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City On Edge After Man With Giant Black Rubber Dildo Terrorizes The Subways
City On Edge After Man With Giant Black Rubber Dildo Terrorizes The Subways
New York subway riders are reportedly living in fear after a crazed laughing man boarded a subway train and began terrorizing riders with a giant black rubber dildo.
According to Animal New York, the dong-waving man, dressed in a blue sweatsuit, was first spotted on the 2 train last Saturday evening:
An older man of indeterminate ethnic origin boarded the train at Atlantic Avenue; the man seemed “fucked up on some kind of drug,” loose-limbed and sloppy. Some young men sitting next to him began making fun of him. One of the dudes took out his phone to snap a selfie with the older guy. At that point, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a massive dildo.
Just how massive?
Massive enough to require two hands. It’s estimated the dildo was between 14-16″ long and uncircumcised.
Animal New York continues:
The man then started waving the big black dong around, pointing it at people and pretending to jerk it off. The man also kept standing up and clenching his butt cheeks.
But it gets worse:
Then he really got into it: Every time the train pulled into a station, he’d put the dildo away, sit quietly, let people board, then whip it out and wave it around, startling the new passengers.
One passenger had the good sense to whip out their cellphone and take pictures of the man in action. Here they are:
Animal New York is now trying to identify the man nicknamed the “Dildo Terrorist.” It is asking anyone who may have any information to please email [email protected].
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Graham Gremore
The OXD Mirror: New Disco Edits by Dimitri From Paris, Holy Ghost!, Todd Terje and more
The OXD Mirror: New Disco Edits by Dimitri From Paris, Holy Ghost!, Todd Terje and more
BY OCCUPY THE DISCO / RU BHATT
Today’s column starts with a “Throwback Thursday” moment, back to 2013 when we initially shared ‘So Good,’ by Mayer Hawthorne & Jake One‘s combined act, Tuxedo. The duo just released their eponymous full length album and are currently touring the world. Disco don Dimitri From Paris gives their lead single a fresh update by peppering the track with his signature synths and funky grooves. It’s also available as free download to celebrate Dimitri’s hitting 5 million Soundcloud streams.
Check out more tracks, AFTER THE JUMP…
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Cut Copy bassist Ben Browning is gearing up to release his first full length album, Turns, with the warm and sunny ‘Make It Easy’ serving as the lead single.
- NYC’s Holy Ghost! will be releasing Work For Hire, a 20-track compilation of remixes they’ve released for various artists such as LCD Soundsystem, Phoenix, and Monarchy on May 5th. The album will also include three brand new remixes, one of which is their infectious late night rework of Hannii El Khatib‘s ‘Two Brothers.’
- The effervescent and cheery ‘Alfonso Muskedender,’ from Todd Terje‘s It’s Album Time, get’s a cosmic dance floor treatment courtesy of Germany’s Deetron.
- Frankie Knuckles‘ protege, Silky, and Navid Izadi pay tribute to the Godfather of House Music with their soulful smooth house jam, ‘When You’re Gone,’ which is available as a free download to commemorate the anniversary of Knuckles‘ passing.
This Weekend: We’re excited to share that our weekly disco tea dance Paradisco is now every Sunday until Memorial Day Weekend! Come join us for some of the best views in the city along and dance to our brand of daytime house and disco music – including many songs you hear first here on Towleroad. We suggest arriving early to avoid waiting in line. See you on Sunday!
OCCUPY THE DISCO (OXD) curates and recommends music events to the gay community in NYC—in an effort to move the focus of the nightlife scene beyond the promoter and venue and to the music itself. OXD’s goal is to educate, entertain, engage and empower the gay audience to reclaim their ability to question and experience the unknown. The OXD Mirror will serve to showcase tunes that are definitely off-the-beaten-path but rightfully deserve the attention of the gay ear.
This week’s post was written and curated by Ru Bhatt. Check out more of his music picks on his podcast, The Ru-Mix and on Made In Brazil.
Be sure to check out these tracks and more on Soundcloud. For more information on OXD, check out our website and accompanying blog at www.occupythedisco.com, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter: @OccupyTheDisco.
Occupy the Disco
Op-ed: My Doctor Diagnosed Me as 'Homosexual'
Op-ed: My Doctor Diagnosed Me as 'Homosexual'
A California man is suing his doctor after she listed his sexual orientation as a chronic condition and refused to take it off his medical record.
Matthew Moore
www.advocate.com/commentary/2015/04/09/op-ed-my-doctor-diagnosed-me-homosexual
Watch Tig Notaro Hilariously Deconstruct 'Goldilocks' With Jon Dore On 'Conan'
Watch Tig Notaro Hilariously Deconstruct 'Goldilocks' With Jon Dore On 'Conan'
“Porridge? Is this in the U.K.?”
