Randy Wicker Reporting

Gertrude Stein Birthday Party 2 3 2019 Bryant Park NYC

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Mon, 4 Feb 2019 07:22:00 -0800

A GARDEN FOR THE BLIND

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:24:00 -0700

Click to Play

One section of Brooklyn's Botanical Gardens is called "The Fragnance Garden".

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: fragnance garden, brooklyn botanical gardens, randy wicker, proposal, gay marriage, sage, anise, cooking, smells, sakura festival 2009

PENTAGON DRAGON CLAWS ON OBAMA'S BALLS

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:11:00 -0700

Click to Play

Lt. Dan Choi is an Arabic speaking serviceman who is being discharged under "Don't Ask Don't Tell"--current military policy which says anyone publicly identifying, or identified by others, as being homosexual are not allowed to serve in the armed services.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: dan choi, national march for equality, leonard matlovich, arabic, translator, dont ask dont tell, congressional cemetery, michael bedwell, randy wicker, pentagon, military

Gay Couple Clash National Equality March 10/11/09

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:01:00 -0700

Click to Play

A strange confrontation ensued when a young gay male couple started a conversation with a lone protester who seemed more opposed to "Obamacare" and changing the way health care is provided than he was with the issues involved in The National Equality March.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Quicktime (.mov), Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: national equality march 2009, gay, heterosexual, homosexual, randy wicker

LEONARD MATLOVICH GAY AMERICAN MILITARY HERO

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Wed, 7 Oct 2009 14:36:00 -0700

Click to Play

THIS VIDEO CAN BE VIEWED IN HIGH DEFINITION ON YOUTUBE

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USmh9B96yVs

On Saturday, October 10th, there's a protest in Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street SE (18 blocks from the Capitol) where I am due to be buried. The current "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy is a living nightmare for gays serving in the military. The protest is also a memorial service for a legendary gay American military Hero, Leonard Matlovich. "I've been in the service twelve years, and I'm gay. I have never been in trouble. I have a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, and three commendations for performance above & beyond the call of duty. On the Air Force's rating scale of 1 to a top of 9, I have never received less than 9 in my entire enlistment. Now, I want to end the military's prejudice against homosexuality, and I'm willing to fight all the way to the Supreme Court if it's necessary!" He told Dr. Frank Kameny upon agreeing to be the "ideal" test case Kameny & other civil rights activists were seeking. The story of his partial success have served as an inspiration to others carrying on in his place today." This video tells part of that story from my own unique perspective.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: national equality march 2009, dadt, dont ask dont tell, web dangers, air force, military, lgbt, gay, lesbian, orgy, steam baths

LOLITA FASHION SHOOT, HOT SHOTS PART #1

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Mon, 3 Aug 2009 18:44:00 -0700

Click to Play

Young girls dressed up & went to a "Lolita Fashion Shoot" at NYC's Kinokuyima Bookstore to get their pictures posted on ToykoPop.com . It proved to be quite a blend of anime, punk & Japanese fashion. Many of the young women had created their own unique outfits. Randolfe (Randy) Wicker was there to talk to them about it...

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: manga, anime, punk, young girls, sexy, extreme, prom, japan day, accessories, randolfe, randy wicker, kinokuyina bookstore, tokyo pop

B UNIQUE - CIRQUE DU FASHION SHOW - ROAD TRIP 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:01:00 -0700

Click to Play

"Cirque du" was a fashion show organized by the fashionistas of Asbury Park during Road Trip Weekend 2009. This video focuses on "B Unique", one of the local stores, who participated. It captures the spirit and fun of this new free, fun event--which should grow and prosper in the years ahead.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: b unique, cirque du, asbury park, road trip 2009, transgender, gender free, glamour kills, punk rock, chic, sexy, randolfe, randy wicker

AMANDA LAPORE - ON BEING A TRANSSEXUAL

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:03:00 -0700

Click to Play

Amanda Lapore, a famous model & performer, was once biologically a male. She talked with Randy Wicker about her early rejection by the gay male community--who now comprise a significant part of her fan base & why she thinks her glamorous feminine mystique appeals to gay men. This interview was conducted right after she had received a standing ovation for her performance during Road Trip 2009 Weekend in asbury Park, N.J. Videographer/cameraman was Ryan Wolowski.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: amanda lapore, transsexual, transgender, gay, straight, road trip 2009, asbury park, randolfe, randy wicker, prejudice, lesbian, heterosexual, trans-lesbian, nude, swimming, ocean

FELIPE ROSE - A NATIVE AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:36:00 -0700

Click to Play

Felipe Rose, one of the original members of The Village People, remineses with Randy Wicker about his life before stardom. Felipe was obviously caught off-guard by Wicker's memories of his days as "Puppet Lady" in a male burlesque show in the early 1970s.

