Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 432 August 21, 2019

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ISSUE #433
AUGUST 21 2019
COVER
KFIR DANIEL
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BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
GIANT FEST: BROOKLYN’S PREMIER QUEER MUSIC
FESTIVAL, AUG. 30 & 31 @ 3 DOLLAR BILL
ON AUGUST 30 AND 31, 2019,
BROOKLYN’S PREMIER QUEER
MUSIC FESTIVAL, GIANT FEST, WILL
BE LAUNCHED AT 3 DOLLAR BILL
LOCATED IN WILLIAMSBURG.
GIANT FEST WILL BE FEATURING THE
BEST OF NEW YORK’S NIGHTLIFE
AND SHOWCASING MUSIC GENRES
INCLUDING POP, RAP, DEEP HOUSE,
HIP-HOP, R&B, AMERICANA, INDIE
FOLK AND MANY MORE. ARTISTS
INCLUDE TT THE ARTIST, WHO HAS
COLLABORATED WITH GRAMMY
WINNING PRODUCER DIPLO; MILA JAM, THE SELF-PROCLAIMED LOCAL
BEYONCÉ; HONEY DAVENPORT, FROM SEASON 11 OF “RUPAUL’S
DRAG RACE”; ALONG WITH MACY RODMAN MISTER WALLACE, DDM,
FELIX AND THE FUTURE, DEZI 5, ROBERT GARCIA, JAYSE VEGAS,
EDDIE WAYNE AND FESTIVAL CURATOR WILL SHERIDAN.
SHERIDAN IS A FORMER BASKETBALL PLAYER WHO PLAYED FOR
VILLANOVA. CURRENTLY HE IS A BROOKLYN-BASED RAPPER, MUSICIAN
AND RECORDING ARTIST. I SPOKE WITH HIM, A TRAILBLAZER OF LGBT
SPORTS AND MUSIC, REGARDING THE FESTIVAL AND WHAT THE
CROWD CAN EXPECT.

