Revel Out at the Shore is a new concept set to debut in May at Revel.

Every Wednesday beginning May 1, The Social, which has a completely new entertainment slate this spring, will feature live entertainment starting at 6pm, geared to the LGBT crowd.

Jaymes Vaughan and James Davis, the Team Chippendales from the CBS show “Amazing Race,” kick off the series May 1. The duo will perform its new single and will pose for pictures with fans.

The rest of the Revel Out at the Shore series in May includes:

May 8: Michael MCassey
May 15: Liz Dufour
May 22: Matthew Kenworthy
May 29: Bob Egan

For more visit Revelresorts.com/outattheshore

On Tuesday night, Jan. 17, in preparation for Atlantic City’s big gay-themed weekend, with a series of events planned by Caesars Entertainment, as well as Resorts Casino Hotel, in relation to Saturday night’s Miss’d America Pageant, a ‘drag’ race was held inside Harrah’s Resort.

The drag queens drew a large crowd outside The Pool at Harrah’s to watch the race participants — dressed up as women — compete for prizes.  (See photos below!)

Six male contestants strapped on their stilettos and see if they’re coordinated enough to cross the finish line and the winner, John Ventura, of Vineland, (aka Stasia), received a two night stay at Harrah’s Resort, a $100 food and beverage credit, tickets to Out in AC Weekend, and a “romantic limo ride” with champagne. The other five non-winning participants each received a one-night stay at Harrah’s Resort and tickets to Out in AC Weekend.

Five of the contestants were selected by the radio station SoJO 104.9,

This ‘Drag Race’ is a precursor to Caesars Entertainment’s 4th annual Out in AC weekend which begins on Saturday, January 21st  at The Pool at Harrah’s Resort with the Miss’d America Loft Party, from 2pm-6pm and continues Sunday, January 22nd with Out of Control Brunch and Bingo from 11am-3pm at the Harrah’s Ballroom.

See this Thursday’s issue of Atlantic City Weekly for details on the Miss’d America Pageant and the related events in Atlantic City.

The Greater Atlantic City GLBT Alliance (acglbt.org.) and Schultz-Hill Scholarship Foundation recently announced the 14 contestants competing in this year’s Miss’d America Pageant, being held again inside Boardwalk Hall’s big ballroom on Saturday, Jan. 21, starting at 8pm.

So, without further adieu, the contestants are:

Gusty Winds (Daniel Alita) –  a New York City resident who has performed as Gusty for more than 16 years.

Sabel Scities (Timothy Byars) –currently from Sunnyside, New York, Sabel has traveled across the United States and held the title of Miss Fire Island in 2010.

Epiphany Get Paid (David Calen) – a New Yorker from California who has worked all over the country and travels to Europe to perform each year.

Jason CoZmo (Jason Cozmo) – originally from Salt Lake City, Jason was privileged to work with Liza Minneli in the Off Broadway production of “My Big Gay Italian Wedding.”

Navaya Shay (Thom Gait) – a Philadelphian who can currently be seen performing shows for Philadelphia’s OutFest and as a Dollstar at Voyeur Night Club.

Juliza Alezae (Alejandro Giordano) – from Wharton, New Jersey, Juliza is a full time beautician and makeup artist and has competed in many pageants.

Brenda Dharling (Brandon Glasgow) – currently from New York City, Brenda was a principle dancer for Philadanco and has performed in numerous shows and competitions.

Bootsie LeFaris (Justin Keller) – this southern belle from South Carolina is a drag queen who has been trained as a dancer and musical theater performer.

Chantel Reshae (Robert Martin) – born in Ames, Iowa, this entertainer has been the show choreographer for the Parliament House in Orlando, FL for over 10 years.

Victoria “Porkchop” Parker (Victor Parker) – born in Anderson, SC, Victoria has traveled the country and entertained in over 40 states, including TV appearances and over 100 pageants.

Lady Marisa (Anthony Sabato) – is an IT engineer working for a data communications company in her home state of New Jersey when not impersonating celebrities.

Tasha Salad (Scott David Sims) – this marketing director is a southern fried Kentucky diva who is winning the hearts of audiences everywhere.

Logan Hardcore (Logan Slaughter) – Logan is a New Yorker who enjoys dancing and does drag full time and enjoys going to different cities to perform.

Shi-Queeta-Lee (Jerry VanHook) – from Washington, DC, is a veteran actor with credits including the films Ca$h Money and XXX-2, as well as TV shows such as HBO’S The Wire.

Click here for photos from the 2011 pageant.

The judges for the 2012 pageant include Mark Segal, publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News; Ryan Nickulas, TV personality, The A-List New York; TJ Kelly, TV personality, The A-List New York; Annika Bruggeworth, equestrian, former Playboy Bunny, owner of Premier Show Horse; Jeffrey Wilson of  Esquire; Michael Musto of the Village Voice; Hedda Lettuce, stage and movie personality; Bianca Del Rio celebrity drag personality; Diane Mitchell, from the Mike & Diane Morning Show on 95.1WAYV FM.

