GayRidge Pri 2023 Bay Ridge - June 4, 2023

Contents:

• LGBTQ MUNY BAY RIDGE, SOUTH BROOKLYN, GETS READY FOR FIRST GAYRIDGE PRI EVENT
• GAYRIDGE IS RAISG MONEY FOR PRI 2023
• BAY RIDGE BE ‘GAYRIDGE’ TO CELEBRATE FIRST EVER PRI EVENT FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY
• LGBTQ BROOKLYN – A GAY GUY’S WEEKEND GUI TO BROOKLYN
• GAYRIDGE
• BRG YOUR LUNCH OR ORR A PIIC LUNCH. (SEE HERE)
• A GAY GUI TO BROOKLYN

LGBTQ MUNY BAY RIDGE, SOUTH BROOKLYN, GETS READY FOR FIRST GAYRIDGE PRI EVENT

South Brooklyn is ready for a gay old first Sunday of Pri month will see the neighborhood of Bay Ridge hold s first Pri event. Organized by GayRidge, a group whose missn is to nnect the area’s LGBTQ muny wh their alli, GayRidge Pri will be a ee afternoon wh events for all ag, cludg a piic, drag queen storytime, live mic, an art show, a queer pet march and a ntt to see who n ee a T-shirt om a block of wner will take home a shirt featurg GayRidge’s lorful Chen, left, wh her dog Obie, Lra Albert and Mother McKenzie of GayRidge will host Bay Ridge's first Pri celebratn on Sunday at the "Tree of Life" Owl's Head Park, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Reprentativ of Metro Pl Health will also be on hand “to talk to the muny about affirmg and clive health surance, ” said GayRidge Pri Capta LJ Vogel, booked some of the drag performers — cludg Xaddy Addy and Wti Repartee — as entertament.

GayRidge to host Bay Ridge's first-ever Pri celebratn on Sunday at the "Tree of Life" Owl's Head Park, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. (Shawn Inglima/for New York Daily News)GayRidge started off as a Facebook group three years ago, when lol uple Pierre Mercier-Pucc and David Thomas Pucc-Mercier cid to create an onle muny to “help queer people and alli [livg Bay Ridge] nnect and support each other. ”All leashed pets are wele at the Queer Pet March at the first-ever GayRidge Pri.

(McKenzie Keatg)Then COVID-19 h — and GayRidge beme a lifele for Bay Ridge rints. Over the last year, the group “more than doubled” to jt over 500 members, she McKenzie of GayRidge will be part of Sunday's Pri celebratn.

GAYRIDGE IS RAISG MONEY FOR PRI 2023

Brannan, who reprents Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach and Bensonhurst is exced that “GayRidge is officially on the map. ”“As someone who grew up here, fally havg an anized event like this really mak my heart sg bee GayRidge has proudly planted their rabow flag our neighborhood and people are salutg, ” he Ridge rint Mary Chen, born and raised the neighborhood, is ordatg the event’s queer pet march. And GayRidge wants to be a place that helps the queer people of all those different muni fd each other, and across those l as well.

Gay Ridge will have the send annual Pri Celebratn at Owl’s Head Park Bay Ridge on Sunday, June 4th. Rabows and bright lors uld be seen all over the muny on Sunday as Bay Ridge beme "GayRidge" for the day.

"GayRidge" started as a Facebook muny group 2019. Gay Ridge.

BAY RIDGE BE ‘GAYRIDGE’ TO CELEBRATE FIRST EVER PRI EVENT FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY

From a thrivg women's softball league and bar scene the 70s and 80s, to the prent day where activist group Gay Ridge is workg to brg LGBQTI-owned bs to an aspiratnal district referred to as Gay Ridge Avenue.

LGBTQ BROOKLYN – A GAY GUY’S WEEKEND GUI TO BROOKLYN

McKensie Keatg, a transgenr lear of lol muny group Gay Ridge, shar a kiss wh her partner at a Bay Ridge bar durg a group event.

GAYRIDGE

LJ, a transgenr man and proment lear the Gay Ridge muny, stands outsi a vant storeont on Bay Ridge Avenue. Gay Ridge is optimistic that this new trans optn, loted along Bay Ridge Avenue, will improve neighborhood accsibily and attract new bs to vt the area.

BRG YOUR LUNCH OR ORR A PIIC LUNCH. (SEE HERE)

Patrick's Day speakeasy event hosted by Gay Ridge at a lol Bay Ridge bar. JM Gbsy, one of Gay Ridge's -directors and a cisgenr gay man, shows off their lorful nail polish. Hoban was actively volved the lol softball league and bar scene durg the 70s and 80s, and is a member of Gay Ridge.

Macri Park – gay bar Williamsburg.

A GAY GUI TO BROOKLYN

While a lot of the NYC gay nightlife is over Manhattan, Brooklyn still has a stronghold on the queer nightlife. Brooklyn’s most popular gay bar is Metropolan—a dive bar wh events all week long and drag shows jt about every night (and a great happy hour special).

Nearby, The Rosemont is a newer gay bar that rarely charg a ver fee and feels a lot more sual and fortable than the scene-y Metro. HARDER gay party (monthly) Brooklyn. Further out Brooklyn, the gay club 3 Dollar Bill hosts a variety of techno queer parti and ocsnal big-ticket events.

Brand Saloon gay bar Prospect Heights.