However, he graciously recovers & describes his success in life as a musician and as a representative of Native Americans--in music, theater & real estate investments. This is a "real life" interview. The cameras were rolling even before the "interview" officially commenced - real Cinema Verite !

Do check out www.FelipeRose.com Please tell him how much you enjoyed this interview. he is a great American and will hopefully be a symbol of hope for Native Americans languishing in the backwater of American society because of prejudice and lack of opportunity.

Pertsonally, this was one of the greatest & most-fulfilling interviews I've ever done. So many of my friends died prematurely of AIDS, etc. It was a "delicious-in-life" experience to find one who survived & prospered & continues to thrive. Felipe Rose will always be one of my special "personal heroes"!

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: the village people, indian, native american, felipe rose, chef, cooking, following felipe, no feathers in the kitchen, puerto rican, randolfe, randy wicker, ryan wolowski, ymca

GREAT GAY BALLS OF FIRE - ROAD TRIP 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:33:00 -0700

Click to Play

The sun had just faded away at the Asbury Park Sand Bast Dance on the beach. A mesmerizing young blond juggler/acrobat/ball-player got his balls flying through irregular orbits. The effects were startling and hypnotic..as you will see.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: road trip 2009, asbury park, juggler, gay, male, dance improv, perforance art, sand bast, randolfe, randy wicker, ball tricks

GAY MALES ON FIRE - ROAD TRIP 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:20:00 -0700

Click to Play

Road Trip Weekend is a gay celebration held the third weekend of every July in Asbury Park, N.J. The big dance on Saturday runs from early afternoon to shortly after sunset on a temporary public dance platform built right on the beach itself. It's a spectacular show in-and-of itself. The day ends with entertainers & fireworks. It's the ultimately romantic & exciting new event rapidly becoming the hottest ticket on the East Coast. This video captures a few intimate minutes of one couple attending. It speaks for itself.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: road trip 2009, asbury park, gay, romance, erotic, courtship, shirtless, making out, kissing, randolfe, randy wicker, sand bast

INVASION OF THE PINES - THE SHOW BEFORE THE SHOW

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:18:00 -0700

Click to Play

Costumed "invaders" gather & socialize in Cherry Grove before the "Invasion Ferry" arrives. It's a compact preview of " the show' before 'The Show' begins". Here are selected clips from those memorable hours with a few fashion 'sources' tossed in. Actually, it's faster paced than either the boarding of the landing itself. You get to see everything--including stuff that just stays behind in Cherry Grove to enjoy the less congested party that continues there all day long.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: invasion of the pines 2009, cherry grove, transvestite, shoe fetish, drag queen, transsexual, gay straight, s&m, adrian acosta, joe jeffries, randy wicker, randolfe, mark schulte, fire island clipper, bisexual, transgender fashion activist

"VIOLENT STORM" - DRAG QUEEN AT SEA

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Wed, 8 Jul 2009 07:42:00 -0700

Click to Play

Campy documentary about a silly flirtation between luscious hot drag queen named "Violent Storm" & yours truly on the boat carrying all the drag queens from Cherry Grove to the annual "Invasion of The Pines". "Drag Repair" volunteers help fix make-up. "The Pope" rails against Michael Jackson's untimely death. A Masochist asks to be tied up & tied down. A mariner hopes to find a place to stay through "the kindness of strangers". The tapestry of the plot shows how a kind-hearted lonely videographer is nearly "taken" for free drinks by a cabin-boy/girl slut.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: invasion of the pines 2009, drag queen, drag king, chris crocker, michael jackson, transsexual, transgender, cross-dresser, randy wicker, sexy, slut, hamptons, transgender fashion activist, x-tube, transaged