INTERVIEW
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO ORCHESTRATE
GIANT FEST?
I REALLY FELT THAT QUEER, LIVE,
INDEPENDENT ARTISTS NEED A
PLATFORM TO SHOWCASE THEIR
TALENTS BEYOND JUST THE CLUB
SCENE DOMINATED BY DRAG CULTURE. I
REALLY WANTED TO CREATE A SPACE OR
A STAGE FOR EVERYONE TO SHOWCASE
THEIR ART.
YOU ARE AN ARTIST AS WELL. WHAT
EXACTLY DO YOU DO?
I’M A HIP-HOP ARTIST, SONGWRITER,
PRODUCER, RECORDING ARTIST. I HAVE
BEEN PUTTING OUT MUSIC SINCE 2010,
AND I ENJOY IT. I TRAVEL THE WORLD,
AND I PERFORM OFTEN.
AS AN ARTIST, WHAT DO YOU FEEL
IT MEANS TO THE OTHER ARTISTS
HAVING A CHANCE TO SHOWCASE
THEIR TALENT AT THIS UNIQUE
FESTIVAL?
I THINK THAT IT IS A GREAT PLATFORM
AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO
AGAIN SHOWCASE A FULL SET—15,
20, 30 MINUTES SET—AND PERFORM
ALL THEIR LIVE MUSIC. I THINK THEY
APPRECIATE IT, AND I THINK THEY’RE
GOING TO VALUE THE OPPORTUNITY. I
THINK THAT IT IS A UNIQUE SITUATION,
BECAUSE IT’S A QUEER MUSIC FESTIVAL
WITH ALL DIFFERENT GENRES OF MUSIC
- POP, RAP, HIP-HOP, COUNTRY, ROCK -
AND IT’S GOING TO BE A GATHERING
OF DIFFERENT TALENTS. EVERYONE IS
GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DO THEIR THING.
HOW DID YOU CHOOSE THE ARTISTS
WHO WILL BE PERFORMING?
I’VE BEEN PRODUCING LIVE MUSIC
EVENTS AND PARTIES FOR ABOUT A
DECADE NOW. I JUST KNOW A LOT
OF ARTISTS, SOME OF WHICH I HAVE
WORKED WITH BEFORE. I REALLY JUST
TRIED TO CURATE DIFFERENT ENERGY
THAT I THOUGHT WOULD COEXIST WITH
OTHER ARTISTS. I JUST CHOSE THE BEST
LOCALLY, AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER
TALENTS FROM OTHER REGIONS OF THE
COUNTRY.
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND WHAT WILL
BE GOING ON.
GIANT FEST IS A QUEER MUSIC FESTIVAL
AT 3 DOLLAR BILL ON AUGUST 30 AND
31. WE ARE SHOWCASING A LOT OF
TALENT, WHICH YOU MAY OR MAY
NOT HAVE SEEN BEFORE, ALL LIVE
AND ORIGINAL MUSIC, AND IT’S AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE LIVE MUSIC
FESTIVAL FEEL BUT RIGHT IN YOUR OWN
BACKYARD. IT’S GOING TO BE FROM 4
P.M. TO 4 A.M.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE
PUBLIC WILL TREASURE
THE MOST REGARDING THE
FESTIVAL?
IT’S GOING TO BE A QUEER
ENVIRONMENT, NOT BASED
ON DRAG. THERE WILL BE
A LOT OF LIVE MUSIC AND
A LOT OF ENERGY TO TAKE
IN, AND I THINK THAT
THE THING WITH LIVE
MUSICIANS THAT
CREATE AND WRITE
THEIR OWN MUSIC
AND PRODUCE IT IS
THAT THEY REALLY GET
TO SHOW THEMSELVES
AND BARE THEIR SOUL.
THE AUDIENCE WILL BE
ABLE TO CONNECT WITH
THE ARTISTS, BECAUSE
IT’S THEIR NARRATIVE,
AND THEIR SONG, THEIR
STORY, THEIR SHOW. SO I
THINK THAT CONNECTING
WITH THE ARTISTS WHEN
THEY DO THEIR SET, THEY
ARE REALLY CONNECTING
WITH THE CROWD. I THINK
THAT IS UNIQUE AND
UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE IN
NIGHTLIFE OR IN THE NEW
YORK EXPERIENCE.
WILL, ANYTHING
THAT YOU’D LIKE
TO ADD?
WE JUST REALLY
WANT TO GET
THE WORD OUT
ABOUT GIANT
FEST. I ALSO
HAVE A LOT
OF ORIGINAL
MUSIC ON
ITUNES, SPOTIFY,
AMAZON MUSIC,
SOUNDCLOUD.
THERE IS A LOT
OF QUEER MUSIC
THAT NEEDS TO
BE SUPPORTED BY
QUEER PEOPLE,
NOT JUST ALL THE
TOP STUFF YOU
HEAR ON THE
RADIO. THAT’S
REALLY WHAT
I REINFORCE:
SUPPORTING
LOCAL ARTISTS,
SUPPORTING THE
COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY
IS ALL BUILT BY
US, THE QUEER
PEOPLE.
PHOTO CREDIT RICK DAY NYC

BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
Kfir Danieli
Drama Queen
The alluring, pulchritudinous and bewitching pop/funk/blue-eyed soul
recording artist, Israeli-born Kfir Danieli, has hit the U.S. Top 100 List
Music Charts at number 47 with his attitude-driven super-hit “Drama
Queen,” right behind Madonna and surpassing multi-platinum recording
stars the Chainsmokers, OneRepublic and Pink.
Reinventing his already successful, sensational dance career with song
and passion, Danieli’s singing orbit began through his penning poetry
and then expanding it into music. A classically trained dancer beginning
at age six, his diverse musical background has led him from the Royal
Academy of Dance to the stages of the Metropolitan Opera House
and currently to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera” on
Broadway.
With a voice like an angel, this NYC-based modern-day Adonis
has bedazzled YouTube with an effervescent and vivacious video
accompanying “Drama Queen” with a cascade of flamboyant
confidence and a celebration of vibrantly salacious dance moves. The
song itself is reminiscent of Aretha Franklin’s plea for “Respect,” while
“Drama Queen” demands reverence and inclusion. I spoke intimately
with Danieli, who candidly had much to say, especially regarding his
love for music.

