Bill De Blasio, the current New York City Public Advocate, announced this weekend that he is running for Mayor.
De Blasio, a Democrat, says he made the announcement in his home-borough of Brooklyn to send out the statement that he wants “to be a mayor for the neighborhoods.” He criticized current Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, for “ignoring the outer boroughs.”
I’d like to personally invite you to my birthday celebration on Tuesday night at Splash in NYC. Steve Sidewalk and Dougie Meyer have put together quite the soiree including a Mariah Carey vs. Nicki Minaj drag off (that I will guest referee), a hot body contest, GaySocialites.com’s own Joshua Sean as a special guest dancer and a performance by Kelsey Chaos (who is also celebrating her birthday too!)
Police say at least 232 people are dead after a band’s fireworks show caused a quickly burning fire to rip through a nightclub in Brazil.
Patrons at Kiss Nightclub struggled to escape, many unable to find their way out. Investigators say that was partially due to one emergency exit that was locked and bouncers trying to stop what they thought were patrons skipping out on their bar tabs.
CNN filed this report about the chaos that ensues near the Brazilian nightclub where the tragedy occurred:
As we reported Sunday night here at GaySocialites.com, actress Jodie Foster admitted she is gay while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes.
In this GaySocialites.com Information Update, we officially welcome Jodie to the gay community. GaySocialites.com’s Charles Winters reports with clips from Jodie Foster’s first public coming out.
During the month of December, visitors at GaySocialites.com cast their votes by the thousand to decide who deserved our annual Citations for Extraordinary Contributions to the LGBT community in community service, nightlife, entertainment and by a celebrity. Voters also cast their ballot for the Most Talked About Headline and our highest honor, the GaySocialite of the Year.
And here are the results! This is the 7th Annual GaySocialites.com Awards Spectacular hosted by Charles Winters and featuring the debut of recording artist Joshua Sean:
Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to everyone who voted.