Carson Kressley

Hosting again this year is Carson Kressley (pictured), along with featured performer Martha Wash (”It’s Raining Men”) of The Weather Girls, and a performance by Erika Schiff .

Mark Dahl, manager of LGBT nightlife for Resorts Atlantic City, is this year’s writer and director and Miss’d America 2011 Kitty Hiccups (David Hyland) will be on hand for portions of the pageant.

The 2012 pageant coincides with Caesars Entertainment’s big OUT in AC weekend and related events at Resorts. Click here or here for details.

Tickets for the Miss’d America Pageant are $125, $100, $65 and $35.

Click here for more information.

Click here for video from the 2011 Miss’d America Pageant.

Click here for last year’s AC Weekly cover story.

Opening night at Prohibition, the new gay club at Resorts.

ATLANTIC CITY — The New York Times recently uploaded a small photo gallery from Times photographer Kristen Luce’s recent visit to Atlantic City.

Namely at Resorts Casino Hotel, where, the newspaper claims, the club Prohibition “may be the only full-time gay bar at a large casino in the United States.”

Luce also visited the Resorts drag show Believe. Divas in a Man’s World, and the Times includes several shots of the ongoing show, which runs through July 31 inside Resorts’ Screening Room, in the photo gallery.

Click here to view said gallery — and look for locals such as Gary Hill and Jose Rivera Sinclair.

Click here for a photo gallery of the performers in the Divas show.

Finally, click here for an article on Prohibition, first published  May 17 on acweekly.com and in the May 19, 2011 issue of Atlantic City Weekly.

Resorts Casino Hotel will host the final casting calls for a new LGBT reality series, produced by Under The Boardwalk Productions, at Boogie Nights on Friday, March 18, beginning at 4pm.

For more details, go to the story here.

Perez Hilton at MIXX in July

The infamous Hollywood blogger Perez Hilton has jumped on the Atlantic City bandwagon, with his appearance this weekend in Atlantic City marking at least his second event here this year.

Folks may remember this past July 4 weekend’s debacle at the Pool at Harrah’s where P. Diddy’s appearance got scrapped after the promoters oversold the show, causing quite the commotion over at Harrah’s Resort, closing the property down for a while. (Diddy wrote on Twitter that he shut the town down. Don’t think so Diddy.)

Anyhoo, it was after this occurrence that Perez Hilton, who was also in town that weekend partying at Borgata, pretty much wrote his own obit in Atlantic City, calling the crowd assembled at the P Diddy show “rowdy guidos” on a Twitter post and implying that the same goes for most of Atlantic City’s summertime revelers.

Well, guess what? Perez is back in Atlantic City this weekend to hang with assorted “rowdy guidos” — and possibly guidettes — during Harrah’s Entertainment’s city-wide OUT in AC Halloween weekend LGBT-themed bash, which is bringing folks from Sandra Bernhard and Margaret Cho to Kristine W and JWOWW to Atlantic City for a number of special events from Oct. 29-31.

Welcome back Perez Hilton. We hope you’re getting paid well for your appearance and that you don’t run into any “rowdy guidos” at Dusk at Caesars Saturday night when JWOWW from MTV’s Jersey Shore show hosts. Good luck with that.

We have just learned that along with several other new events lined up for the Chelsea in Atlantic City, the retro-hotel is starting up a new gay karaoke night series called “Karaoke Night Out.”

The first night will be May 27 when there will be a competition with the judges picking the best singer who will win an overnight stay for two and a meal at the Chelsea.

Check back soon for more details…..

Lady Gaga

Out in AC, the lesbian, gay, bi-Sexual and transgender signature event brand of Harrah’s Entertainment in Atlantic City, NJ, will feature a “Hands Up for Marriage Equality” benefit on Saturday, Jan. 16, at Club Worship in the House of Blues at Showboat, hosted by LGBT advocate, Lady Gaga.

Lady Gaga has been an outspoken supporter of LGBT equality, joining the call for full civil rights protections for LGBT people at the National Equality March in Washington, D.C. last October, and declaring her opposition to all homophobia and sexism in the music industry.

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Pam Grier

Harrah’s Entertainment is looking to expand its promotion push with an event targeted to the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender (LGBT) community. Harrah’s Entertainment presents a series of events for its “OUT in Atlantic City” weekend Friday Sept. 25 to Sun. Sept. 27.
“OUT in AC” is the first weekend long celebration specifically for the LGBT community. The festivities include celebrity appearances by Lance Bass, Amanda Lepore, Lori Michaels, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’s Jai Rodriguez, and select cast of Showtime’s hit show The L Word.
“Harrah’s Entertainment strives to provide its customers unique reasons to visit Atlantic City,” says Jennifer Weissman, Regional Vice President of Marketing for Harrah’s Atlantic City Operations. “OUT in AC” will showcase Harrah’s Entertainment as a year-round, friendly destination for the LGBT community.” (more…)