Part of Lincoln Center’s Pride programming, Where the Boys Are is an evening that celebrates queer identity, masculinity, friendship, desire, and self-expression through performance, storytelling, music, and conversation. The event brings together artists whose work explores what it means to be a man—and who gets to define masculinity—in contemporary culture. More Details
Cult filmmaker John Waters joins actor Ricki Lake for an evening celebrating two of the most beloved works in Waters's remarkable career: Hairspray and Desperate Living. The conversation offers audiences an opportunity to hear firsthand stories from two artists whose collaborations helped reshape independent cinema and queer culture. Few filmmakers...
The Whitney Museum invites visitors to explore its collection through an LGBTQ+ lens during this special after-hours gallery program. Queering the Collection examines how artists have challenged traditional ideas about gender, sexuality, identity, and self-expression throughout American art history. Led by museum educators, the tour highlights works that resonate with...
Few films have had a greater impact on Black queer representation than Tongues Untied, Marlon Riggs's groundbreaking 1989 documentary-poem that gives voice to the experiences of Black gay men in America. Blending personal testimony, spoken word, music, performance, and documentary footage, Riggs created a work that is at once joyful, angry,...
A landmark of the New Queer Cinema movement, Todd Haynes's Poison returns to the big screen in a rare 35mm presentation. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, the 1991 film shattered conventions with its bold exploration of desire, outsider identity, and the social stigma surrounding queer lives during the AIDS...
A giant outdoor dance party returns to Lincoln Center as legendary New York DJ and nightlife curator Bill Coleman takes over the decks for a special Pride-themed Silent Disco. Guests receive wireless headphones and dance beneath the stars on Lincoln Center's massive outdoor dance floor while choosing between music channels...
Join acclaimed author Clarence A. Haynes in conversation with publishing executive and literary advocate Krishan Trotman for a discussion of Haynes's latest novel, The Broken Hearts Agency. Blending romance, mystery, fantasy, and queer storytelling, the novel explores grief, healing, and the complicated ways people move forward after heartbreak. Set in...
Award-winning writer Jeremy Atherton Lin visits Strand to discuss his new book, Deep House, in conversation with writer and editor Henry Hicks IV. Part memoir, part cultural history, and part meditation on queer life, Deep Houseexplores the spaces queer people have created for themselves—from private homes and hidden rooms to...
Metrograph presents Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Decameron, a vibrant and irreverent adaptation of Giovanni Boccaccio's fourteenth-century literary classic. The first installment in Pasolini's celebrated "Trilogy of Life," the film marked a significant departure from the director's darker and more overtly political works of the late 1960s, embracing humor, sensuality, and...
Join acclaimed novelist Scott Heim and writer Kyle Dillon Hertz for a conversation celebrating a new edition of Mysterious Skin, the cult-classic queer novel that inspired the acclaimed 2004 film adaptation. Decades after its original publication, Heim's haunting and deeply empathetic novel remains one of the most powerful works of...
Join writer-director Roshan Sethi and television writer Erin Somers for a discussion of their new novel, The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero. Blending sharp humor, modern dating chaos, and questions about identity and ambition, the novel offers a contemporary look at love, friendship, and self-delusion in the age of...
Asia Society presents a screening of Lingua Franca, the acclaimed feature film written, directed by, and starring Isabel Sandoval. Set in Brooklyn, the film follows Olivia, an undocumented Filipina trans woman navigating work, immigration challenges, and an unexpected romance while pursuing a path toward legal residency in the United States....
