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Drag Queen/KingSpring Music and Joy from the New Jersey Symphony
Celebrate spring with the New Jersey Symphony’s joyful concert featuring Mozart’s classics and Abels’ genre-bending Delights and Dances. Read the full review now!
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Virtual Gay Pride Choral Concerts
Many gay choruses across the US are holding virtual concerts for June Pride Month. This will likely be their last virtual concerts, and therefore your last chance to check them out without a plane ticket.
Moving Forward When the World Stopped: Queer Life
The pain of suffering through the pandemic, the shifts in our relationship with technology, the immense amount of loss, the calls to action, and our strength to carry on as a community are all themes explored by artists of this show.
#LoveIsLove Gay Pride Month Special Beer Release
Available at the Lab at Evil Genius and through GoPuff starting June 1st Evil Genius Beer Company1727 N. Front St.Philadelphia, PA 19122215-425-6820 Love who you want to, drink what you want to! Evil Genius Beer Company celebrates June as Philly Gay Pride Month with a special limited edition beer release #loveislove. This brand-new Strawberry Blonde…
New Mural in the gayborhood featuring Lil Nas X in Montero
Writer’s block is excited to add a new mural to the gayborhood featuring Lil Nas X in Montero, where he has given a bold voice to a new generation of queer artists and queer people of color. The mural is by Ashley Ryan. Please help by supporting this work. The mural is currently on the…
Pride Night at Philadelphia Zoo
Please save the date for Pride Night at Philadelphia Zoo. This event will take place during Friday Nights Dinos and Bites on Friday, June 18th. Attendees are encouraged to show their pride between 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm for this special evening program. Local LGBTQ organizations will be on hand to network and supply information…
Philly AIDS Thrift Hosts Drive-in Movie ‘Female Trouble’
Philly AIDS Thrift invites you to grab your cha-cha heels, clutch your pearls, and head to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for a special movie fundraiser at sundown! Philly AIDS Thrift, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Film Society, presents a special Philly Gay Pride Month drive-in movie with Female Trouble on Wednesday, June 2nd. The 1974 cult…
Cocktails for a Cause
Philadelphia largest and most stunning outdoor and indoor restaurants and bars will celebrate June as Philly Gay Pride Month with a month-long celebration! FCM Hospitality and owner Avram Hornik announce that Lola’s Garden, Juno, Parks on Tap (two locations), Morgan’s Pier, Harper’s Garden, Craft Hall, The Garden at Cherry Street Pier and Rosy’s Taco Bar…
Philly Pride Month at The Sofitel Philadelphia in Rittenhouse Square
Sofitel Philadelphia at Rittenhouse Square, part of AccorHotels, presents a month-long celebration for June as Philadelphia Gay Pride Month. The Sofitel Philadelphia will raise a giant Philadelphia-version of the Gay Pride Flag to hang proudly outside the hotel on 17th Street. Inside, neighbors, guests, and visitors are invited to visit the Hall of LGBTQ Flags…
2021 Virtual HIV Prevention and Education Conference
For 27 years, Philadelphia FIGHT has hosted the HIV Prevention and Education Summit, a conference that welcomes all people interested in learning more about the wide range of issues that impact people living with HIV and AIDS. Each year, this event provides information on the latest treatment, research, prevention, and outreach strategies and aims to…
BalletX Announces Return to Live Public Performances
BalletX returns to the stage June 24
– 26 for its debut at TD Pavilion at the Mann with new, never-before-seen works by choreographers Hope Boykin, Matthew Neenan and
Dwight Rhoden. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 28.
Local Gay Chef opens Keshet Kitchen
Chef Sharon Shvarzman and his partner Abraham Bloom anticipated working long hours, especially during the opening weeks of their new Queen Village takeout restaurant, Keshet Kitchen.
BOS Philly kicks off Philly’s first big party!
It has been a long year of COVID. Bars have closed, parties have been canceled and vacations have been ruined. BOS Philly, the premier citcuit producers have been dormant all year in compliance with CDC recommendations. But now, with the newest recommendations, Philly is OPENED as of June 11. To celebrate, BOS Philly presents PRIDE!…
Philly should follow Pittsburgh’s example in support of LGBTQ businesses, says advocate
Pittsburgh is one of many cities proposing legislation bolstering LGBTQ businesses. A contributor to the effort says he thinks Philadelphia could benefit from a similar move. If the bill passes, Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ business owners would be able to register on the city’s online procurement platform and would gain access to business development and training opportunities.…
Support the launch of The Painted Mug Cafe
The Painted Mug Cafe is a new performance space and cafe that serves the queer community in Philadelphia.
Deja Alvarez also running for Brian Sims’ Seat
From the PGN LGBTQ community leader Deja Alvarez has announced a run for state representative of the 182nd district. Alvarez is the director of community engagement at World Healthcare Infrastructures and chairperson of the Philadelphia Police LGBT Liaison Committee. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, she founded a food program for undocumented immigrant families and other food…
Cherry Street Pier Returns
The Garden at Cherry Street Pier is back for its first-ever full spring, summer and fall season.
Malcolm Lazin to Receive 2021 APA Civil Rights Award
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) will present Malcolm L. Lazin, Executive Director of Equality Forum, with the 2021 John Fryer Award. The award recognizes an individual who has contributed to or improved the mental health of sexual minorities.
Local Mike Figueroa Wins Body Building Competition
We wanted to extend our congratulations to Michael Figueroa for winning at the Mr. Natural Philadelphia Body Building Competition
Liberty City Endorsement Results
The membership of the Liberty City LGBTQ+ Democratic Club, the only organization in Philadelphia exclusively committed to organizing LGBTQ+ Democrats, has voted. Today we are proud to announce our endorsements for the 2021 primary election.
Philly Pride 2021 Updates
UPDATED: 4/29 – COVID has changed a lot of events, Check in to see what the latest on Philly Pride is!
HEROES 2021
In recognition of the HEROES working to improve the lives of the LGBTQ+ community, DVLF has enlisted former honoree, Malcolm Kenyatta of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, to host this year’s ceremony. It is a virtual event being held on May 2, 2021. Your support for the event is invaluable to help DVLF fulfill our mission. You may…
Greg Yorgey-Girdy Running for Philadelphia’s First Gay, Black Judge
From OUT.com Greg Yorgey-Girdy is running for judge for Municipal Court in Philadelphia, a city with a historically broken justice system. If elected, he would be the first out gay Black man elected to judge in Municipal Court history. An experienced attorney with nearly two decades focusing on litigation, conflicts, and compliance, Yorgey-Girdy says he…
Vaccines at the William Way
The William Way LGBT Community Center is excited to partner with our friends at Philadelphia FIGHT to continue to get members of the LGBTQ+ communities vaccinated! We are currently registering members of Philadelphia’s LGBTQ+ communities for a vaccine event on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021. If you are an adult (age 18+) and live or work in Philadelphia please call us at…