FIGHTING TRANSPHOBIA- - EDUCATING THE WORLD

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Tue, 7 Jul 2009 19:00:00 -0700

Click to Play

The biological father of two works to help others understand gender issues while remaining married to her wife although she is now a woman also.
Hormones, transgender issues, building community, proper trans terms & other issues are explored in this remarkable and inspiring interview done with the head of the Transgender Education Association (TGEA dot NET) during Washington, D.C's LGBT Pride Festival on 6/14/2009.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: transsexual, cross-dresser, heterosexual, homosexual, transgender fashion activist, transaged, washington d.c. pride, hormones, gender identity, randy wicker, randolfe, lgbt

TRANS SECRETARY - WAITING FOR YOUR CALL

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Tue, 7 Jul 2009 18:41:00 -0700

Click to Play

Katherine is an accomplished typist, take minutes & handles the voluminous emails an interview like this might well produce.

She volunteers to help people who are isolated and don't understand their feelings about being pre-opt, post-opt, cross-dressers, transsexual, transgender or just confused. She's "comfortable in her skin" & volunteers her time to help others feel comfortable in their skin--even when they choose to live 24-7 as a social gender that doesn't match their biological one.

Thank God for trans folk volunteers like Katherine who are there to help others find their way home. I nominate her for "Miss America 2010"! Do I hear a second?

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: transgender, transsexual, cross-dresser, fashion, education, heterosexual, homosexual, homophobic, randy wicker, lgbt, washinton, d.c. pride, male, female

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING - GAY PRIDE & UNIVERSAL HOPE

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:15:00 -0700

Click to Play

How exciting it was to see The Empire Stste Building bathed in lavander light for the first time on Gay Pride Day in NYC many years ago. The "Reigning Queen" of NYC is the first glimpse of the Manhattan skyline one gets from 15 to 17 miles away & it always makes a New Yorker's heart beat a bit faster. This video is only possible in the free world. In the Middle East, homosexuals are put to death publicly and/or slaughtered privately. In Russia & Poland, skinheads beat up those who want to celebrate their community while the police & government officials "look the other way". Read the terrifying comments on my video "gay Russians March Freely in NYC Gay Pride Parade" and you will see HATE is alive & well in many parts of the sworld. But, standing tall over NYC, "the center of the known world" (Quentin Crisp)" the Empire State Building carries messages of celebration & pride for dozens of different ethnic communities. On Gay Pride Day, she stands as a beacon of freedom to LGBT people all over the world. Oh, how I do love her ! !

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: empire state building, lavander, nyc gay pride, freedom, lgbt, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, randy wicker, inspiration

BLACK WOMYN - LESBIAN TERMINOLOGY PRT 2

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:52:00 -0700

Click to Play

Agressive fem, femmie butch, stud,bisexual, flipfloppers--they all get discussed in an amazing film called "Black Womyn: Conversations with Lesbians of African Descent". Tiona M. (TionaMproductions@yahoo(dot)com) discusses some terms & her film in this final segment of their interview.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: black womyn, terminology, gender, queer, drag king, butch, aggressive fem, bull dyke, randy wicker, transgender, transsexual

BLACK WOMYN - LESBIAN CONVERSATIONS

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:06:00 -0700

Click to Play

"Black Womyn: Conversations with Lesbians of African Descent" is a feature-length documentary focusing on the lives and views of lesbians of African descent. It features candid interviews with black lesbian women discussing coming out, sexuality and religion, love and relationships, marriage, patriarchy, visibility in the media, discrimination and homophobia, gender identity, Black lesbian youth and elders, blancing gender/race/sexuality, and, finally, what it means to call oneself a Black lesbian today. Randy Wicker interviews Tiona M. who produced this masterpiece. This is the first 10 minutes of a 16-minute interview. Continued in "BLACK WOMYN - LESBIAN TERMINOLOGY".

