March with To Proudly Go at the Brooklyn, NY Pride Parade

To Proudly Go invites you to march with us in the 2023 Brooklyn Pride Parade!

To march with us, please fill out the interest form at www.bkpridemarchsignup.toproudlygo.org

The Brooklyn Pride Parade will be held on Saturday, June 10, 2023 from 7:30PM until 10:00 PM beginning at 5th Avenue – From Lincoln Place to 9th Street Brooklyn, NY 11215.

Each marcher will receive a free To Proudly Go T-Shirt! All our marchers are expected to abide by all Parade rules and to meet us at a pre-designated location and time the day of the Parade. More details to come!

About Brooklyn Pride

Brooklyn Pride is a 501(c)(3) wholly volunteer-managed, tax-exempt, non-profit organization working for and on behalf of all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Brooklynites and all others who support the struggle for equality of this Community. In the spirit of Stonewall, Brooklyn Pride welcomes the participation of all the residents of Brooklyn and the outer boroughs, regardless of age, creed, gender, gender identification, HIV status, national origin, physical, mental or development disability, race, religion, or sexual orientation.

Join Us For Our Star Trek: Sci-Fi Variety Show 6pm Saturdays

Beam up, folk and Join the To Proudly Go crew! It’s time for the ultimate Star Trek Variety Show, 6pm Saturdays at the legendary Barracuda Lounge!

We’ll start the night off with a bang with some intergalactic Bingo at 6pm and a warp-speed happy hour with 2-4-1 drinks until 8pm. Then our sci-fi themed drag performances starring Heather Wood, Flippe Kikee, Godiva Romance, Kailee Rose and Kekoa Is with DJ Cameron Cole and some Trek’tastic trivia will transport you to a whole new galaxy of entertainment.

But that’s not all, because we’re doing this all for a good cause with some fabulous prizes, giveaways, and merchandise for purchase. Each week is dedicated to supporting To Proudly Go’s mission of creating safe and supportive spaces that celebrates science fiction, promotes the LGBTQIA+ to empower and foster a kinder and better future today. Come join us as Proudly Go where no variety show has gone before!

Show Dates

6pm Saturdays on 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, and 6/3 at 6pm!

About To Proudly Go

To Proudly Go is a 501c3 nonprofit organization formed for the purposes of creating safe and supportive spaces that celebrates science fiction, promotes the LGBTQIA+ community and partners with important community causes to empower and foster a kinder and better world. Learn more at www.ToProudlyGo.org.

To Proudly Go Turns 2 Years Old

To Proudly Go is please to announce that our organization turned two years old today, March 1, 2023. To Proudly Go began during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic back in December 2020 with Co-Founders Michael Agnew and Chris Murphy. They envisioned an organization that celebrated science fiction, promoted the LGBTQIAplus community, and partnered with important community causes and organizations to empower communities and foster a kinder world and better future today To Proudly Go officially took shape upon receiving his certificate of incorporation from the New York State Department of State Division of Corporations on March 1, 2021 (DOS ID# 5951201).

Today, To Proudly Go has raise approximately $6,000 for seven different charities through our weekly Star Trek Fundraiser Benefits at the legendary New York City gay bar, Barracuda Lounge (location: 275 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10011), every Saturday at 6pm. We began with our first event Star Trek: Lower Decks, Season 2 in August 2021 and we are still going strong.

Each event is filled with the opportunity to view the latest Star Trek episodes, play Star Trek trivia games to win prizes, watch special Star Trek themed drag performances, meet special guests, and to purchase To Proudly Go merchandise and 2-4-1 drink specials.

These events help support other LGBTQ nonprofit organizations. To Proudly Go selects a different charity to work with for each ten-plus week run for one of the five different Star Trek series currently in production on Paramount Plus, including other shows such as The Center Seat and The Orville.

To Proudly Go has grown seven Board members and Staff volunteers to twelve. To Proudly Go has also earned a 2023 Gold Seal of Transparency with Candid (you can view our Nonprofit Profile here) with robust financial and business systems that enable To Proudly Go to continue providing safe spaces through our public events and to grow and expand our events.

We are extremely grateful to our Board of Directors, Management Team, Staff and Volunteers and Supporters for helping to make To Proudly Go such a special and unique organization. Please help support us by donating and/or attending an upcoming event.

Live Proud and Prosper!

