Gena HymowechA note to the man who called me a “fat bitch” during Pride.I’ve been gay for, oh, about 14 years now, perhaps about as long as you’ve been alive, and as soon as I learned there was this thing called…Jul 9, 2017Jul 9, 2017
Gena HymowechThis Year Feels DifferentFor the longest time, I was affected by 9/11 the way every New Yorker was affected — feeling devastated that this had happened to our…Sep 13, 2016Sep 13, 2016
Gena HymowechReclaiming the gay bar after PulseGay bars are where we discover ourselves. My first gay bar was Henrietta Hudson, a fairly popular dyke bar on Hudson Street that’s still…Jun 15, 2016Jun 15, 2016
Gena HymowechThe Luckiest of the Unluckiest: My Adventure with CancerMy cancer adventure began around the time of Valentine’s Day. On the day I was to hear the result of my biopsy, I stopped in a Starbucks…May 20, 2016May 20, 2016