Nico Tortorella and the Queer Eye Boys Light Up Chappy's Inclusion-Focused Pride Bash
"It's rare that I go into specifically gay spaces and see such inclusion and diversity -- and that's on Chappy," says actor and activist Nico Tortorella, one of many guests at the growing app's diversity-driven party at New York's Spring Place on Tuesday night. "It's nice to finally see an app that is working harder to celebrate all men, no matter what." And while various men of various colors and sizes turned out for the event, a wide range of women were also in attendance, woven into the guests and notables on the dance floor. Rapper TK Wonder and Real Housewives entrepreneur Dorinda Medley joined Tortorella, Paper Magazine's Drew Elliot, influential activist Adam Eli, and men from both casts of Queer Eye, including Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk, Thom Felicia, and Carson Kressley.
For Sam Dumas, head of brand for Chappy, the evening was reflective of Chappy's galvanized mission to be a new and welcoming space for queer men to link up. "I'm so happy to have seen everyone come together under one roof to celebrate Pride," Dumas says, "and this is really what Chappy is all about: helping gay men make meaningful connections and celebrate what makes us special."
2. Sam Dumas in the 360 photo station
3. Dance floor
4. Dorinda Medley
5. Igee Okafor
6. Guests rock their No Bullies No Bigots T shirts
7. Barrett Pall and George Alvin III
8. CT Hedden and Jeremy Kost
9. The Chappy logo
10. Karamo Brown, Carson Kressley, Thom Filicia, Bobby Berk
11. Chappy Models
12. A guest sends a message with fashion
13. Malcolm Carfrae, John Wattiker, Jim Moore
14. TK Wonder
15. Michael Orcutt, George Alvin, and Shoshana Fisher
16. Michaela Vybohova, Andrew Warren, Nora Gjieli
17. Jake Deutsch MD
18. Larry Milstein
19. Eric Meier, Timo Weiland, Cory Paul Morgan
20. Nico Tortorella and Sam Dumas
