Gay gatherings
LGBTQ+ Festivals & Events
Attending an Gay festival or event is a great way to celebrate as a community even outside of pride season. Whether it's tune, art, food, sports or twist as the theme, our voice and presence as an Queer community is stronger when we come together.
What Kind of Gay Events Will I Find Here?
We compiled a global calendar of festivals and events around the world that have an Queer theme but are not specifically pride events. Since pride events are so common and numerous, we've created a completely separate calendar including hundreds of events around the world&#x;click here to view our Gay Pride Calendar. The events on this list include a variety of festivals, gatherings or events with unlike themes ranging from music, art, food, sports, dance, advocacy, comedy and more. While each event may be different, the frequent thread that binds all these together events is the celebration within the LGBTQ+ community.
How to Use This List
We have published this calendar to inform the LGBTQ+ community of important festivals and events global
The Glass House
Gay Gatherings: Philip Johnson, David Whitney and the Modern Arts explores interactions at the Glass House among eight gay men who profoundly shaped 20th-century artistic culture: architect Philip Johnson and his longtime partner, curator/collector David Whitney; composer John Cage; choreographer Merce Cunningham; ballet impresario Lincoln Kirstein; and artists Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol.
Coincident with the 50th anniversary of New York’s Stonewall Uprising in , a watershed in the contemporary gay rights movement, and the 70th anniversary of the Philip Johnson’s completion of the Glass House in , Gay Gatherings underscores an essential element of the site ‘s history that has not been fully presented as part of its public interpretation. “The exhibition highlights the Glass House as an intellectual and artistic gathering place,” says Thomas Mellins, co-curator of the show, “where these men’s work was collected, exhibited, and performed.”
While the Glass House served as a salon from its beginnings, it became even more so
REWRITING THE RULES
Recently Grace Walsh interviewed me for this great piece about direct people going to homosexual bars. You can peruse my full thoughts here on straight people going to queer venues and events like Pride here&#;
How can straight, cis people be respectful in Queer spaces?
This is a topic that comes up a lot around Pride season. Some of the bigger prides becomes so inundated with straight, cis people who want to like the parade and festivities that it stops feeling like a proud &#; or safe enough &#; space for the Gay people it was planned for. This also often elevates the prices making them increasingly inaccessible for more marginalised LGBTQ+ people.
Similarly LGBTQ+ friendly areas like Brighton, London Soho, or Canal Street in Manchester have become go-to places for stag-dos, hen-dos, and other straight, cis celebrations, perhaps seen as appropriate places for people to experience one terminal &#;walk on the savage side&#; before tying the knot.
Why are queer events and spaces important?
It&#;s worth remembering the roots of queer venues and celebration
Note: Traveling as an LGBTQ+ person always carries a certain degree of risk. It is our reality as we navigate a nature with 60+ countries criminalizing our relationships and a rise in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation around the world. We encourage our traveling society to understand the laws and cultural challenges they may face in any destination they choose to go to for Pride and beyond. Don't be afraid of the world, but always research information specific to your travels. Enjoy Pride, be vigilant, and look out for each other!
The LGBTQ+ rights movement has made tremendous strides over the past limited decades and much of the progress in noticeability is thanks in part to gay pride parades and marches that own taken place in cities around the world.
The global landscape for LGBTQ+ rights, protections and acceptance varies tremendously by location, with some destinations attracting millions of visitors to their events like Madrid Lgbtq+ Pride, Sao Paulo Male lover Pride or San Francisco Gay Pride, while more than 70 other countries have laws that let discrimin