Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 318 – May 31, 2017

BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
LISA LISA
At Queens Pride
Queen of Freestyle, Lisa Lisa
front woman of The Cult Jam, will
be headlining this year at Queen’s
Pride. With mega hits such as
“Lost In Emotion”, “All Cried Out”,
“I Wonder If I Take You Home”,
and finally “Head to Toe”, Lisa Lisa
quickly became one of the most
relevant artists in music history,
and continues to be a household
name today.
Get Out! Magazine was proud
to speak with Lisa about what it
means to her to participate in such
a glorious event. Her songs are still
often played in clubs around the
world, as she continues to sing live
to audiences everywhere. Queens
Pride is honored to have her.
What does being part
of Pride mean to you
personally?
It is an honor for me.
We are all equal. Love
us. Life is love!
As a freestyle artist
with a huge gay
following, why is it
that freestyle music is
still so relevant in gay
culture?
I believe freestyle
music is relatable
lyrically, rhythmically,
emotionally...relatable.
What songs are you
planning to perform
for Queens Pride?
The love of my craft
will make me take
you back to where I
started: the hits.
Where and when
can people see you
perform?
All dates of future
performances are
posted on all of
my social media:
Facebook, Instagram,
Twitter.
What part of Pride are
most looking forward
to?
I'm looking forward to
celebrating life with
everyone with my
performance.
Musically, what's
on your iPod right
now, and what would
surprise people about
that?
Wow, I listen to Tina
Marie, Patti Labelle,
Stevie Wonder,
anything Motown, Jill
Scott, Angie Stone,
Maxwell, etc.
Any last words?
My last words? I'll
never be finished!

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PART FIVE
Just Friends
After A finally moved into a
new apartment, we tried to
rekindle our friendship.
It didn’t go well. He still
complained a lot about
his dating life, and when I
started seeing someone,
I didn’t tell him about it. It
made me feel guilty that I
was happy, like I needed
to hide it from him, like I
needed to be single to relate
to him.
Maybe that’s my own fault,
thinking that way. I don’t
know.
The friendship was strained;
everything felt forced. He
threw a housewarming a
month or so after moving
into the new place, and I felt
like an outsider. I didn’t know
anyone there: Who the fuck
were all of these people,
these “friends” of his, that
I’d never met? Were the two
of us that out of touch?
I realized we had become
different people with very
different lives. He had a new
apartment and new friends;
I had a new boyfriend and a
new outlook on New York.
We had grown apart.
We had tickets to see Lissie,
one of my favorite musicians,
at the Bowery Ballroom.
I bought them months in
advance - when A and I were
still close. I thought about
telling him I wasn’t going,
but then he might ask to
buy my ticket and go with
someone else. I also thought
about just asking him, point
blank, “Do you really want to
go to this concert with me?”
Before I could say anything,
he sent me a text. “We’re
still going to the concert
tomorrow night, right?” So I
said, “Yes.”
We got dinner before at
Grey Dog in Chelsea. It
took him five, maybe 10
minutes before he started
complaining about all of
the boys who had recently
ghosted him.
“I’ve actually been
seeing someone,” I told
him. “I think it’s getting
serious.”
“I figured as much,
since you haven’t been
available lately,” he said
snidely. “Now it makes
sense.” I’m not the type
of person that flakes on
his friends because of
a cute boy, I wanted to
say. The problem is you,
I wanted to say.
But I didn’t. We ate. We
saw Lissie. “You were
really into the music,”
he told me afterward. “I
could tell it was special
for you. It felt important,
getting to share it
with you.” It was his
last attempt to try and
connect with me. I just
shrugged.
We stopped reaching
out to one another.
There were no more
concerts, no more dinners,
no more movie nights. For
a while, I was in love with
him—but we were just
friends. And now, we aren’t
friends at all.
It’s strange, how we come
into and out of people’s
lives so easily. We fall out
of love, and we fall out of
friendships—then we make
new friends. I have new
people in my life who pick
me up when I fall down. I
hope that A does, too.
PHOTO BY STEVE BRENNAN

