Hello, darlings. It may not be spring yet, but we can feel it coming! With Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️ around the corner and Pride getting closer, the city is starting to heat up in all the right ways.

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JUST ANNOUNCED

• Pride just got louder: LadyLand Festival featuring Kim Petras has officially announced its return Saturday, 6/27 to Sunday, 6/28, with two nights of queer pop, electronic music, and over-the-top performances at Under The ‘K’ Bridge in Brooklyn. Tickets drop Monday.

• “Road to Pride” Bar Crawl Series kicks off Saturday, 3/28 with a Y2K-themed crawl through Hell’s Kitchen nightlife. The series will continue with themed crawls in Williamsburg and the West Village later this spring, and tickets support Pride!

• Queer cinema lovers, this one’s for you: Queering the Canon: We’re Out Here takes over BAM Rose Cinemas with a lineup of restored classics and essential queer films that helped shape LGBTQ storytelling from Thursday, 3/26 to Monday, 3/30.

• The 34th annual Queens Pride Parade returns to Jackson Heights on Sunday, 6/7, and organizers just announced this year’s theme will be Unstoppable Pride!

WAYS TO CELEBRATE TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY IN NYC

Trans Day of Visibility is all about honoring the joy, creativity, and resilience of the trans community. From art and nightlife to activism and community gatherings, New York offers plenty of ways to show up, learn something new, and celebrate! Here are some of our favorites.

• 3/27 - FUTURE SIGNALS: A TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY CONCERT @ THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY

• 3/28 - TDOV PANEL DISCUSSION @ THE CENTER (FREE)

• 3/28 - TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY @ BRONX BOROUGH HALL (FREE)

• 4/01 - I AM: A TRANS OPEN MIC @ CLUB CUMMING

THIS WEEK

LOCALS ONLY

• Chelsea’s iconic gay restaurant Elmo will close forever after 25 years this Friday due to redevelopment of its building. Today and tomorrow are your last chances to dine at this fabulous establishment before it’s gone forever. 😢

• If you need a reminder that spring is on the way, take a stroll through Marsha P. Johnson State Park on the Williamsburg waterfront—locals love the giant flower archway entrance and the unbeatable skyline views. Bring a coffee, grab a bench, and soak up one of the city’s most meaningful queer spaces.

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