Join Us For Star Trek: Picard on Saturdays Starting Feb. 18

Join the To Proudly Go crew at the legendary Barracuda Lounge starting February 18th for the final season Star Trek: Picard every Saturday at 6pm!

Hosted by NYC Drag Queens Heather Wood, Flippe Kikee Godiva, Romance, Kailee Rose and Kekoa, with DJ Cameron Cole. These Trek’tastic events will be filled with Star Trek Trivia games, special Star Trek themed drag performances, special guests, 2-4-1 drinks, fabulous Star Trek prizes, and merchandise. Each night is dedicated to supporting God’s Love We Deliver‘s mission of improving the health and well-being of men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses by alleviating hunger and malnutrition. Come support a good cause!

About God’s Love We Deliver

The mission of God’s Love We Deliver is a non-sectarian organization devoted to improve the health and well-being of men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses by alleviating hunger and malnutrition. God’s Love We Deliver prepares and delivers nutritious, high-quality meals to people who, because of their illness, are unable to provide or prepare meals for themselves. They also provide illness-specific nutrition education and counseling to our clients, families, care providers and other service organizations. Learn more at www.glwd.org.

About To Proudly Go

World AIDS DAY

December 1 of every year is World AIDS Day.

It is an occasion to look back at the horrors of the early days of the HIV epidemic, when systems ignored and failed some of society’s most vulnerable and marginalized people just when they needed help the most. Whole communities of young gay men were killed, and communities of color suffered huge losses, as well. This day honors the memories of people that some in society let die alone and almost forgotten. Every World AIDS Day, we make sure they are not forgotten.

It’s also an occasion to look back with pride on what humans can accomplish when we work together towards a common good. There still is no proper “cure” that can be widely practiced, but a few patients seem to have been permanently “cured” through extreme experimental treatments. There is still no vaccine, after four decades of trying. But there is effective and constantly-improving antiretroviral therapy that can extend the lifespan of an infected person to generally match the lifespan of the general population. And Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is now widely available to help HIV- individuals stay that way.

There is still work to do: it’s a near-constant political fight to maintain and expand the funding necessary to accomplish the health and quality-of-life objectives that define a successful response to HIV in communities. Too many people still don’t have access to the medicines they need, or to housing resources—or, they don’t know that such resources are available to them.

It used to be said that if the cure for HIV were a glass of clean water, there would be places on earth we couldn’t reach everyone with that cure. So World AIDS Day is also an opportunity to reflect on the other challenges that accompany and worsen HIV: hunger, lack of safe drinking water, insufficient housing, lack of sex education. All this and more goes into the fight against AIDS, but in 40 years of battling this virus, humanity has never been better-positioned to finally win that fight than right now.

On this World AIDS Day, we at To Proudly Go honor the lives of those who lost the fight, we celebrate the good health of those thriving on effective antiviral treatment, and we gratefully give credit to the activists, healthcare workers, researchers, and others who worked so hard to bring us to this point.

To Proudly Go Nominated by Broadway World for Best Recurring Show

We are very excited to announce our 2022 Broadway World Cabaret Awards nomination for Best Open-Mic, Variety or Recurring Show for To Proudly Go’s #Star Trek Viewing Parties and Fundraiser Benefiting shows at 6pm Saturdays at the legendary Barracuda Lounge in New York City.

Since August 2021, To Proudly Go has been dedicated to creating a safe and supportive space for the LGBTQIAplus community to enjoy each of the five new Star Trek series’ and The Orville. Each week has been dedicated to supporting important community causes and organizations, raising close to $6000 collectively for 7 different charities to-date.

Since the beginning, each show has been filled with Star Trek trivia, 2-4-1 drinks, prizes and giveaways, To Proudly Go merchandise available for purchase and special Star Trek themed drag performances by Trek’tastic drag performers Heather Wood, Flippe Kikee, Stella D’oro, Godiva Romance, Kailee Rose, and guest drag queens Jackie Cox from RuPaul’s Drag Race, Junior Mintt and others, and live performances by Lawrence Neals, Adam Sarette and more!

Thank you to all the performers and volunteers who have helped make this show a Trek’tastic success! Please consider voting for us in the 2022 Broadway World Cabaret Awards nomination for Best Open-Mic, Variety or Recurring Show and joining us 6pm Saturday!

Vote Here

Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations

These words are what we celebrate when we enter that bar, when we stand on that stage, when we lift each other up. Our queer spaces are our sanctuaries, and we stand with Colorado Springs and Club Q in the wake of this senseless, violent attack on our community.

