Author: Charles Battersby

An article I wrote about “Virtual Cons” in the video game industry: “Among the fringe benefits of being a journalist in New York City is the opportunity to attend industry conventions, with full access to things the general public doesn’t get to experience. My last con was February 2020’s Toy Fair, at the Javits Center. Most of the companies I spoke to said they expected a slight delay, about two months, in getting their products to market, due to some virus that was affecting parts of China at the time. In that same week, there was a Boston-based video game convention called the Penny Arcade Expo [PAX] East, which was 2020’s last big convention targeted at the gaming and comic subcultures. Soon after, there was cascade of canceled cons in March, then April, and May. Continue reading at Chelsea Community News.”

If you look super close, you can see me in the documentary “Disclosure.” Here’s my review of the film, and my thoughts about being a transgender actor.

My article on Haunted Houses in New York City. Including a ghost-hunting tour of a real (Allegedly) haunted house! Read it on ChelseaCommunityNews.com.

I passed down my “Miss Congeniality” crown in this year’s Miss Subway’s pageant. The NY Times covered the event!

“Last week in Brooklyn, Miss Subways 2019 was crowned with a wreath of plastic rats, troll dolls, and rhinestone unicorns. Revived two years ago to provide some comic relief during the “summer of hell,” the pageant is now open to all gender identities and seems to be based on sheer chutzpah…” Continue reading in the NY Times.

An article I wrote about the Brooklyn Sexual Health Expo: “The annual Brooklyn Sexual Health Expo was held in Greenpoint in late September, bringing more sex toys than you could shake a dildo at. Although there were naughty delights to be had, it also offered educational experiences, plus some of the nicest dominatrixes around.”  Continue Reading at GayCityNews.com.

I delivered a talk about post-apocalyptic video games at the Game For Change Festival. Here’s the video. My part starts 11:30 into it.

I marched in New York’s Pride March with a cheerleading team”At the stroke of noon on Sunday, June 2, Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” boomed out on the corner of 37th Ave. and 89th St. in Queens. It was a sound check for Queens Pride. New York City was just 36 hours into Pride Month, and the first of our Pride marches was under way. My group, a 90-member LGBT cheerleading team, Cheer New York, was warming up in the street, eagerly waiting our turn to march. This was our first parade of the year but, within a week, we had also marched in the Brooklyn Pride parade, and some of us had traveled to Philadelphia for Philly Pride, to march with a sister team of LGBT cheerleaders. Ultimately, we would lead a 200-member coalition of cheerleaders from 10 cities, for June 30’s NYC Pride March.” Continue Reading at:  www.ChelseaCommunityNews.com.

I won Miss Congeniality. Read about the event on Bedford & Bowery. and in The Gothamist. My talent was Video Game Design.

I was interviewed in the Fall Fashion issue of NY Magazine’s The Cut! See the “Who do they think she is” feature.