Let your fingers do the walking. On your way to New York City for the first time (or tenth)? Not been out in awhile? Moving in? Or, just coming out and want to put yourself in the mix? When I came out in 1985 I had never been to a gay bar, let alone even knew where to go. I found my way by driving into town to where I had heard gay men lived, parked my big old navy blue nearly dead '75 Chevy, and followed two men who I thought might be gay and together into a nondescript club with no sign on the door. Luckily, I scored and found myself in a place called Badlands in Washington, D.C. (now Halo). The dance floor was all laser lights, poured in fog, and guys in leather harnesses snorting poppers while dancing the night away—suddenly, with me (I was only 17 after all). Today, knowing where to go for all of your LGBT desires is not as easy, which is why we recommend HX Magazine. A free weekly publication with hot covers, absolutely-right-now-content as well as event, party, and club listings, and an online component in which you can type in what you want and they recommend where to go. Sort of like the yellow pages, but pink. Online now, and worth it.—N.B.
