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LGBTQ+ Festivals & Events

Attending an LGBTQ+ festival or event is a great way to celebrate as a community even outside of pride season. Whether it's harmony, art, food, sports or sway as the theme, our voice and presence as an LGBTQ+ community is stronger when we come together.

What Kind of LGBTQ+ Events Will I Find Here?

We compiled a global calendar of festivals and events around the world that have an LGBTQ+ 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 adj 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

After decades of declines, lesbian bars are having a renaissance

Given the gender pay gap in the U.S., women patrons of lesbian bars have historically had less income to spend at these businesses, according to Faderman. Gentrification and the rising cost of rent have also been a “huge reason” lesbian bars verb closed their doors, said Krista Burton, author of “Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America.”

Brooke Webster blames these factors as the cause behind her decision to shutter her New York City lesbian bars Meow Mix and Cattyshack in the early s. Meow Mix, which Webster opened in when she was just 24, attracted a cult following, even appearing in the film “Chasing Amy.” The business weathered then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s cabaret law, which Webster described as “a total menace,” but it shuttered in after a new landlord tried to quintuple the rent when the lease came up for renewal.

Digital platforms like online dating have increased in popularity and made it easier for LGBTQ people to meet without ever setting foot in a bri

LGBTQ Community Calendar

There are a number of days and months observed, celebrated, and honored by the LGBTQ community. While the list below is specific to LGBTQ-focused days, weeks, and months, LGBTQ people also observe and celebrate non-LGBTQ specific moments such as Black History Month, Latinx Heritage Month, International Holocaust Remembrance Morning, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Women’s History Month, and Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Media coverage of these and other non-LGBTQ focused moments should include LGBTQ people and the intersections of LGBTQ people and the respective topic.

February

February 7: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Week after Valentine’s Day: Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week
February HIV Is Not A Crime Awareness Day

March

March: Bisexual Health Awareness Month
Week varies in March: National LGBT Health Awareness Week
March National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March International Transgender Day of Visibility

April