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Chris Frederick
Chris Frederick, mastermind behind the
organization of events associated with New York City’s Gay
Pride events, has been kind enough to fill us in on the who,
what, when, where, and how during Gay Pride, which will
be extended to two weeks instead of one this year.
PRIDE NEW YORK
- 2017 -
Nelly Furtado Headlines Pride Island
Im glad to see you back once
again this year, Chris.
I’m still here. I love what we do
and we produce. I’ve been happy
with the success the last couple of
years.
How is it that you managed to procure
such big names in entertainment
this year?
I think we’ve created an event that
is unparalleled in terms of getting
talent. We’re still one of the last
remaining events that are still able to
secure top-level talent, just because
performers are increasingly becoming
more expensive. It’s just not an easy
thing as much as it used to be. We
are really excited. I think we’ve tried
to knock it out of the park this year
in terms of having a diverse array of
talent that all different types of people
want to see. It’s really important
for me and the organization to create
a more inclusive experience, which is
why we created Pride Island. I think
that with that you’re seeing lots of different
acts that appeal to all different
types of people. We are really excited
about that.
PHOTO BY CHRIS GAGLIARDI

You’ve managed to
get amazing talent this
year. As you did last
year, can you give us
a brief synopsis and
schedule as to what
will be going on during
Pride?
So, we’ve further grown
our roster pretty dramatically
in the last couple of
years, and with that we
are starting earlier than
we typically do. We are
starting on June 16 with
the Rally. It’s going to be
our kick-off event. We
wanted to take the Rally
back into the street. So
it’s going to be more of
a free speech Rally, one
that speaks on the issues
and the topics that are
affecting the community.
We felt that that
was important given the
current political environment.
We definitely did
not think we would be in
this position a year ago.
With that I think that it’s
important to have an
event that speaks to the
issues and that speaks to
the current political environment
that we are in.
So the Rally is going to
serve as that event. That
will be free. It will be
open to the public, and
it will be at Foley Square.
It goes from 6 p.m. to
8 p.m. on that Friday. It
will be like an after-work
event.
Next is the
brunch, which
is on June
18 at the
David Burke restaurant
in Tribeca. It’s a nice
garden atmosphere.
We’ve held it there the
last two years. It is open
to the public. People
can buy tickets to it. It’s
a way to kind of kick
off Pride Week. There
will be delicious food,
key leaders, insiders,
community activists and
politicians. That event
goes from 12 p.m. to 4
p.m. on that Sunday.
Next is Out Cinema,
which is a new event
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for us. We started it last
year, kind of tested it.
This will be the first year
that it will be a fully executed
event that’s part of
our overall roster. That’s
on June 19, on that Monday,
and that takes place
at the SVA theater on
23rd Street. We partner
with New Fest on it. We
are showing the film
called Cherry Pop which
is a fun drag centric film
starring Bob The Drag
Queen and others.
Next is Family Movie
Night on June 20. We
will be moving it this
year. Typically it’s been
at Pier 63, but we are
moving it to Christopher
Street, which we thought
was a bit more iconic.
It’s kind of known as the
gay pier. We are showing
“The Lion King,” and
it’s free for anyone to
attend. Doors open at
7:30, and the film goes
on around 8:45.

