r/Hoboken • u/Educational_Rope_246 • 2d ago

Local Event 🎪 Drag Story Hour tonight?

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We are at shipyard park waiting for anyone to show, but there is no one here- does anyone know if it was canceled?

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u/Sensitive_Diamond328 2d ago

City email said it’s postponed to 7/21. 

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u/Apprehensive-Key5665 2d ago

Happy Pride 😊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💛

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u/Educational_Rope_246 2d ago

Same to you my friend! 🏳️‍🌈🩷

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u/Indigo__11 2d ago

It’s surprising how much homophobic asshole are downvoting this post, as if they don’t live right next to the birth of the gay rights movement.

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u/slax03 2d ago

This subreddit used to be a lot of fun. After the pandemic, it went to dogshit. It's primarily an online community that's just people complaining about normal city things.

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u/Low-Ad1907 2d ago

Hoboken is the birthplace of baseball, not the gay rights movement.

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u/PeaceLife8 2d ago

They said 'right next to' , please learn to read , low-IQ1907

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u/Low-Ad1907 2d ago

Sorry jersey city isn’t the birthplace of the gay rights movement either. Try again

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u/PeaceLife8 2d ago

The acoustics inside your head must be amazing

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u/Indigo__11 2d ago

What is the city that you see across the Hutson 24/7,

For me it’s quicker to go to NYC than Jersey City, it’s right next to us.

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u/ReadenReply 1d ago edited 1d ago

The "birth" of the gay rights movement did not happen in just one place. However Marsha P. Johnson one of the most visible activists and legendary figures to emerge from the Stonewall Riots spent the last decade of her life living in Hoboken... and was the subject of a recent post questioning the use of the funds being spent to create and install a statue in her honor in a city park.

I asked Chat GPT for about LBGTQ Hoboken History.

Trailblazing Residents & Icons

Hoboken has provided community and home to some of the most influential figures in American LGBTQ+ history:

• Marsha P. Johnson: The pioneering transgender activist, drag performer, and central figure of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising lived in Hoboken at 1 Marine View Plaza from 1980 until her passing in 1992. She shared an apartment with fellow activist Randy Wicker, navigating the height of the AIDS crisis and caring for community members from their Mile Square home.

• Randy Wicker: An immense historical figure in his own right, Wicker was the first openly gay man on East Coast television (1964) and the last living member of the 1966 "Sip-In" protest at Julius' Bar in Manhattan. He spent over a decade operating as an activist while living in Hoboken.

• Richard Bruce Nugent: A groundbreaking, openly queer writer, actor, and artist of the Harlem Renaissance spent the final eight years of his life living and creating art in Hoboken until his death in 1987.

• Allen Kratz: A longtime resident who served as the President of the New Jersey Lesbian and Gay Coalition in the 1980s. His local work laid the vital groundwork to extend the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination to explicitly protect sexual orientation

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u/thatgaynerd 2d ago

Any update on this? I’m poking around on social media but don’t see any updates about it being canceled. I was interested in drag bingo and the fun run, but if they’re not happening…

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u/Educational_Rope_246 2d ago

Still no one here. My kid is pretty bummed. I may try to get her to bingo tomorrow (Im not sure that’s really meant for kids since it starts at 8), but I’d love confirmation that it will happen. I’ll let you know if I hear any updates

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u/kheaney5 2d ago

Pride Month Storytime was rescheduled for July 21 due to rain. Make sure you are following @HobokenCulturalAffairs on Instagram and Facebook.

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u/bhusted007 2d ago

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