Hello, Darlings! 🌈 The holidays are creeping up, and NYC is getting merry and gayer by the minute! This week, we’re serving up gender-bending K-pop, queer holiday spectacles, fabulous Thanksgiving festivities, and plenty of reasons to leave the house.

Come to Club Cumming on Sunday, 12/13 for The Hanukkah Spectacular which features drag, burlesque, outrageous holiday games, and a post-show dance party. Move over, Mariah, this holiday season is getting a whole lot more meshug-gay and you can win a pair of tickets!

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• Gender-bending K-pop group XLOV brings its first U.S. tour to Terminal 5 on Saturday, 12/5, with a performance style that gleefully refuses to stay inside traditional gender lines.

• Kim Petras brings her De-Tour to Knockdown Center in Queens on Friday, 12/4. The Grammy-winning pop star is bringing her club-ready sound to one of NYC's most exciting industrial venues, so consider this your invitation to misbehave.

• Princess Lockerooo gives Tchaikovsky a fabulous underground makeover with The NutWAACKer, returning to the Guggenheim Museum's Peter B. Lewis Theater on Wednesday, 12/9 and Thursday, 12/10. Combining waacking, voguing, hip-hop and house, this queer reimagining of The Nutcracker trades sugarplum fairies for street-dance brilliance and a story about chosen family.

• The Queer Big Apple Corps is putting its 350-plus-member musical community to work with Join Us on the Dance Floor at Symphony Space on Saturday, 12/12 and Sunday, 12/13. From disco to The Nutcracker, this concert celebrates music made for dancing.

DELICIOUSLY GAY WAYS TO CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving is all about getting stuffed, but who says the fun has to end with dinner? From drag brunches to chosen-family dance floors, NYC’s queer scene is serving up plenty of reasons to come back for seconds.

• 11/22 - SUNNYSIDE FRIENDSGIVING DRAG BRUNCH! @ SANGER HALL

• 11/22 - QUEER CUDDLES: THANKSGIVING EDITION! @ NEW WOMEN SPACE

• 11/25 - UNDERBEAR: BUTTERBALL @ ROCKBAR NYC

• 11/27 - TRIPLE D’S: FUCKSGIVING CHOSEN FAM EDITION @ CLUB CUMMING

• 11/28 - E.A.T. PRESENTS: THANKSGIVING WEEKEND @ WEBSTER HALL

THIS WEEKEND

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• The Lower East Side is getting a little more fabulous with Beautiful Eyes, a queer Filipino wine bar from award-winning sommelier Miguel de Leon and Dila founder Lj Almendras. Blending Filipino flavors, thoughtfully selected wines, and a commitment to community, the forthcoming spot aims to bring a fresh perspective to NYC’s queer dining scene.

• The NYC Council is moving to establish a permanent LGBTQ+ liaison within the Department of Veterans’ Services, helping queer veterans access benefits, upgrade discriminatory military discharges, and connect with city resources.

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