When Conan O’Brien asked Tig Notaro and Jon Dore to come on his show and talk about their new comedy special/documentary, “Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro,” he figured they’d tell some stories about performing comedy in people’s homes, barns and basements (which they did). Instead, Dore decided to tell a story that everyone (minus Tig Notaro) is familiar with: “Goldilocks” or “The Story Of The Three Bears.”
Conan completely lost control of the interview as Dore told the story and Notaro interrupted him with questions to deconstruct the plot, such as, “There are bears in the house?” and “They can talk?” She also pointed out something that should have been pointed out a long time ago: how can you tell if someone sat in your chair?
But the funniest question might just be the one that Conan asked Notaro: “Where did you get that cheese?”
“Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro” premieres on Showtime on April 17.
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Sylvan Esso Rocks for Equality and the Human Rights Campaign
Sylvan Esso Rocks for Equality and the Human Rights Campaign
American indie pop duo Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn of Sylvan Esso are lending their star power to HRC’s Equality Rocks campaign.
HRC.org
HBO's 'Looking' Finale To Begin Filming This Fall
HBO's 'Looking' Finale To Begin Filming This Fall
Regardless of how we felt about it we’re all still sitting shiva for HBO’s Looking, may it rest in peace. Earlier this week one of the show’s stars–Frankie Alvarez–shared a little bit of information about the series’s ultimate cinematic finale that begins filming this fall and will air sometime next year. Looking’s last “episode” as Alvarez describes it will be less like the show’s weekly installments and more akin to Andrew Haigh’s critically acclaimed Weekend.
“It’s a feature-length film that doesn’t adhere to an episodic structure,” Alvarez explained to Vulture. “So I think a lot of fans who wanted a longer episode are going to get one long, two-hour episode. I think that will be [a] blessing in a lot of ways: We’ll get to close it out the way everyone wants to close it out, and then, hopefully, we’ll continue to be friends … supporting each other in future projects.”
Looking wouldn’t be the first series to wrap things up with a made for TV movie, but the shift in storytelling format could be a boon to the show’s finale. For all of the criticism that was leveled at Looking, Weekend was widely praised, despite the two following similar narrative styles. As J. Bryan Lowder wrote for Slate earlier this year, Haigh’s slice-of-life storytelling seems to be at its strongest when its longer in form and bookmarked with a clear beginning and an end. Perhaps Looking’s finale will finally bring the show’s aim into a sharper focus and win over its naysayers.
(h/t Vulture)
Charles Pulliam-Moore
www.towleroad.com/2015/04/hbos-looking-finale-to-begin-filming-this-fall.html
Ugly Betty’s Wilhelmina and Marc: A Diva Reunion
Ugly Betty’s Wilhelmina and Marc: A Diva Reunion
Vanessa Williams and Michael Urie look back on their notorious days as Ugly Betty’s scheming Wilhelmina Slater and her conniving gay sidekick Marc St. James.
Adam Sandel
White House Complex Creates Gender-Neutral Bathroom
White House Complex Creates Gender-Neutral Bathroom
Visitors to the White House whose gender identity doesn’t align with a male/female binary now have have a safe space to use the restroom.
A White House spokesperson confirmed to The Advocate yesterday that a restroom for people of all genders is now located in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
“The White House allows staff and guests to use restrooms consistent with their gender identity, which is in keeping with the administration’s existing legal guidance on this issue and consistent with what is required by the executive order that took effect today for federal contractors,” White House spokesman Jeff Tiller told Politico.
The move comes on the heels of President Barack Obama’s executive order last September that banned companies from discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees if they contract with the federal government.
White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett praised the move this week in an op-ed that ran on The Advocate, writing, “The president is determined to lead by example. He has hired more openly LGBT Americans to serve in his administration than any other in history. And we have closely examined our internal policies on everything from benefits, to restroom access, to how we invite people to events, to ensure that everyone who enters this building feels safe and fully respected.”
Public awareness surrounding access to restrooms has been galvanized lately, particularly with an onslaught of legislation attempting to prevent transgender people from using the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity.
Recently, the #WeJustNeedToPee campaign drew attention to this issue, in which transgender people across the U.S. and Canada shared selfies on social media taken in single-sex bathrooms as an act of protest.
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WNBA Star Brittney Griner Tackles Discrimination; Will be Honored by HRC with Visibility Award
WNBA Star Brittney Griner Tackles Discrimination; Will be Honored by HRC with Visibility Award
HRC is proud to announce that WNBA star Brittney Griner will be awarded with HRC’s Visibility Award this Saturday at HRC’s Houston Gala.
HRC.org