Maybe you didn’t go to Club Q on Saturday because you had a silly argument; maybe, across the country, you were with us at Barracuda but are now struggling to hold your head high again and are afraid of being in our sacrosanct places. We will be here to help you heal.

We stand for diversity, for hope, for love—and our hearts are with you.

If you or anyone you know is struggling in the aftermath of this hate crime, there are people who can help. Consider calling The Trevor Project at 866-488-7386, call 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or go to your nearest emergency room.

We can make the world a better place.

Author:

Sonyl Nagale

Chief Technology Officer

To Proudly Go

Join To Proudly Go the Finale of Lower Decks and the Premiere of Prodigy

Join us for the season 3 finale of Star Trek Lower Decks and the Season 2 Premiere of Star Trek Prodigy 6pm Saturday, October 29 at Barracuda Lounge!

Join the To Proudly Go crew for the season 3 finale of Star Trek Lower Decks and the season 2 premiere of Star Trek Prodigy! Hosted by Heather Wood, Flippe Kikee and Godiva Romance with DJ T.K. This Trek’tacular night will feature costume contest with the winner recieving free drinks and a monthly MTA metro card, special Star Trek themed drag performances, 2-4-1 drinks, and more! Help us support Impac+NYC, a social support community of queer, gay, bi, and trans men living with HIV.

Be sure to join us for a good cause at the legendary Barracuda Lounge Star Trek: Prodigy every Saturday at 6pm!

Hosted by Heather Wood, Flippe Kikee, and Godiva Romance, with DJ Cameron Cole. These Trek’tastic events will be filled with Star Trek Trivia games, special Star Trek themed drag performances, special guests, 2-4-1 drinks, fabulous Star Trek prizes, and merchandise. Each viewing party is dedicated to supporting To Proudly Go’s mission of celebrating SciFi, promoting the LGBTQIAplus community and supporting important community causes and organizations. Come support a good cause!

About Impac+ NYC

Impac+ NYC is a social support community of queer, gay, bi, and trans men living with HIV living in New York together. Formed in 2009, Impac+NYC has expanded to include activities like dinners, brunches, volunteer activities, fundraisers, picnics, arts walks, beach trips, river cruises, house mixers, and periodic trips to other cities. Learn more at: www.impacnyc.org

Join To Proudly Go for Star Trek Lower Decks Season 3

To Proudly Go invites you to join us at the legendary Barracuda Lounge starting August 20 for our Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 kick-off even with new episode viewings each and every Saturday starting August 27th at 6pm.

Hosted by Heather Wood, Flippe Kikee, Godiva Romance and special guests, with DJ TK. These Trek’tastic events will be filled with Star Trek Trivia games, special Star Trek themed drag performances, special guests, 2-4-1 drinks, fabulous Star Trek prizes, and merchandise. Each viewing party is dedicated to supporting Impac+NYC which is a social support community of queer, gay, bi, and trans men living with HIV living in New York. Come support a good cause!

About Impac+NYC
Impac+ NYC is a social support community of queer, gay, bi, and trans men living with HIV living in New York together. Formed in 2009, Impac+NYC has expanded to include activities like dinners, brunches, volunteer activities, fundraisers, picnics, arts walks, beach trips, river cruises, house mixers, and periodic trips to other cities. Learn more at: www.impacnyc.org.

About To Proudly Go
To Proudly Go is a 501c3 nonprofit organization formed for the purposes of creating safe and supportive spaces that celebrates science fiction, promotes the LGBTQIA+ community and partners with important community causes to empower and foster a kinder and better world.

Join To Proudly Go at Flame Con!

Join the To Proudly Go crew for its ‘Live Proud and Prosper’ drag show at 4:30pm, Saturday, August 20th on the main stage at Flame Con held at the Times Square Sheraton. ‘Live Proud and Prosper’ features NYC drag queens Heather Wood, Flippe Kikee and Godiva Romance! This Trek’tastic event will showcase the very best of Star Trek themed cosplay drag in NYC. Tickets are available for Flame Con here.

What is Flame Con?

Flame Con is the world’s largest queer comic con created by Geeks OUT. Flame Con features a two-day comics, arts and entertainment expo, showcasing creators and special guests from all corners of the LGBTQ fandom. It features thoughtful discussions, exclusive performances, screenings, cosplay and more! Learn more about Flame Con and the 2022 event schedule here.