In Loving Memory of Joe Doyle

📷 In loving memory of Joe Doyle, a well‐known member of the community, who died on 22 March. 😢

(All photographs by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam, under a Creative Commons BY‐NC license.)

📷 My marching with the LGBT cluster in the Celebrate Israel parade, Fifth Avenue and 59^th Street, Midtown Manhattan/Upper East Side, 31 May 2015. (Photograph by Harold Levine.) 🇮🇱

With five participants (plus the facilitator), the gay men’s discussion group Friday was quite well attended compared to how it’s been recently. The introductions and preliminary talk about ourselves led into an organic discussion about addiction. As it turns out, I was the only one without an addictive personality; everyone else present has had true addictions to alcohol or to recreational drugs or to sex or to overeating. Gripping a discussion as it was, I had difficulty relating to it for that reason, but also for one other: Multiple participants were happy to attribute their strengths to God and take credit for their accomplishments away from themselves in order to hand it over to a Deity. Even those who saw the benefit of praising and recognizing merit in human accomplishment still tempered it with God talk. (God gave me the tools the overcome my addiction but I had to use them.) The facilitator even attributed human ethics to God, saying that he truly believed that our internal voice that knows right from wrong (to which we do not always listen) is God. Another participant compared God to the sun and humans to the planets which revolve around it. Nevertheless, this was an exceptional discussion in which I learned about their strategies for overcoming their issues and I got to briefly discuss the adjustment disorder I feel I had in the early Aughts.

It was the first night of Passover and I had no seder to attend, but I went out to eat with the men’s group participants to a local diner and had a Passover meal of chicken cordon bleu, a garden salad and side vegetables (no bread).

16–22 March 2015 microblogging

Microblog posts of mine that only made it to Twitter and not to Google or Tumblr.

I felt sorry for the ḥalal truck guy because he looked so cold. I wanted to cuddle with him to keep him warm. 🌡 😈 —16 Mar.

The crazy song mash‐up in my head: “Sweet, Fast Hooker Blues,” “Rock This Town” and “Polythene Pam.” 🎵 —16 Mar.

The @KeyFood “Louisiana style” hot sauce I get from Global Supermarket is quite bland; my food sooner tastes too vinegary than pungent. 🌶 —16 Mar.

Each day for breakfast, I have a makeshift nargesi: scrambled egg, spinach, mushroom, garlic powder, black pepper and hot sauce. 🍳 𓆇 🍄 —16 Mar.

No one phoned me all day. Within five minutes of my stepping into the shower, the phone rang. 🚿 ⚞☎ 😣 —16 Mar.

Thinking to mix tuna salad with a garden salad. —16 Mar.

I had to convince and push myself to begin my daily constitutional today but returned with a spring in my step, bounding up the stairs. 🚶→🙋 —16 Mar.

❝ “Building your dream has to start now. / There’s no other road to take.” —⁠John Farrar, “Magic,” 1980. 🖊 —18 Mar.

🌬 34°F, wind 13 m.p.h., feels like 25°. So much for my “daily” constitutional. Novruz and the equinox are on their way. Right? 🚷 —18 Mar.

Rubbing elbows with important persons after the film festival. —19 Mar.

Every discussion group participant (other than the facilitators) is here with me! —20 Mar.

Having keys duplicated. —21 Mar.

💤 I dreamed I was having a big celebratory meal at an Asian restaurant with many friends present and showing off a sexy new boyfriend seated next to me whom I’d invited as my date. Unfortunately, he got up to go to the washroom and never returned. I even checked in the two washrooms and couldn’t find him. I was so embarrassed that I ate alone at a largish table in an entirely different part of the restaurant, although I was later joined by other customers and, eventually, friends of mine from the party. At least the food was good (and it was only a dream). 😞

June Is Gay Pride Month

📷 June is Gay Pride Month.

📆 Rainbow flags at Green Corner, 77-19 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 5 June 2011. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed in the album on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

Piñata Madness at “Jaime’s Peter Pan Birthday Party”!

📷 #Piñata madness at “Jaime’s Peter Pan #birthday party”! #MusicBox #CajaMusical #Elmhurst #gaynyc #DragQueen #transgender #HispanicAndLatinoAmericans #gaylatino #latinogay (at The Music Box (Caja Musical))

📆 “Jaime’s Peter Pan birthday party” at Music Box/ Caja Musical, 40-08 74^th Street, Elmhurst, 30 January 2011. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/VCQdJDtW95/

Winter Clothing

📷 Winter clothing. #gaynyc #gayjew #MountainJew #gaybear #bear #gayatheist #gpoy #me #selfportrait #gayqafqaz #Fəs #tarbush #طربوش #טרבוש (at Filldor Court)

📆 My apartment, Jackson Heights, 23 January 2009. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures taken that day can be viewed on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/UM2bZstW4A/

Bears Are Really Friendly

📷 I’m looking forward to the New York Bear Den gathering on the thirteenth. Bears are really friendly. #NYBearDen #JacksonHeights #gaynyc #gaybear #bear #gaykiss #winter (at NY Bear Den @ Queens Pride House)

📆 New York Bear Den (and Bob’s birthday) at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 9 January 2011. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/UEnmQbtW0z/

