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Michael Shirey

Having fun near Stonewall on Pride Sunday in 2021.
Events

What to Do in Queer NYC June 27-30

By Michael Shirey
NYC Pride balloons
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What to do in queer NYC June 20-23

By Michael Shirey
Soaking in Pride Sunday from above in June of 2022.
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What to Do in Queer NYC June 13-16

By Michael Shirey
A large crowd at the Brooklyn Pride festival in 2022.
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What to do in queer NYC June 6-9

By Michael Shirey
Crowds hover around Ginger's Bar at Brooklyn Pride in 2023.
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What to do in queer NYC May 30-June 2 

By Michael Shirey
The Stonewall Inn.
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What to Do in Queer NYC May 16-19

By Michael Shirey
NYC skyline
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What to do in queer NYC April 18-21

By Michael Shirey
NYC skyline at night
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What to Do in Queer NYC March 7-10

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What to Do in Queer NYC Jan. 11-14

By Michael Shirey
From holiday events to happy hours, kick off the month of December with events across the city.
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What to Do in Queer NYC Nov. 30-Dec. 3

By Michael Shirey
Head to the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art to see Gemma Rolls-Bentley celebrate the US. publication of “Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between” with writer, curator, and activist Kimberly Drew and artist Clifford Prince King.
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What to do in queer NYC Nov. 16-19

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What to do in queer NYC Nov. 2-5

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Join Queer Social at Bowlmor Chelsea Piers for Queer Tag.
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What to do in queer NYC Oct. 26-29

By Michael Shirey
On Oct. 21, head to Green-Wood cemetery to learn about its queer luminaries — including Jean-Michel Basquiat and lyricist Fred.
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What to do in queer NYC Oct. 19-22

By Michael Shirey
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What to do in queer NYC Oct. 5-8

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What to do in queer NYC Sept. 21-24

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Dec. 25, 9:30 pm

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Dec. 26, 8 pm

SHE ATE! The Drag Dinner Experience
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ELEMENTAL: An Astrological New Years Eve Party
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Jan. 2, 2026, 7 pm

The Dybbuks: A Queer Operatic Reimagining
A.R.T./NY South Oxford Space

For 80 years, The Georgian National Ball
Jan. 17, 2026, 7 pm

The Georgian National Ballet Sukhishvili
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Arts

  • Daniel Craig in "Wake Up Dead Man." ‘Wake Up Dead Man’: Two steps forward, one step back
  • "Emolsa," from Lola Flash's "Unsung Fire Island" series. Lola Flash’s ‘Believable’ inaugurates a new art collaboration and sees a New York future
  • James Harry Reyos in “Night in West Texas.”  ‘Night in West Texas’: Underwhelming story of a priest’s death and a wrongful conviction
  • Kristen Chenoweth as Jackie Siegel in “The Queen of Versailles." Meandering and unfocused, ‘The Queen of Versailles’ collapses under its own weight
  • “Peaches Goes Bananas," directed by Marie Loisier, opened at Anthology Film Archives Dec. 3. ‘Peaches Goes Bananas’ presents three-dimensional portrait of a queer rock star

Crime

  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers
  • President Donald Trump said he commuted George Santos' prison sentence in a Truth Social post.Santos is back with a ‘large slice of humble pie’ following Trump’s commutation
  • The corner of New Lots Ave. and Vermont St. in Brooklyn is where an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack took place on Oct. 5. Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband
  • Penn Station on Aug. 27, 2025. Lawmakers demand answers from Amtrak after hundreds of arrests at Penn Station men’s bathroom

Perspectives

  • A gender equitable city is a stronger New York for everyone
  • AIDS Walk New York in 2025. Forty years later, the unequal impact of HIV persists — and we refuse to accept it
  • The Caribbean Equality Project team at their inaugural gala on Sept. 19. Caribbean Equality Project celebrates a decade of resistance and belonging
  • The right to use the bathroom is increasingly under threat in New York City. Stop the disgraceful attacks on bathrooms
  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell. Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress

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