Attention All Hummus Queens

City Room takes a fun look at Habibi, "a floating monthly dance party of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Arabs in New York. In a city that seems to offer activities for every conceivable gay subculture -- one 700-entry directory lists support groups for, among others, gay vegans, pilots and sailing enthusiasts, along with 62 religion-based groups -- Habibi is perhaps the only opportunity in New York for gay people of Middle Eastern descent to interact openly in an organized setting."

Not only does the party attract Arabs, but also the men who love them.

“Hummus queens,” a 24-year-old grocery clerk from Queens named Hilal joked at one of the parties. “That’s what you call white guys who go for Arabs.”

We've all heard of "rice queen" and "bean queen" (well, at least where I grew up), but "hummus queen" was a new one for me -- and had Michael and me smiling all night!