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As the birthplace of the modern Pride movement, New York City pulses with an unparalleled history and a fiercely diverse LGBTQ+ community that thrives in every borough. Here, queer culture isn't just a scene; it's woven into the very fabric of the city, influencing art, activism, and nightlife on a global scale.

You'll find your chosen family everywhere, from vital community hubs like The Center and the Brooklyn Community Pride Center to legendary nightlife spots. Grab a craft cocktail at VERS, catch a drag show at Rise Bar, or rock out at Rockbar NYC—there's truly a space for every vibe and every identity.

Cxnt

Hampton Bays Mingle (Older Adults 50+)

Oldway Sessions

Enrichment Series: Free Form Dance Class (18+)

Bear Happy Hour | No Cover

Hive Mind Reading Room: Silent Reading Night

The Traitors: New Blood Watch Party

Sherry Vine in Dirty Blonde

Oh Ricky Pop TV Thursdays

Thursdate

Pop Throwback Thursdays

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Mx. Fist 2026

Clarissa (International Centerpiece)

Throwback Party

Traitors Viewing Party

Club NYC: 3 Year Anniversary Showcase

Traitors

Halftime Show

Cock Fight Thursdays

Guillermo Del Homo: Pan's Labyrinth Drag Tribute

The Halloween-y Ball

5 6 7 Ate Drag Night

The Yard

Boozin' with Bootsie

Drama Club

🔴 Into? | $10 Cash Cover

🎧 DJ Cunningham | $10 Cash Cover

Bbl Thursdays: Beauty Body Legs Drag Night

Cut throat Karaoke

30 upcoming LGBTQ+ events in New York City, including at LGBT Network Queens LGBT Center and Brooklyn Community Pride Center on Oct 22.

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30 upcoming LGBTQ+ events in New York City's vibrant community

LI-SAGE brings together older LGBT folks on the East End twice a month for genuine connection and friendship. It's a straightforward gathering for people 50+ lo...

LGBT Network Queens LGBT Center

Oldway Sessions is a Ballroom arts education program that keeps the living tradition of Old Way alive through culturally rooted movement, history, and community...

Brooklyn Community Pride Center

Move freely to music from every era while learning to recognize and release negative emotions through dance and meditation. No experience needed—just wear sneak...

Thursday evenings at the Eagle belong to the bears—no cover charge, just good drinks, good company, and a room full of guys who know how to have a solid time. I...

Eagle NYC

Settle in for an hour of quiet reading at Hive Mind, then spend the last half hour chatting with whoever's on the next couch over. Grab a drink for $1 off, and ...

Hive Mind Books & Coffee Shop

Club Cumming turns Thursday nights this fall into a watch party for the New Blood season of The Traitors, with episodes streaming live at 8pm on NBC. The club o...

Club Cumming

Sherry Vine in Dirty Blonde is a live, adults-only drag comedy show at Red Eye NY in Hell's Kitchen, NYC, where she's back with an all-new singing set of filthy...

Red Eye NY

Sherry Vine

Throwback pop hits from the 90s to 2020s light up Hardware's dance floor every Thursday night. A vibrant mashup of iconic music videos and era-defining pop cult...

Hardware

Thursdate is Pieces Bar's weekly Thursday night mixer where the West Village's queer community gathers for drinks, drag, and genuine connection. Expect rotating...

Pieces Bar

Throwback Thursdays at The Toolbox Bar is your weekly hit of nostalgia — a night built on the songs that defined you, spanning the best of the 80s, 90s, and 00s...

The Toolbox Bar

A weekly AA meeting held at the LGBT Network Hauppauge Center, offering a safe, affirming space for LGBTQ+ people in recovery. The group follows the Twelve Step...

A one-night-only drag competition that flips the script on what lip sync can be. Contestants get the same three songs, then remix them into original six-minute ...

C'Mon Everybody

Adapted from Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, a wealthy woman preparing for a party and a young soldier haunted by trauma confront the lingering weight of their ...

Rockbar's monthly throwback night hits on the 4th Thursday — a rotating roster of DJs spinning the hits that defined the decades, a packed dance floor, and a cr...

Rockbar NYC

Traitors: New Blood watch party at C'mon Everybody in Brooklyn's Franklin Avenue corridor, with a whole room yelling at the screen together. Settle into the fro...

Three years of CLUB NYC means a night that actually delivers. Broadway-inspired choreography from NYC dancers and choreographers sharing their own stories and e...

3 Dollar Bill

Hardware's Thursday watch party for The Traitors: New Blood, with DJ Ohricky spinning while you pick your side in Hell's Kitchen. Grab a stool, cheer on your fa...

DJ Ohricky

A weekly Thursday night drag showcase at Boxers HK, headlined by Brie Bordeaux and Christine Dior, backed by the sexy, dynamic dancing duo Eli and Chance. Expec...

Boxers HK

A weekly Thursday night staple at Boxers NYC featuring a packed dance floor, killer DJs, and bartenders working the room in singlets. Morgan Roy'el keeps the en...

Boxers NYC

Pan's Labyrinth turns 20, and C'Mon Everybody in Brooklyn is throwing it a drag tribute that's all fauns, labyrinths and fairy-tale camp. Bertha Vanayshun, Frid...

Sapphic dance party energy cranked to maximum — hyperpop and slut pop beats, costumes, and a room full of shes, theys, and gays ready to dance until the face pa...

CXNT is four of NYC's baddest bitches bringing splits, dips and high energy to HUSH in Hell's Kitchen on Thursday, October 22nd. It's an all-day affair, so you ...

HUSH

5,6,7,ATE is Hardware's Thursday drag night, hosted by Kimmi Moore and Nicole Glossier with DJ Ohricky spinning from 10pm. Expect glittering performances, a hig...

A weekly Thursday night gathering at Boxers HK where hip-hop and R&B take center stage in a BIPOC-centered space built for community. Expect rotating DJs, games...

Thursday called, and it wants a drag show. Boozin' With Bootsie is a weekly drag showcase and dance party at Balcon Salon in Hell's Kitchen, hosted by Bootsie a...

Balcon Salon

A weekly Thursday night piano bar sing-along at Red Eye NY. Grab a drink, take the mic, and belt out your favorites with hosts Jarvis Derrell and Ty Evans while...

A Thursday night at Eagle NYC where the leather community gathers for a low-key, affordable night out. Ten dollars cash gets you in the door to connect with the...

Late-night dance floor action at the Eagle — DJ Cunningham spinning from 10pm to 4am. Ten bucks cash at the door gets you into one of Chelsea's most storied lea...

DJ Cunningham

BBL Thursdays at Playhouse is a drag night built around three queens, Venus Mystique, Ossa Noche and Moriah, with DJ Jon Ali spinning from 10:30pm. It's a high-...

Playhouse

Every Thursday night at Rise, Cut Throat Karaoke turns the bar into a high-stakes sing-off hosted by Emily McNamara with DJ TK behind the decks. Singing starts ...

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