergil JA, Suh J, Yelensky R, Lipson D, Chmielecki J, Watrb S, Leyland-Jon B, Miller VA, Stephens PJ.

For many gay men, the gym is more than jt a place to work out—'s a safe haven for socializg, workg, maybe even meetg a new boyiend. ) In New York and other queer mecs, Equox has replaced the bar as the nex of LGBT many gay men were shocked to hear Stephen Ross, chairman of the board of Equox's parent rporatn, Related Compani, was hostg a high-ticket fundraiser the Hamptons on Friday for Donald Tmp's reelectn reason Ross' support for Tmp felt like a punch to the gut is that Equox has built s brand, at least part, on beg an clive, LGBT-iendly isn’t jt a boytt bee we disagree polilly. "I know several iends who live and breath Equox, " says gay filmmaker Jeff L.

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