INTERVIEW______________
Let’s journey back to Israel. What
motivated you to come to the U.S.?
I started dancing when I was six years old
in my hometown, because I wanted to
dance like Michael Jackson. I wanted to be
a hip cool kid. I loved shaking my booty.
I’ve always had this rhythm. They used to
say when I was little and I would hear a
beat of a drum I would shake my cradle so
hard that I actually dented the wall. When
I got older there was this dance studio
in town, and my mom took me there. My
mom was in the arts too. The teacher told
her I had great potential and should start
with ballet. After my first class and hearing
the piano and being exposed to classical
music, I fell in love with it. It became one
of my obsessions to be a dancer.
Then you do ballet as well?
I’m a classically trained dancer, yes. I am a
graduate of the Royal Academy of Dance.
Then after that, every Israeli has to go
to the army. I got a scholarship from the
Ministry of Culture, and I was studying
dance there, which only a few people get
to do while in the army.
What if you are gay in the Israeli army?
It doesn’t matter. It’s a religious country,
and the acceptance is amazing. No one is
exempt from serving their country, and I
think that is a good thing, especially when
you’re a young kid coming out of high
school. At the time I didn’t see it that way,
but looking back it really prepared me for
life. It prepared me to come to America,
to be on my own with no family here. It
prepared me for the struggles and the
things that I have been through. It made
me stronger and able to stand on my own
two feet, and be a man. It taught me to
deal with life on my own without having
some kind of security blanket to run to.
How many kids out of high school get an
M-16 gun to take home and yet you don’t
hear of one mass shooting? I think order is
good for freedom. Freedom needs some
order.
That’s an interesting realization. So after
the army, how did you find yourself in
the U.S.?
I wasn’t even planning on coming to the
United States. My mom thought I should
go see what it was like, so I came here as a
tourist, and then I saw what it had to offer.
I sort of pushed myself out of my comfort
zone, and I applied to a theater program.
When I got there I saw real classical
dancers, and being exposed to all that I
realized that I had so much to work on. It
was a big reality check.

PHOTO CREDIT RICK DAY NYC
Then how did you get involved in
singing?
I always sang, but I was really ashamed of
my voice. I remember one time when I was
little, my ballet teacher said to me, “Do you
want to be Michael Jackson or a dancer?”
Looking back at it, I should’ve said Michael
Jackson. I didn’t feel comfortable with
my voice, and actually I didn’t really know
that I had a voice. Then while I was in
Birmingham I started writing some poetry. I
was lonely and so far away from everything,
so I started writing some poetry. Then I
decided to put some melodies to it.
Well, I think you have an amazing voice.
I want a broad audience, and I want my
music to be for everybody. Music should
be something that everyone has access
to. It’s the sound of life, and it should be
everybody’s soundtrack. Music helped me
with life. I dream melodies in my sleep. I
wake up in the morning or in the middle
of the night, and I run to the bathroom
and record it. I did that with my single,
“Heart of the Dark,” which was in 2015 on
the U.K. Pop Chart at number 6. I actually
dreamed Michael Jackson came to me
and sang part of that song. I woke up and
recorded it, and the whole song came
out of that. I do that all the time. I always
write out of my dreams, whatever comes to
me. I try to be very open to the universe. I
listen to everything when I walk down the
street. I listen to people, and I keep all
my senses always open and alert. I don’t
even know what I’m connected to, but
whatever is connected to me, I love it. So I
think music should be open and accessible
to everyone, because it comes from a
higher cosmic power. We need to keep
the channel open so everyone can tap into
that. The world is music. Nature is music.
You just need to listen to it. Everything has
a rhythm; everything has a tempo. I lost my
younger sister in 2013 to leukemia. I don’t
know if I’ve dealt with it completely, but I
always talk to her and ask her to come to
me in my dreams. I’m always open for her
to come. So that’s how I want to be with my
music. I want to keep myself open like that
so I can keep writing. I’m actually working
on a new EP, and in the meantime “Drama
Queen” became such a fire starter.
It looks like you had a blast shooting the
“Drama Queen” video.
Actually, a friend contacted me on
Facebook the other day. Her girlfriend had
recently died, and she took over raising
her daughter. She let the daughter, who
was about 13 or 14, see the video, and the
daughter began to cry. She thanked my
friend for letting her see the video, because
it gave her the courage to come out to her
as a trans man.