PHOTO BY CARL TIMPONE
Next, on June
23, we have
three events
happening. The
first is Moxie. We wanted
to create a whole roster
of programming for
women, so that’s going
to be our first event for
that weekend. It’s at the
venue called Taj. And it’s
a nice afternoon to the
evening after-work event.
We will be having Mary
Lambert perform at that
one. Then we have the
first night of Pride Island
with Deborah Cox and
Patti LaBelle performing,
and DJ Lina. That will
be on the 26th, and will
be going from 5:30 to
10. It’s going to be a
nice leisurely concert
event to kick off the main
weekend. The third event
is Fantasy, and that is a
men’s focused event that
will be taking place at
the Highline Ballroom.
It’s going to be crazy,
with Eddie Martinez and
Ralphie Rosario. It goes
from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.,
and we’ve had a lot of
success with this event.
It’s going into its third
year.
Then on Saturday, there
are an additional three
events. First, it’s a VIP
rooftop party. That’s
going into its seventh
year. It is our crazy event,
I would say. That will be
at Hudson Terrace, and
it’s at 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Then we have Teaze,
which is our female-focused
event. That is at
a venue called the DL,
and that goes from 4 to
10, and we’re going to
have Taryn Manning DJ
that event. She’s from
“Orange Is the New
Black.” Then Pride Island,
which will probably be
one of its largest days
given the amount of talent,
including Years and
Years, Dimitri from Paris,
Gallant, Occupy the
Disco and Roisin Murphy
and Tegan and Sara. That
will go from 2 to 10 p.m.
as well. Finally on Saturday
are launching a new
event called Youth Pride,
and that’s going to be at
14th Street Park, and it’s
going to be a teen event.
It’s going to be free for
any LGBT teens and their
allies who want to celebrate
pride. That goes
from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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PHOTO BY CHRIS GAGLIARDI
What will take place at
Youth Pride?
We are going to have
entertainment, food
vendors and games
that teens would really
enjoy. We’ve had a lot of
feedback over the years
from teens saying that
they needed a space to
celebrate pride. A lot of
our events are 21 and up.
For us, it was a very much
needed event.
Where is Pride Island
going to take place?
So, it will be on Pier 26.
It’s the same place where
we held the Pier Dance.
It’s probably going to be
the last year that we are
able to use that space.
We wanted to set the
stage with what is going
to come in the next few
years, and we think that
Pride Island will take us
there.

And then Sunday?
We have the March
obviously. That kicks
off at noon. Last year it
went until 8:45; hopefully
it won’t be going that
long this year. Then we
have Pride Fest, which is
where LeAnn Rimes will
be performing live. It will
be one of the biggest
audiences that the Pride
Fest stage has ever had.
We are really excited to
have a really big headliner
for that event. That
event is also free for anyone
who wants attend,
issues, especially when it
comes to the March. We
felt that the ACLU was
a perfect candidate to
speak on those issues.
So we have the
March, Pride
Fest, and then
we have the
last day of Pride Island,
which goes from 2 p.m.
to 10. We have Scott
Martin, Cindel and
Chus and Ceballos will
be performing at that,
and then obviously our
Sunday. There will be
fireworks at the end, as
always, at the end of
Pride. Then we have one
event that runs parallel
with that called the
Femme Fatal, and that’s
at Hudson Terrace.
Before I let you go,
will you be involved in
World Pride, and how
are you gearing up for
that?
Yes, we are drastically
ramping up our capacity
and our programming
over the next 2 1/2 years
and that will go from 11
a.m. to 6 p.m.
Who are the grand
marshals this year?
We will have Geng Le,
Brooke Guinan (who is
a transgender identified
firefighter in the FDNY)
and Krishna Stone. Aside
from that, we will be having
the ACLU. We really
wanted to drive home
the importance of the
headliner, Nelly Furtado,
continuing the tradition
of the Pier Dance. Pride
Island will be that kind
of pinnacle event where
I think everyone will
be in attendance and
want to attend. We’re
still expecting 7,000
people in attendance.
We’re continuing the
track record of this
unparalleled finale
experience for that
PHOTO BY CHRIS GAGLIARDI
to really prepare for
the world to descend
on New York City in
2019. We are expecting
1,000,000+ people in
attendance that year.
I think that the whole
world will be looking to
New York City to carry
the baton of previous
World Prides.With Madrid
this year and London
previously, we have
a lot to stack up to.

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