Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 532
Featuring content from the hottest gay and gay-friendly spots in New York, each (free!) issue of Get Out! highlights the bars, nightclubs, restaurants, spas and other businesses throughout NYC’s metropolitan area that the city’s gay a population is interested in.
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BY EILEEN SHAPIRO<br />
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT<br />
EMPRESS<br />
MADELYN KEYTH<br />
READIES HER<br />
GLITTERY GOWNS<br />
PHOTO CREDIT: STEVEN LOVE MENENDEZ<br />
What is your favorite part about becoming<br />
Empress?<br />
Representing the New York chapter of our<br />
organization and having the opportunity to talk<br />
about and explain what we do. In a time when<br />
there are so many organizations advertising<br />
for assistance, it’s nice to have some face (or<br />
microphone) time with people. When people<br />
become enlightened, I believe they are more<br />
likely to want to help.<br />
What are you most looking forward to this<br />
year at Night Of A Thousand Gowns?<br />
I love getting to spend time with our guests<br />
from all over the country. Friends we’ve made<br />
but only get to see a couple of times a year.<br />
There are over 60 chapters in the International<br />
Court system, and one of the things I find most<br />
exciting is when we’re able to host visitors or<br />
experience their hospitality.<br />
What is the most rewarding experience that<br />
you have had this year being Empress?<br />
<strong>Get</strong>ting to see people up close again. This<br />
year, we were able to resume our outreach<br />
programs. This could be performing for people<br />
in assisted living or hospice situations or doing<br />
a pot luck dinner at a homeless youth center.<br />
Why did you become part of the Imperial<br />
Court of New York?<br />
I first joined the Court system in San Diego<br />
and loved their mission. When I moved back<br />
to New York and found I had friends who were<br />
members here, I was all in.<br />
How does one join the Imperial Court of<br />
New York?<br />
Go to our website, ICNY.org, or join us at<br />
a monthly membership meeting. You don’t<br />
need to be a member to observe and see<br />
if it’s something you might like. It’s a great<br />
place to meet like-minded people. Or maybe<br />
find a husband, lol. I did! We meet the first<br />
Wednesday of the month at the LGBT Center<br />
on W. 13th, 7:30 PM and we would love to<br />
have you.<br />
Do you have a dress picked out for this<br />
year’s gala?<br />
A dress?? I have three so far. . .and I’m<br />
working on one or two more. It’s the Night of a<br />
Thousand Gowns!<br />
What is the significance of “The Towering<br />
Tequila & Amethyst Orchard Empress of<br />
Love, Laughter & Lumpia?”<br />
In our organization, it is not uncommon for<br />
monarchs to have a moniker or multiple titles<br />
awarded to them. So, the significance of<br />
mine embraces my height<strong>–</strong>I’m 6’4”--plus l like<br />
tequila, I’m a florist who loves purple, I’m also<br />
part Filipino (lumpia), I love life and laughter.<br />
And there you are!.
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