She found the strength through
“Drama Queen.” That’s actually why
I wanted to do it in drag. I have only
the face. I am wearing a man’s suit. It’s
very theatrical, and I didn’t want to be a
full-fledged woman impersonator drag.
The whole point to it was to harness
the nerve that the queens have. The
fact that they have the courage to step
out on the street as a woman when
you’re a man takes it all. When we were
filming this, I didn’t want to come out of
the house. I don’t care about wearing
tights; in the theater world I’ve been a
prince, I’ve been in ballet, I can wear
tunics, I can wear makeup, but I do
that in the theater in a safe, protected
environment. But as soon as you step
out of that artistic environment and take
that to the street, to the real people,
you don’t know what you’re going to
get. It takes balls! It takes balls to say
what you think, and I wanted to harness
that through the makeup and through
that attitude when I conveyed the lyrics.
So I was standing in Soho underneath
an umbrella, basically hiding, waiting
for a minute to go out and go film.
Then these two girls about 16 came up to
me and said, “Can we take a picture with
you? You’re so beautiful.” I thought I looked
like a train wreck. As soon as they did that
I threw the umbrella to the side, and I was
ready to do this. It took that reassurance
from these girls to come up to me and give
me the confidence to go out there and do
this in the real world. Even in dance I was
always so worried about being perfect that
I never felt like I had the freedom to go out
on the stage and, wow, just let go.
Tell me about your new EP?
“Free Delivery”—it’s part of “Drama
Queen.” I call it “James Bond Pop. Since
the sound scape is very soundtrack like and
though its pop it very grand with the use
of orchestral instrumentation. ” I always
write about subject matters that I’ve been
through or other people experiences that
inspired me. I don’t write about going to
the club and getting wasted. While I was
in Miami few months ago I got a new track
that inspired me so much that I wrote a
new single out of it in less than 20 minutes.
I wrote it with my co-writer who also wrote
“Drama Queen” with me as well. That new
track opened up the floodgates of creativity
and I’m so happy to announce that I’m
already working on a new EP with 6 new
tracks on it. The EP is actually going back
to my roots, because it’s more dancy and
more pop with hip-hop, R&B influences. The
subject matter is all about light, love.
Do you have an ultimate stage fantasy?
A stadium and 50,000 people. I love to tour.
I love meeting people. With my music I want
to experience that wild freedom and letting
go and just performing with no boundaries,
without thinking about techniques of the
body and being constricted with all those
rules. I want to finally go out there and open
my mouth and sing, dance and not think
about anything besides the enjoyment of it.

THOMAS
TALKS
ABOUT: MENTAL HEALTH
I’ve been with my
girlfriend for almost two
years, and a few months
ago she started to have
terrible nightmares
about being assaulted.
One night she woke up
crying, sweating and
shaking in the middle of
the night. The next day
she told me that she was
raped as a kid and had
never told anyone. I was
also sexually abused,
so I totally understood
where she was coming
from. Over the last bit
of time though, things
have gotten worse, and
she hardly leaves the
apartment now. She
always seems like she’s
just moments away from
crying, hardly sleeps,
and EVERYTHING seems
to send her spiraling. I
want to help, but I don’t
know what to do. It just
seems like a big change
overnight, and I’m sort
of freaking out. -Female,
Gay, 24
Some people who
experience traumas
develop post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD).
Research is conflicted
about exactly why some
do and some don’t.
People often think of
PTSD as associated with
military service, but
PTSD can affect a variety
of people, including
those who have been
sexually abused. I’m
not able to diagnosis
her from this message,
but a lot of the abovementioned
symptoms
are associated with
PTSD, and there is help.
Contact a therapist who
specializes in cognitive
processing therapy,
prolonged exposure
or eye movement
desensitization
reprocessing. All are
equally effective for
treatment. This is not
likely something you can
handle on your own with
her, but you can be there
and be supportive of her
getting help.
My mother is driving me
bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
She had terrible health
while I was growing up,
and I sort of took on
the role of caretaker
for her. Now, as an
adult, she calls me and
vents almost every day.
Sometimes it’s about
work, other times about
my siblings. I want to be
close with my mom, but
every time I’ve asked
her to stop she gets
upset and says she has
no one to talk to. It’s
getting to the point that
I make up excuses to
not answer my phone
and then lie about it
later to her. Friends
of mine are close with
their moms too, but
their relationships are
healthier. I feel like I’m
the adult and she’s the
kid. HELP ME MAKE
HER STOP! -Male, Gay,
23
You need to establish
some boundaries with
your mom. You’re
her child and not her
therapist. Sure, in close
relationships people
share their issues and
ask for advice, but you
shouldn’t be her go to.
She needs to establish
her own social support
network. With clients,
I generally recommend
engaging in group
activities they enjoy
in an effort to meet
others that have similar
interests as them. Your
mom could benefit from
the same. Let her know
her behavior is affecting
you, and then tell her
that certain topics are off
the table for discussion.
Stick to your own rules,
and when she starts her
old habits, point it out
and remind her of your
boundaries.
Sex/Love/Relationship advice? Send your questions to: ThomasTalksAbout@gmail.com
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