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Joe Student, the theater’s director of live events, said that he anticipated an outpouring of support from filmmakers and the gay community in Durham, a liberal town where Mr. 12-20), which takes place at the Carolina Theater of Durham. The law will be on the minds of audiences at the North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Aug. The state is facing boycotts from musicians as diverse as Bruce Springsteen and Itzhak Perlman, as well as gay and lesbian travelers, over a new state law that limits transgender bathroom access and pre-empts local governments from passing their own anti-discrimination ordinances. Pride takes on especially overt political tones in North Carolina this year, the most high-profile state to become embroiled in controversy over bathroom use and the transgender community. This year’s offerings include “Harbor,” a comedy by the Tony Award-nominated writer and lyricist Chad Beguelin (“Aladdin”) about a gay man and his troubled relationship with his sister, and “My Favorite Husbands,” a comedy by Andrew Marvel involving a drag queen and a Republican wedding. 12-27) with plays about gay men and their rollercoaster relationships. “GayFest!,” an annual theater festival in Philadelphia, returns for its sixth iteration (Aug. Players and spectators of all sexual orientations are welcome. Teams are divided into male, female and mixed divisions. 6-13), the home of the Portland NetRippers, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender soccer club. The International Gay and Lesbian Football Association - as in the football played with your feet, not your hands - will hold its world championship in Portland, Ore. 7) and a special cruise celebrating the drag-and-performance festival Wigstock, hosted by the subversively funny drag queen Lady Bunny (Aug. This summer’s offerings include a reunion for employees and fans of the popular Chelsea gay bar Splash, which closed in 2013 (July 17) a fund-raiser for the Gay Officers Action League, an organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender police officers (Aug. Who says you need to be on land to celebrate Pride? Sea Tea, New York City’s gay party boat, offers cruises throughout the summer that cater to almost every kind of gay scenester. Events include pool parties, dances, a cruise, various contests involving large amounts of body hair and, of course, late-night slices at Twisted Pizza, Subs and Ice Cream. The gay community’s big guys convene in Provincetown, Mass., the eclectic beach community at the tip of Cape Cod, for Bear Week (July 9-17). (You’re not immune from this obsession either, straight guys.) And that’s where bears come in, to demonstrate that hotness comes in all sizes. Look through any gay magazine, and the pages will be filled with a certain kind of body - built, hairless, young, usually white - that, like it or not, has been in vogue since gay men have been, well, gay.
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Among the highlights are “Hyperbolic! (The Last Spectacle),” a multidisciplinary musical work by the choreographer and musician Monstah Black that promises “pretty-glam gore” in its imagining of the last party on earth, and “Ignorance Is No Excuse, Reno,” a comedy and spoken-word piece by the lesbian-feminist comedian Reno. 6), returns to Dixon Place in Manhattan for its 25th year with an out-there roster of dance, theater, comedy and other performing arts. “Hot!,” New York City’s longest-running performance festival celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (July 5-Aug. Here’s a curated look at several of them, from bisexual theater to transgender swims, to keep the gay times going all summer long. The parades close out Pride month but kick off a busy calendar of events with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender themes that are intimate enough, even with added security in place, to balance fellowship with fun. What had been thought of as celebratory events, though, are now being reconceived as the realization sets in that the landmark advance has been overshadowed by the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.
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This year’s Pride parades in New York and San Francisco on June 26 coincide with the anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling making same-sex marriage the law of the land.