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Woodstock Pride Parade 2025

The colorful Woodstock Pride parade made its way through town, ending at Colony—who hosted a jubilant celebration that honored LGBTQ+ trailblazers: Celeste Lecesne, Meryl Meisler, and Anita Otey.

Love - always a theme in Woodstock.

Woodstock Pride Parade

Gotta love the goth kids!

Woodstock Pride honoring LGBTQ+ Trailblazers Celeste Lecesne, Meryl Meisler, and Anita Otey.

More photos: Pride, Woodstock, Hudson Valley Pride

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O-RAMA! at Kingston Pride

Kingston, NY More photos: Pride, Hudson Valley Pride

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Veela Peculiar at Kingston Pride

Kingston, NY More photos: Pride, Hudson Valley Pride

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NYC Pride Mural by Scooter Laforge and Jason Haaf

Process shots of Scooter Laforge and Jason Haaf creating what is now the 8th pride mural to go up at 2nd Ave and Houston.

Scooter Laforge

Scooter Laforge and Jason Haaf

Jason Haaf adding text.

More photos: Scooter Laforge, Queer Street Art,  2nd Ave Mural

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Women's March

Washington Square, NYC More photos: Women’s March, The Resistance

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My Pussy Tastes Like Freesom

Women's March | Washington Square, NYC More photos: Women’s March, The Resistance

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SlutBomb at Unicorn Bar 

Kingston, NY More photos: Punk, Stage Performances

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Queercore Night at Unicorn Bar 

Line up includes SlutBomb, RBNX, and @negativeraxx. For over 20 years Sarah Perrotta has been one of my favorite humans on the planet, and I’m so happy I got to celebrate the release of her new album Blue to Gold last night!

More photos: Punk, Stage Performances

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400th anniversary of the Dutch settlement in the Hudson Valley

Historic Huguenot Street— New Paltz, NY More photos: Living History

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Cable Ties Opening for Superchunk

Colony Woodstock, NY More photos: Stage Performances

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Superchunk at Colony Woodstock

Colony Woodstock, NY More photos: Stage Performances

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CRUISING WITH EDES

Nearly a decade, when I first started research for my book and film OUT IN THE STREETS, I found an article about EDES—a Copenhagen-based artist pushing the boundaries of homoerotic graffiti with explicit, yet amusing vignettes. As soon as I could, I headed to Denmark for document his perspective.

Now seven years later, it was incredible to return to Copenhagen for his interactive, immersive installation CRUISING WITH EDES; celebrating both baudy homoerotic toilet graffiti and restroom cruising. The space was so convincing that several guests at the opening reception accidentally used the toilets thinking they were functional!

Curated by Freespace , and hosted by DRIPS CPH, the installation will be open until 13 April 2024.

More photos: EDES, Queer Street Art, Dusty Rebel Production

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NYC Pride Mural by David Puck Featuring Drag Icon Sasha Colby

Getting to curate the 2nd Ave Wall has become such a fun NYC tradition to kick off Pride. This year I was so excited to bring in David Puck to create this incredible mural to honor drag legend, Sasha Colby.

The current backlash against the LGBTQ community can feel overwhelming, which is why it was so important to express the beauty and joy of the queer experience in this piece—a reminder that our love for each other is louder.

I’m also so thankful for Hard Rock Hotels for their support this year. They’ve been such a great partner in helping this wall come together.

The mural—which is located at the corner of Houston and 2nd Ave—is on view for all of June.

Long live Queer Street Art!

More photos: David Puck, Queer Street Art, 2nd Ave Mural

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Nuart Journal: TRESPASS

Check out the most recent Nuart Journal, where I had the absolute honor of being interviewed by Dr Susan Hansen about Queer Street Art and my film OUT IN THE STREETS. The interview, which is by far the most in-depth I have done about the project, can be found here: Queer Liberation and Street Art: Taking Public Space and Declaring Our Right to Exist.

And here can be found a digital download of the complete issue for free.

More: Queer Street Art, Dusty Rebel Production 

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Process Shots: NYC Pride Mural by David Puck Featuring Drag Icon Sasha Colby

Process shots of David Puck working on their portrait of drag goddess Sasha Colby for this year’s 2nd Avenue Pride mural in NYC. I absolutely love that I got to work with David again, who is one of the artists featured in my upcoming documentary about Queer Street Art, OUT IN THE STREETS. More about the documentary and how you can help here: queerstreetart.com

Getting to curate the 2nd Ave Wall has become such a fun NYC tradition to kick off Pride. This year I was so excited to bring in David Puck to create this incredible mural to honor drag legend, Sasha Colby.

The current backlash against the LGBTQ community can feel overwhelming, which is why it was so important to express the beauty and joy of the queer experience in this piece—a reminder that our love for each other is louder.

I’m also so thankful for Hard Rock Hotels for their support this year. They’ve been such a great partner in helping this wall come together.

The mural—which is located at the corner of Houston and 2nd Ave—is on view for all of June.

More photos: David Puck, Queer Street Art, 2nd Ave Mural

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Adam's Nest Supports OUT IN THE STREETS with Shirts Designed by Rose Cory

Exciting News! Soon after I asked Rose Cory to do the 2nd Ave Mural for Pride, she showed me her design for the wall and we both joked it needed to be a shirt.

Amazingly, Adam's Nest's has done just that AND are graciously directing 10% of the profits to the production of my Queer Street Art documentary, OUT IN THE STREETS.

Order yours here.

More photos: Rose Cory, Queer Street Art, Dusty Rebel Production

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Trailer for OUT IN THE STREETS

I am so excited to finally share the trailer for OUT IN THE STREETS!

Nearly a decade ago, I dreamed of making an international documentary about street art and its relationship to queer liberation, and after 5 1/2 years (and lots of DIY ingenuity), filming is complete! As you know, OUT IN THE STREETS has been a labor of love for me. I filmed in 16 cities across 7 countries, interviewing over 41 artists and activists.

Now I need your help!

Our film is a fiscally sponsored project of Film Independent, which means donations to the film are 100% tax-deductible. Please give what you can AND share the donation page! Your support means everything!

More: Queer Street Art, Dusty Rebel Production