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LGBTQ+ NYC

New York is a creative city, so we are very LGBTQ+.

The West Village and Chelsea are NYC’s traditional LGBTQ+ neighborhoods.

Black and Latin communities started voguing in Harlem ballrooms of the 1920s. The Stonewall Riots at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 energized the Pride Movement.

LGBTQ+ NYC News

Little Girl by Sébastien Lifshitz (2020), a gentle story of how a 3-year old boy deals with the world after declaring herself a girl, opens at Film Forum in Hudson Square in French with subtitles on Fri, Sep 17, 2021. 🇫🇷🏳️‍🌈

LGBTQ New York City is centered in the West Village and Chelsea (Sharon McCutcheon/Pexels)
LGBTQ New York City is centered in the West Village and Chelsea (Sharon McCutcheon/Pexels)

LGBTQ Festivals

New York City’s big LGBTQ festivals are Pride Month in June and Pride Week in the last week of June. Many events buildup to the Pride Parade which commemorates the Stonewall Riots of 1969.

LGBT New York City

The West Village and Chelsea are NYC’s traditional LGBT neighborhoods. Years ago, people who came out gay were often thrown out of the house by their families. These kids set up house on the abandoned West Side piers. Eventually the neighborhoods nearby became LGBTQ communities.

Christopher Street is New York’s iconic LGBTQ street. The Stonewall Riots in 1969 at the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in the West Village didn’t start the LGBTQ movement, but energized it.

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center or just “The Center” in the West Village is one of New York City’s leading LGBTQ community centers.

Latin Gayness

The Latin world has an interesting relationship with its own gayness. Latins tend to be machista (male chauvinists) which is very anti-gay. Yet the Latin world has strong LGBTQ communities. Go figure?

Anyway, those who complain most loudly about LGBTQ issues are more often than not in the closet themselves. Lacking the courage to be who they are, closeted types become public critics.

Past LGBTQ Culture

La Golondrina

Friday-Sunday, September 27-October 13, 2019
THALIA SPANISH THEATER
Sunnyside, Queens
Playwright Guillem Clua uses the famous Mexican song ‘The Swallow’ as a metaphor for being true to yourself

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