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Bronx Times

‘The largest LGBTQ+ Pride celebration in the Bronx’ Bronx Pride celebrates 28 years of acceptance

Billy Porter and Les Cagelles in "La Cage Aux Folles."

Theater

“La Cage” returns at City Center, offering a new look at a now-classic musical

By Christopher Byrne

If “Leviticus” becomes a hit, one hopes that it might create space for further queer voices in horror.

Cinema

‘Leviticus’: Gay teenagers battle a monster created by homophobia

By Steve Erickson

“Maddie’s Secret,” directed by John Early, is running at IFC Center.

Cinema

Maddie’s Secret’: A campy yet sincere drag melodrama

By Steve Erickson

Alice Kremelberg, director Adrienne Campbell-Holt, playwright Victoria Lynne Barclay, and Colby Minifie.

Theater

‘Camping’: Love and repression in an intimate tent setting

By Donna Aceto

Myra Molloy as Sonya and Maya Da Costa as Coley in “Girls Like Girls."

Cinema

In ‘Girls Like Girls,’ Hayley Kiyoko turns from sapphic pop star to filmmaker, telling the same story

By Steve Erickson

Downtown Boys.

Music

June LGBTQ music: Downtown Boys’ ‘Public Luxury’ and Andrew Sa’s ‘American Rough’

By Steve Erickson

“The Devil Queen,” directed by Antonio Carlos da Fontoura, opens June 19 at the Alamo Lower Manhattan.

Cinema

Colorful costumes, drag queens, and bloodletting: Brazilian gangster film ‘The Devil Queen’ gets 4k restoration

By Gary M. Kramer

Director Saheem Ali's Public Theater production of “Romeo and Juliet."

Theater

Central Park comes alive with ‘Romeo and Juliet’

By Christopher Byrne

Qween Jean holds her Tony award while surrounded by attendees at the "Broadway is Trans" fundraiser.

Theater

‘Broadway is Trans’ fundraiser draws theater stars

By Donna Aceto

“Something You Should Know About Me” is writer/director Andy Fidoten’s romcom about Al (EJ Marcus) a trans cartoonist with low self-esteem who heads out to a queer comics intensive (not “gay cartoon camp”) with his trans bestie, Jesse (Morgan Sullivan).

Cinema

16 queer films at this year’s Tribeca Festival

By Gary M. Kramer

“By Hook Or By Crook” opens at Anthology Film Archives June 12.

Cinema

‘By Hook or By Crook’: A trans breakthrough revived 25 years later

By Steve Erickson

Directed by Adam Shankman, "Stop! That! Train!" opens June 12.

Cinema

‘Stop! That! Train!’ takes a campy ride on the Glamazonian Express

By Gary M. Kramer

Chloe Mar Ramirez joined friends for the Bronx Pride Festival Saturday June, 21 in the South Bronx to dance and celebrate Queer visibility and resistance.

Bronx Times

Bronx Pride 2026: A guide to LGBTQ+ events across the borough

Walker Stovall, Star Amerasu, Mickey Gooch in "Silverback Mountain."

Theater

‘Silverback Mountain’: Chaos and kooks in the jungle

By David Kennerley

Qween Jean poses with the Best Costume Design of a Musical award for "Cats: The Jellicle Ball" during the 79th Annual Tony Awards in New York City, U.S., June 7, 2026.

Theater

Qween Jean wins Tony Award for ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball,’ making trans history

By Matt Tracy

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A carriage horse near Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza at the southeast corner of Central Park. Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

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