Among the highlights are “Hyperbolic! (The Last Spectacle),” a multidisciplinary musical work by the choreographer and musician Monstah Black that promises “pretty-glam gore” in its imagining of the last party on earth, and “Ignorance Is No Excuse, Reno,” a comedy and spoken-word piece by the lesbian-feminist comedian Reno. 6), returns to Dixon Place in Manhattan for its 25th year with an out-there roster of dance, theater, comedy and other performing arts. “Hot!,” New York City’s longest-running performance festival celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (July 5-Aug.
Here’s a curated look at several of them, from bisexual theater to transgender swims, to keep the gay times going all summer long. The parades close out Pride month but kick off a busy calendar of events with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender themes that are intimate enough, even with added security in place, to balance fellowship with fun.
What had been thought of as celebratory events, though, are now being reconceived as the realization sets in that the landmark advance has been overshadowed by the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. This year’s Pride parades in New York and San Francisco on June 26 coincide with the anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling making same-sex marriage the law of the land.