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• THE BT LGBT AND GAY HALLOWEEN EVENTS NYC
• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND: GAY HALLOWEENWEBSTER HALL∙NEW YORKDEVIL’S PLAYGROUND: GAY HALLOWEEN

THE BT LGBT AND GAY HALLOWEEN EVENTS NYC

There’s no shortage of LGBT and gay Halloween events NYC this time of year. Rivalg NYC’s Gay Pri Para enthiasm, stum and all around queerns is the annual Village Halloween Para down Sixth Avenue.

ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

It's almost Gay Christmas and we n't wa to get to spooky season. Markella Performance Hall and Ftival GroundsPromotedVegandale wh Rick Ross and Coi LeraySat, Sep 16 • 11:00 AM Randall's Island ParkPromotedVegandale wh Rick Ross and Coi LeraySat, Sep 16 • 11:00 AM Randall's Island ParkGaylar LGBT Summer Lgh FtivalTue, Aug 22 • 7:00 PM Broadway Comedy ClubGaylar LGBT Summer Lgh FtivalTue, Aug 22 • 7:00 PM Broadway Comedy ClubAtralian LGBTQIA+ Happy Hour DrksThu, Aug 10 • 7:00 PM + 4 moreThe Sentry - FlatironAtralian LGBTQIA+ Happy Hour DrksThu, Aug 10 • 7:00 PM + 4 moreThe Sentry - FlatironFlame Con '23 & FIRE BALL: The Official Flame Con After PartySat, Aug 12 • 12:00 PM Sheraton Tim SquareFlame Con '23 & FIRE BALL: The Official Flame Con After PartySat, Aug 12 • 12:00 PM Sheraton Tim SquareBeers and Queers Hangout | Augt 2023Wed, Aug 9 • 7:00 PM Alibi LoungeBeers and Queers Hangout | Augt 2023Wed, Aug 9 • 7:00 PM Alibi LoungeA Mixer for LGBTQ Women, Femm, & Thems: Unr the Sea! Thu, Aug 10 • 8:00 PM Starr BarAn Eveng OUT - wh The Pri Center of New JerseySat, Sep 23 • 6:00 PM APA Hotel Woodbridge, NJAn Eveng OUT - wh The Pri Center of New JerseySat, Sep 23 • 6:00 PM APA Hotel Woodbridge, NJLGBTQ+ Healthre ConferenceSat, Sep 16 • 9:00 AM MorristownLGBTQ+ Healthre ConferenceSat, Sep 16 • 9:00 AM MorristownGay Profsnal Speed Datg - Tuday 8/1Tuday • 6:30 PMDave and BtersGay Profsnal Speed Datg - Tuday 8/1Tuday • 6:30 PMDave and BtersTranscend Drop-In HoursTuday • 6:00 PM + 4 more35-11 35th AveTranscend Drop-In HoursTuday • 6:00 PM + 4 more35-11 35th AveThe Ftival of Ground Souls!

In the 1970s and early 1980s, this took the form of “Hell Ho”, where nservative Christian mistri, terrified of the impact of Halloween on young mds, took children around guid trips of the cy, warng them of var ss, cludg the great sta of homosexualy. This Halloween at Manchter's Gay Nightclub we get.

DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND: GAY HALLOWEENWEBSTER HALL∙NEW YORKDEVIL’S PLAYGROUND: GAY HALLOWEEN

In The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Tim of Harvey Milk (1982), thor Randy Shilts wr that “One eveng a year, like a chapter om a Crella story, the police would btow a ee night upon the homosexuals. As the cy’s celebratn grew populary, siar holiday ftivals sprang up gayborhoods around the natn. On October 30 and 31, gay pop-up parti like Horse Meat Dis and Battle Hymn plan on temptg LGBTQ club kids to twirl till the bewchg hour along wh sr of other events throughout the cy.

This year, gay edian Randy Rabow serv as Grand Marshal and will lead thoands of whimsilly drsed revelers along 6th Avenue om Sprg Street to 16th Street.

On October 21, pay rpects to New York’s queer past by jog Gay Bars That Are Gone, a walkg tour that viss LGBTQ landmarks laid to rt Manhattan. “Gay Bars That Are Gone is a memory walk, ” says Michael Ryan, the tour’s creator.

Post-tour, guts ually gather for a drk at Juli’ — a blast-om-the-past gay bar that only tak sh. After ncelg last year’s event, the cy’s gayborhood is ready to brg back their ghouls wh this year’s theme, Nightmare Prom. Hillcrt’s abundance of gay bars are the -facto afterparty statns, so stop by spots like Rich’s, Gossip Grill, or the Rail to keep the night alive.

” He also remends gog to the Boatslip’s afternoon Tea Dance and bar hoppg to spots like A-Hoe, one of Ameri’s olst gay bars, to make the most of the eveng. Although the Halloween ftivi occur the cy’s historic gayborhood, Balof says people of all ag and orientatns participate the para.

Balof, who also manag the monster-sized gay bar Sitrack, remends visors see as many stume ntts at lol clubs as possible. When to the holy day, Chigo’s gayborhood is ad ser. In the land of voodoo queens and homoerotic vampire tal, Halloween is more than a holiday — ’s a way of life.

If you still don’t believe that Halloween is an ternatnal queer holiday or a ‘Gay Christmas, ’ jt look around the world at the HalloQween Party Melbourne, the Cape Town Halloween Party, the WE Dracula Halloween Special London, and, of urse, the NYC Village Halloween Para and all s associated circu parti. North Ameri is unniably a hotspot for LGBT Halloween parti, but we dare you to name a place the globe wh an out-and-proud gay muny that isn’t hostg an LGBT Halloween party.