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GayCityNews.com | April 7 - April 20, 2022
Arts & Entertainment
Kim Petras to Headline Pride Island on Governor’s Island
BY MATT TRACY
For the fi rst time since 2019,
the annual Pride Island festivities
will return on Pride
weekend in New York City —
and this time the weekend-long event
will have a new home.
Out trans pop star Kim Petras will
headline Pride Island with a Sunday
performance at the Play Lawn at Governor’s
Island, while Papi Juice — an
art collective aiming to empower LGBTQ
people of color — will lead Saturday’s
performances during the fi nal
weekend of June. The annual event
previously took place at Pier 97.
Heritage of Pride, or NYC Pride, which
leads the city’s main Pride March and
related events, is spearheading the
Pride Island programming. Pride Island
kicks off on Friday, June 24 and
lasts through the conclusion of Pride
weekend on Sunday, June 26.
“With our fi rst ever trans headliner
and our move to Governors Island, this
will truly be a historic weekend in the
history of Pride” Lauren Cheeseborough,
Pride Island’s event manager, said
in a written statement. “The expansion
of Pride Island to a 3-day event creates
new experiences for the community
to love and live their truth by dancing
freely without fear of consequence.”
Sunday’s entertainment slate will
also include DJ Eddie Martinez, DJ
Dani Toro, and DJ Alex Chapman. Additional
performers will be unveiled at
a later date.
General admission tickets went on
sale on April 6.
“Pride Island is rooted in a history
dating back more than 30 years,” Mario
Schmitt, Pride Island’s director,
said in a written statement. “After being
silenced for the past 2 years due
to the pandemic, we are coming back
with one of the biggest events in Pride
history. We are proud to be breaking
barriers by introducing our fi rst Pride
Island headliner of the transgender experience.”
Pride Island will be part of a much
busier Pride weekend in New York City
following back-to-back years of COVIDrelated
restrictions.
REUTERS/MARTON MONUS
Kim Petras will perform at Governor’s Island on Pride Sunday in New York City.
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Trans Visibility Takes Center
Stage in Williamsburg
BY ADRIAN CHILDRESS
The Houses of Jax and Xsta
hosted an afternoon of entertainment
at Marsha P. Johnson
State Park in Brooklyn
on March 27 ahead of Transgender
Day of Visibility.
The event, which kicked off at noon,
featured music, performances, speeches,
and booths. The park is on the East
River waterfront in Williamsburg.
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Egyptt LaBeija draws in the crowd.
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Heavenly Michele aka La Venenosa Lady Venom.
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Danny Gucci with the mic.
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