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: black womyn, filmfest, tiona m., nyc, lesbian, butch, fem, agressive, passive, flip-flopper, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, randy wicker drag king, bull dyke, femmie

MANGA ART KINOKUNIYA BOOKSTORE

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:47:00 -0700

Click to Play

Magna are book length stories told in a comic-book format. This Japanese art-form is rapidly growing among young people in the USA. Chris, a helpful employee at Kinokuniya Bookstore in NYC, gave me a brief tour of the Magna section there during a "Lolita Fashion Shoot" event I was videotaping. He explains a mural actually drawn by renowned Manga artist Inoue Takehiko on the wall of the second floor there & shows me some books those just getting interested in Magna might want to research.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: magna, vagabond, inoue takehiko, kinokuniya bookstore nyc, mural, explicit content, sexuality, violence, age policy, japanese culture, judisth hart, shounen-ai, randy wicker

CONDOM PEDDLERS

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:49:00 -0700

Click to Play

Trojan Condoms hired attractive young men to peddle bicycles/pedicabs and/or segways to promote their product at the NYC 2009 Annual Gay pride Parade. This is a charming and brief interview with one of those dashing young "condom peddlers".

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: condom, trojan, segway, bicycle, nyc gay pride 2009, randy wicker, dhirtless, male, hot, young, sexy

PREGNANT LESBIAN WANTS TO MARRY HER GIRLFRIEND

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:29:00 -0700

Click to Play

A pregnant lesbian wants to marry her girlfriend before her child is born. That would make the child "legitimate" in the view of the law & probably/possibly grant parental rights to the mother's legal spouse. Why are people so afraid of creating families? You tell me!

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: lesbian, pregnant, artificial insemination, gay pride 2009, nyc, st. patricks, randy wicker, lgbt, female, straight, kids, family

"FAERIES SING & THE MIRACLE OF THE CLOUDS"

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:41:00 -0700

Click to Play

Miss Liberty leads the Drag March of faeries & church ladies to the Stonewall Bar on Christopher Street where they sing a gay hymn. Saint Judy sends them a blessing through a miracle in the clouds. Randy Wicker brings you the story...

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

TRANS GROUP TO LEAD NYC GAY PRIDE PARADE 6/28/2009

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:52:00 -0700

Click to Play

Trans people & their supporters will be in the first contingent of NYC's Gay Pride Parade on Sunday, 6/28/2009. Gathering on 56th St. between 5th Ave & Madison, "The Sons & Daughters of Sylvia Rivera" will celebrate the "mother" of the transgender liberation movement - Sylvia Rivera. Vanessa Edwards is urging others to arrive early since they step off at 11:00 am. Trans people may also want to visit 'Sylvia Rivera Way" at the corner of Hudson &* Christopher Streets where the parade actually ends, To reach that corner during the parade itself, it will be necessary to go down 10th Street to Hudson & then south to Christopher because of the huge crowds along Christopher Street.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: trans, transsexual, transgender, sylvia rivera way, vanessa edwards, gay pride nyc 2009, randy wicker, male, female, questioning, love, inspiration, beauty, truth

TIMES SQUARE GAY MEN'S SOCIAL

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:16:00 -0700

Click to Play

Networking is important to all professional people. Hugh Hysell, Paul Zahn & Next Magazine sponsored a "Pride Edition" of their regular networking socials, "The Men's Event" at Planet Hollywood in NYC's Times Square on Thursday night 6/25/2009. The stars of several Broadway Shows were mingling with the guests. I went with my video camera & asked numerous people if I could "interview them for YouTube". These were the interesting and amusing interviews I obtained.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: the mens event, planet hollywood, times square, hugh hysell, paul zahn, next magazine, pride edition, randy wickert, gay, lesbian, bisexual, director, student, esc, escape vacations, songwriter, japanese music, keyboard, hot, female, male

GAY PRIDE ART SHOW NYC JUNE 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Randolfe Wicker) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:17:00 -0700

Click to Play

Art celebrating 40 years of LGBT activism is on exhibit (& for sale) at 225 Gallery, 225 W. 14th St., in NYC. The show opened 6/11/09. Here are a short collection of clips & an interview with the curator on opening night. More coverage featuring individual artists talking about their work will come later. This is just to alert those coming to NYC in June that this art show, 225 West. 14th St. (between 7th & 8th Ave) is certainly not to be missed.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: gay, lesbian, gay pride art show, nyc, june 2009, 225 gallery, randy wicker, eroticism, abstraction, lgbt