Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 332– September 6, 2017

For example, I did a Latin
Leather party. I was so
excited to do it. It was the
first time that the Eagle
Bar played Spanish music.
The Eagle is known more
for this dark, sexy music,
or rock ‘n’ roll, like Rock
‘n’ Roll Fridays. So you
wouldn’t think that the
Eagle Bar would play
Spanish music. So I went to
Derek and told him that I
wanted to do a fundraiser
that is a Latin dance party.
When he asked me more
about it, I explained that
the fundraiser would be
for an organization for
transgender Latina women
based here in New York.
It’s a national organization,
and given the fact that
Trump is our president and
the fucked up stuff that
he’s done, I wanted to do a
fundraiser that would raise
money for people that are
deeply impacted. He said,
“Let’s do it.” We did it, and
it was a great success. We
had a DJ playing salsa and
merengue, and people
came out to dance. We
raised a thousand dollars
for the organization. I think
that event is one of my
highlights.
I also worked with Team
Eagle, who are a great
group of guys and raise
money every single year
for the LGBT community,
specifically for HIV/AIDS
services at the LGBT
Center. Every year they ride
in September, I believe
it’s from New York to
Boston. I teamed up with
them and did a vendor
mart, which we called The
Leather Mart. Leather is
so expensive, and to find
different vendors, you
have to go all throughout
the city. So we wanted to
do an event at The Eagle
where the vendors actually
brought their products to
the bar. We did a five-hour
event where the vendors
came to the bar and sold
their products directly then
and there. We wanted to
do something that would
give back to the vendors
to show that we appreciate
them.
How do you feel about
giving up your crown?
Are you going to miss
being Mr. Eagle?
I am going to miss it, but
I’m not going anywhere.
Even though I pass on
the sash to the next Mr.
Eagle, I’m still going to be
around the Eagle Bar and
bring ideas to Derek. I look
forward to working with
the next Mr. Eagle to make
sure that he has just as an
amazing year as I have had.
It was really great.
Outside of the events I’ve
also been able to travel,
and I’ve also been able
to bring workshops to the
Eagle Bar. For example,
I worked with someone
who facilitated a workshop
on food play. It was on
how to use desserts. We
specifically chose brownies
and learned how to use
them in an intimate setting
with someone. How do you
use them for pleasure, and
how you can use brownies
for punishment. That was
a really exciting workshop,
and I’m going to be doing
another workshop on
September 14. I’m going
to have someone come
in and do a wax play
workshop. I’ve never seen
wax used before, but we
have a couple of people
who are excited about it.
So I’ve done these
monthly parties, and I’ve
done charity events. We
did a charity event the
other day. I teamed up
with another title holder,
and we did a jock strap
auction. We had a bunch
of models come onstage
on the first floor of the bar.
They wore jockstraps, and
people bid on them. All
the money that we raised
went to Rainbow Railroad,
which is an organization
based in Canada that
offers assistance to gay
refugees. Especially since
some of the reports that
we have coming from
Russia, for example,
how gay men are being
punished and tortured. We
raised over $800 for that
organization to give them
more resources. It’s been
amazing, and I’ve gotten to
meet so many people: the
regular customers, the new
customers. It’s really been
exciting. I’m going to miss
that part of it, but I will still
be around.
When does the new Mr.
Eagle crowning take
place?
Saturday, October 7. It
is actually a weekend
event. So on October 6,
I’m going to do another
vendor mart, and then at
9 p.m. that evening, on
Friday, the contestants
will do a meet and greet.
So they will come to the
bar. They are supposed to
mingle with the customers
and the judges and get
to know each other. The
next day on Saturday, we
do interviews, and that
evening is the contest.
That evening I will sadly
take my sash off and give it
to the next Mr. Eagle.