A New Year Means by Definition a New Month…

📷 A new year means by definition a new month, so that means another New York Bear Den gathering is upcoming. Look at the gorgeous #cheesecake someone brought in 2011. #food #dessert #cake #nybearden #gaybear #newyear #gaynyc (at NY Bear Den @ Queens Pride House)

📆 New York Bear Den at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 9 January 2011. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

This idea of a “New Year’s cheesecake” is apparently not a new one although it was new to me. See also

• Veronica Chan, Instagram, 31 Dec. 2012.
• Veronica Chan, Instagram, 1 Jan. 2013.
• “Countdown Cheesecake Recipe,” Taste of Home, n.d., reproduced from Quick Cooking, November–December 2002, 59.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/T79lxhNW4t/

Remembering Queens Pride House’s “Night of Gratitude”

📷 Remembering Queens Pride House’s “Night of Gratitude,” December 2010. #QueensPrideHouse #volunteering #gratitude #award #JacksonHeights #NYC #gaynyc (at Queens Pride House)

📆 “Night of Gratitude” at Queens Pride House, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 9 December 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/TvhX3KtWwS/

Kisses at “Dance 208” 💏

📷 Kisses at “Dance 208.” 💏 #gaykiss #gaynyc #GreenwichVillage #Dance208 #NYC 😘 (at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center)

📆 “Dance 208: Twinkle Holiday Dance” at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, 208 West 13 Street, Greenwich Village, 18–19 December 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/Ti8YxltWxk/

Some of the Sweets at the New York Bear Den Winter Holiday Party

📷 Some of the sweets—some of them homemade—at the New York Bear Den #winter holiday party. #NYBearDen #JacksonHeights #sweet #cookie #Yule #food #NYC #gaybear #bear #gaynyc (at NY Bear Den @ Queens Pride House)

📆 New York Bear Den winter holiday party at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 9 December 2012. (Photographs by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

Also available on Tumblr.

http://www.instagram.com/p/TccAxeNW2V/

Flagger at the LGBT Community Center’s “Twinkle Dance”

📷 Flagger at the LGBT community center’s “Twinkle Dance,” 2010. #FlaggingDance #gaycenter #LGBTCenterNYC #gaynyc #winter #GreenwichVillage (at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center)

📆 “Dance 208: Twinkle Holiday Dance” at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, 208 West 13 Street, Greenwich Village, 18–19 December 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

Also available on Tumblr.

http://www.instagram.com/p/TdZWWBNW2Q/

They Lit a Menora at the Community‐Wide LGBT Chanukah Party

📷 They lit a menora at the Community‐Wide LGBT Chanukah Party. #gayjew #gaynyc #JQY #CBST #UpperWestSide #gay #Jews #AmericanJews #winter #Hanukkah #Chanukah #menorah (at Congregation Rodeph Sholom)

📆 Community‐Wide LGBT Chanukah Party, organized by Jewish Queer “Youth” and various other groups, Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 7 West 83 Street, Upper West Side, 15 December 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

Also available on Tumblr.

http://www.instagram.com/p/TSWbhetW3r/

Volunteering for New York Bear Den in an Oriental Waistcoat

📷 Volunteering for New York Bear Den in an Oriental waistcoat. 🐻 #NYBearDen #gay #gaynyc #gaybear #bear #gayjew #NYC #JacksonHeights #winter #gpoy #me Image created with #Snapseed (at NY Bear Den @ Queens Pride House)

📆 New York Bear Den gathering at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 12 December 2010. (Photograph by Chaz Antonelli.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/TRdJmsNW1i/

Bear Cookies at New York Bear Den

📷 Every New York Bear Den gathering, pâtissier Carlin brings homemade pastries, like these bear cookies with Yule‐colored buttons. 🎅🐻🍪 #NYBearDen #NYBD #pastry #cookie #bear #gaybear #NYC #JacksonHeights #gay #Yule #winter #PastryChef (at NY Bear Den @ Queens Pride House)

📆 New York Bear Den gathering at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 12 December 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of this event can be viewed on Facebook.

http://www.instagram.com/p/TJ-kRFtWw-/

New York Bear Den Gave DVDs as Gifts

📷 At the winter holiday party, New York Bear Den gave DVDs as gifts to all in attendance! 🐻 🎅 #bear #nybearden #Yule #NYC #JacksonHeights #winter #gift #gaybear #gaynyc (at NY Bear Den @ Queens Pride House)

📆 New York Bear Den winter holiday party at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 9 December 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/TCCSe1NW3o/

Elves at the Queens Lesbian & Gay Pride Committee Holiday Party

📷 Elves at the Queens Lesbian & Gay Pride Committee holiday party, 2008. 🎅 #QLGPC #QueensPride #ClubAtlantis #gay #JacksonHeights #NYC #latino #gaylatino #GNJH

☞ Queens Lesbian & Gay Pride Committee holiday party at Club Atlantis, 76-19 Roosevelt Avenue, Jackson Heights, 13 December 2008. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

The rest of my photographs of this event can be viewed on Facebook.

http://www.instagram.com/p/Sw2rXctW1-/

Fun and Frolic at the FurBall

📷 Fun and frolic at the FurBall, Greenwich Village. #FurBall #gaybear #gaycenter #GreenwichVillage #kiss #gaykiss #NYC #gayhug #lgbtcenternyc #gaynyc # (at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center)

☞ FurBall at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, 208 West 13 Street, Greenwich Village, 13–14 November 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/SlWantNW78/