Thursday, June 10
FLAVNT Streetwear, an Austin-based queer clothing brand, is taking over the Little Gay Shop for Austintatious, an event that celebrates the trans community. Head over to Airport Boulevard for music by DJ Boyfriend, merch from local queer vendors and a raffle to raise money for Equality Texas. (thelittlegayshop.com)
Friday, June 11
Bring the heat to Cheer Up Charlies (7 p.m.): Frida Friday ATX and Fuego ATX are teaming up for a dance party and market centered around queer and trans people of color. Artists and performers include Chorizo Funk, La Morena and Tatiana Cholula. (fridafridayatx.org)
The category is ballroom (9 p.m.): Stasha Sanchez Garçon and DJ Akasha Luxe of HBO s Legendary will be special guests at the Coming to Austin Ball. Categories will include realness, runway, sex siren and butch queen in pumps. Presented by Capital City Ball and Austin Black Pride at Highland Lounge. Admission is $10 for ages 21 and older and $15 for gues
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Just like that, national
Pride Month is here and queer. Unlike last year, this summer is sashaying into our lives with a quickening sense of possibility: Our much-loved LGBTQmmunity celebrations are returning to their pre-pandemic traditions, like next week s
Austin Black Pride, while new events also flourish in the delightful forms of mini virtual film fests, thanks to the
aGLIFF crew (see below), among other innovative ways. It s hard to describe how overwhelming (in a good way) it feels to just think about the prospect of walking into, say, Cheer Ups, on any given night to just soak up that queer magic. When we think about celebrating Pride this summer, I imagine many of us might be feeling something close to a homecoming – we ve missed that comfort of community so often found in a gay bar, the front row of a drag show, or a queer movie night with friends. Yet, I hope this summer of Pride is nothing like the ones we knew before, which is to say: As we emerge from the worst