It’s been great, and he’s been great to me. So we came together, and it’s been four years since our collaboration. He had a party on Friday he did, a Latin party, and I did a Latin party. After they closed, it was a little emotional for me, and I figured, “What am I going to do now?” So Big Ben, another urban promoter, came to me and wanted to collaborate. From Downtown dives to patios across the river, here’s our lineup of the best of New York City’s gay nightlife. I was the first Latino to do a Latin party at Splash. We know that you know all about Hell’s Kitchen, where you can basically fall into a gay bar, but the LGBTQ scene is hardly limited to one ‘hood. If I did drugs I would never have made it. I do parties almost every day, so if I was drinking and smoking I would’ve been dead by now. ClubFly provides a gay bar, club, nightlife, and GLBT center mapper for Boston, Massachusetts and the rest of the US filtered by Latin Boston gay bars and clubs are mapped in the gayborhood with an overview, tags, contact details, website, social media links, transit/walking directions, and driving directions. How did you survive New York nightlife for 20 years? Boston Latin Gay Bars and Clubs from ClubFly. I remember I didn’t even have money to get inside, but somebody gave me a flyer, and I was able to get inside.
It was $100 in cash for the best sexy body. I walked up to this club Café Con Leche, and they had a contest. I knew I had the body, and that’s how it all started. I came to New York with $75 in my pocket, and I decided to stay. I come from Puerto Rico, back in the day. At 48, I believe you do what you love to do. They know Saturday nights always have a lot of people, and they get a lot of publicity. I get introduced to their manager they come to me. We have artists like Ariana Grande and Lil’ Kim. It’s been five years already on the main floor. It’s truly an LGBTQ party, and it’s an electro-pop party, so I have two different crowds. I do F13bre at XL Latino Lounge that’s geared more for the Latin crowd and their followers and Kwir, the new dance party at The Monster in the West Village. You do a couple of parties a week, correct? I want to show them that you need the contacts, you need the music and you need to meet with other people. To me, as a guy, it was very important to go to the clubs back in the ‘90s. The best thing about making these parties is you meet a lot of people from around the world, and when they come to the club they get into it. What do you like best about being a promoter? You don’t look like you’re old enough to have been doing this 20 years. But to me it’s still about being family oriented. In New York City, everything has changed. For 20 years, can you imagine I’ve seen almost all the clubs come and/or go. I understand that you are one of the biggest promoters in New York City. He has a great personality, and it’s no wonder he has some of the most successful parties in New York!
Get Out! spoke to Yamil X and found him extremely friendly and warm. He came to New York with $75 in his pocket, and the rest Is history. He has seen clubs come and go and has watched all of the changes take place. Yamil X has been involved in New York’s nightlife scene for 20 years.