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LGBTQ+ festival fights back after Trump's cuts National Endowment for the Arts funding

Here’s how you can support the Criminal Queerness Festival at NYC Pride 2025, showcasing LGBTQ+ playwrights from oppressed countries.

Seat Filler February 2011

The Advocate's man on the New York theater scene found time this February to reminisce with Oscar Wilde's lover, get an enema from Varla Jean Merman, and strap one on for Tennessee Williams.

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The Advocate's queen on the New York theater scene alien-probes the 13th annual Fringe Festival to find America's top bottoms, naughtiest neighbors, and gayest presidents ever.

Hot Sheet for January 3, 2014

The top 10 entertainment and events highlights this week range from the proper Downton Abbey to James Franco's very improper Interior. Leather Bar.

5 Must-See Shows: What's Gay Off-Broadway

Planning to see theater in NYC? Check out these five new LGBT-inclusive shows.

Seat Filler: Top 10 New York Theater of 2013

The Advocate's man on the NYC theater scene counts down the top 10 LGBT-inclusive productions of the past year.

5 Must-See Shows: What's Gay Off-Broadway

Planning to see theater in NYC? Check out these five new LGBT-inclusive shows.

Our Top 10 New York Theater of 2016

Counting down the past year's best LGBT-inclusive shows on and off-Broadway.

HBO Donates $100K to LGBTQ+ Groups in States Where ‘We’re Here' Filmed

The donations will go to advocacy groups that support the LGBTQ+ community in their states.

Smithsonian National Museum of African Art abruptly postpones LGBTQ+ exhibit

The show, planned to coincide with this year's WorldPride, was postponed due to budget constraints, not Donald Trump's policies, a spokeswoman says.

Hundreds of drag queens, activists & LGBTQ+ allies converge on Kennedy Center to protest Trump’s takeover

“We’re not going to let people steal our joy,” D.C. drag queen Tara Hoot said.

New Orleans Photographer and Artist George Dureau Has Died

The artist and photographer's work ranged from the erotic to the unsettling. He was a mentor of Mapplethorpe and a long-time contributor to Drummer magazine.

Drag artists organize rally outside Kennedy Center to protest Trump's hostile takeover

A collective of drag artists is taking to the streets of Washington, D.C. on Saturday.

WATCH: Elton John Takes Stage in Russia, Doesn't Hold Back

The out musician also dedicated his Moscow performance to a 23-year-old gay Russian who was brutally murdered after coming out to his friends earlier this year.

Tom of Finland ‘GlobalSexual’ Returns to America with the Next Generation of Queer and Erotic Art

The annual art and culture festival touches down this weekend in Los Angeles after visits to London and Berlin.

Remembering the Height of AIDS Through a Young Person's Eyes in New Art Exhibit

Julien Tomasello's "The Secrets of Summer" is on view at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation's Strut center.

Artist Spotlight Xiyadie

Xiyadie's wields joy and revolution with his erotic, romantic paper cuttings.

Trump’s tariff on foreign films is his revenge on Hollywood, a Red Scare redux, and an autocratic power move

Opinion: A wanna-be authoritarian leader like Trump cannot tolerate dissident artists, which inevitably means he can’t tolerate his citizens either, writes John Casey.