POWERHOUSE: Ladyfag and the LadyLand Crew

In a swirl of New York City queer eclectism, Ladyfag and the LadyLand Crew offer a space to promote love, fashion, freak and all things party.

  • Photography: Marco Ovando
  • LadyLand crew at Holy Mountain at Avant Gardner, Brooklyn Clockwise from top left: Joe Exclamation, Magdalena Femanon, Carlos Garcia, Markus Kelle, Andersen Anderson, Tammy Hart, Stephanie Stone, Terence Edgerson, Frankie Boyd, Skin, Matthew Placek, Ladyfag, Desi Santiago, Chaia, Scott Ewalt, Michael Magnan, Javier Madrid, Eli Escobar, Fet Fet, Physical Therapy, Danny Taylor, Amrit, Anthony Dicapua, Gage, Connie, Ryan Burke, Alexandra Jacob, Serichai Traipoom, Domonique Echeverria, Charlie Le Mindu, Bailey Stiles, Santiago Felipe, Drew Patterson, Paul Short, Nicky Doll, Aquaria; Photography Marco Ovando

This story first appeared in V119, our Music Issue. V119 is available for sale now at vmagazine.myshopify.com.

Vibe: Holy Mountain and LadyLand are melting pots of fashion and freaks: club kids, leather daddies, twinks, goths, acid freaks, house heads, techno heads, circuit queens, drag queens, Bushwick kids, Hell’s Kitchen kids, young, old, gay, straight.

Party line: I may be no Mother Teresa, but I do get a lot of people laid. Love makes the world go ’round!

Mission: No one’s re-inventing the wheel here; a party’s a party. I want people to dance till their feet bleed. I want people to hear great artists they might not have heard. That said, if there’s one thing almost everyone can agree on, it’s Madonna.

Past party foul: Last year, at LadyLand, it suddenly rained hard, and I had no choice [but] to get on the mic and stall… I thought I did okay, sorta funny… Till I watched the video the next day. Alcohol and microphones are a dangerous combo!

Save the date: LadyLand, June 28 and 29. It’s World Pride so we’re expanding to two days [to] fit over 10,000 people. It’s gonna be a big queer birthday party celebration… Bring on the cake, cake, cake!

IG: @ladylandfestival

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