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LGBTQ+ IN AUSTIN, TEXAS:
So much to notice, so much to do. To assist you narrow down where to begin, we compiled this bucket list occupied of the inherent queer Austin activities. Bookmark this page and use it as your mentor for how to have the top queer time in Austin!
Catch Some Homosexual Music: When in the Live Harmony Capital of the World, you absolutely must see reside music. You can find jazz, punk, rock, and land acts throughout the week on the East Side, the Red River Cultural District, Rainey Lane, South Congress, and dozens of venues around town. But our secret to finding the leading, inclusive shows? Catching one of these Queer Musicians, of course. (And frequenting Cheer Up Charlies.) For a thorough list of all concerts happening today, we've got you covered here.
Find Your Spot: All the best lgbtq+ venues around town have recurring shows, from comedy to drag to twist parties. Check out our list of Recurring LGBTQ+ Events.
See a Drag Show: When in Austin, drag is a must. There's something every day of the week - see our roundup here and peruse up on some of the city's best Drag Queens.
Bust a Gut at Queer Comedy: Austin has no brief
The American LGBTQ+ Museum is a new collaboration dedicated to preserving, researching, and sharing LGBTQ+ history and culture.
We are in the preliminary stages of developing a partnership with The New York Historical, and will create inaugural programming and exhibitions while incubating there.
Building Identity festival | American LGBTQ+ Museum Groundbreaking Celebration
On December 3, 2024, the American LGBTQ+ Museum celebrated the start of construction at its new home at The Novel York Historical with over 450 supporters and a powerful program featuring remarks from activists, artists, and elected officials.
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American male lover liberation activist Marsha P Johnson (1945 ‑ 1992), wearing headband, and an unidentified woman in facepaint, on 7th Avenue South (between Grove and Christopher streets), attend the second annual Stonewall anniversary march (Gay Liberation Day), later known as Gay Lgbtq+ fest, New York, New York, June 21, 1971. (Photo by Fred W. McDarrah/Getty Images)
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The American LGBTQ+ Museum will tell our evolving histories in our own voices, as we envision a world in which all people work toward and experience the joy of
Explore Austin's LGBTQ+ Friendly Museums, Galleries & Shopping
Welcome to Austin, where you’ll detect rainbow flags and amiable faces everywhere you depart . Please enjoy all we have to offer and use this guide as a resource to pinpoint some of the top queer-friendly and gay-friendly galleries, museums, theaters, comedy clubs and more for Queer visitors.
Courtesy of BookWoman.
LGBTQ-Owned Retailers
BookWoman
This feminist bookstore on North Lamar is LGBTQ-owned and has a wide selection of indie and womxn-authored books as well as gifts and clothing.
Future Front Texas
Peruse goods and art from women-owned businesses and LGBTQ+ creatives in Austin. Shop the Future Front House in East Austin Thursday through Sunday or drop by one of their pop-up markets held throughout the year.
Las Ofrendas
Shop a selection of handmade and original art work including flower crowns, jewelry and paper goods by local BIPOC & queer artist tk tunchez. You can find their pieces on Etsy or local market events prefer Frida Friday.
The Little Queer Shop
The Little Gay Shop is one of Austin's premier shops to purchase artwork exclusively designed by LGBT
ICOM Voices A Strange Queer Body: the Museum of Sexual Diversity in São Paulo, Brazil
Keywords: LGBT; LGBTQI+; Sexual Diversity; Human Rights; Activism.
For this fortnight’s ICOM Voices article, we are delighted to contribute with you an extract from the opening article of the latest issue of Museum International, on LGBTQI+ Museums. In his contribution, ‘A Strange Lgbtq+ Body: the Museum of Sexual Diversity in São Paulo, Brazil’, Franco Reinaudo takes us on an inspiring journey of LGBTQI+ protest in his native São Paulo, Brazil, from the 1960s to today. From its oppressive beginnings marked by unfriendly governments and the AIDS epidemic, to the organising of a first Lgbtq+ fest Parade and LGBT Archive, culminating in the opening of the Museum of Sexual Diversity in 2012 and several successful exhibitions, the author gives a personal account of the highs and lows of that journey, and the vision that drove him, together with the local LGBTQI+ community, to compete for greater diversity, inclusion and human rights in Brazil’s largest city.
The entire article is free-to-access for a limited period for the general public, in English, French an