Shortly after the start of a meeting of Polyamorous NYC at the LGBT Community Center last night, a woman, hair jutting askew in thick and stubby multi-colored braids, introduced herself. Her name was J, and she sells Obama novelty condoms in Times Square.She is not a regular at the gatherings of Polyamorous NYC, the nation's only group exploring long-term, romantic multi-partner relationships specifically geared toward the "LGBT" set. The group typically meets in a smaller room, but last night's event, which marked their 10th anniversary, was a larger affair—a full-scale lecture on the lives of three famous, powerful and openly polyamorous men: MoMA curator Monroe Wheeler and his lover of 67 years, the author Glenway Wescott. They were joined for 15 years by the comparatively youthful photographer George Platt Lynes. More
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By Mark Hay
on June 17th, 2010 3:53pm