Events and Activities in Queer NYC
Holiday storytelling, happy hour, and comedy nights
BY MATT TRACY
The home stretch of the holiday season
is bringing a selection of options
for queer New Yorkers, including
LGBTQ storytelling, networking,
and benefi t concerts. If you’re not looking for a
themed event, check out happy hour specials
at queer bars across the city — including some
listed below.
LGBTQ Holiday Networking
When: Thursday, December 16 at 6 p.m.
Where: The Townhouse of New York, 236
East 58th Street in Manhattan
Network with LGBTQ professionals at a
holiday party at The Townhouse of New York.
Drinks are $2 off. Tickets start at $10 for nonmembers,
though early registration closes at
noon on the day of the event. Walk-ins are also
available. Learn more via Eventbrite.
Kweendom at Pete’s Candy Store
When: Friday, December 17 from 7-9 p.m.
Where: Pete’s Candy Store at 709 Lorimer
Street in Manhattan
Kweendom is hosting an annual holiday
spectacular with fi ve queer comedians. The
event is free, but hosts are collecting donations
for Immgiration Equality, with the fi rst $50 being
matched. The event will feature Zach Zimmerman,
Sheria Mattis, Connor Creagan, Glo
Shantae Butler, and Lex Powell. Learn more at
facebook.com/kweendomcomedy.
Queer Holiday Stories
When: Saturday, December 18 at 7 p.m.
Where: LGBT Community Center at 208
West 13th Street, Room 210 in Manhattan
Get in the holiday spirit with queer “holigay”
storytelling featuring olaiya olayemi, Shomi
Noise, Chewy May, and Calvin Cato. A donation
of $10 is suggested and masks are required, as
well as vaccination proof. Register via Eventbrite.
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advocated in dissenting opinions by Justice
Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Neil Gorsuch,
and thought to command the sympathy
of Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney
Barrett.
Judge Geraci rejected ADF’s argument that
the New York Human Rights Law is not a neutral
law of general applicability, so under the
Supreme Court’s precedent, Carpenter is not
entitled to claim a religious exemption from
complying with it.
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Cubbyhole has happy hour deals Monday through Saturday.
Queer Storytelling — I Hate the Holidays
When: Sunday, December 19 at 4 p.m.; doors
open at 3:30
Where: 21 A Clinton Street in Manhattan
“Queer Memoir” is another fun LGBTQ storytelling
show — and this month’s edition is appropriately
themed around the holidays. Doors
open at 3:30 and tickets are $15 in advance and
$18 at the door. The event can also be streamed
live for $5. The in-person event requires proof
of vaccination. Livestream participants will receive
a private YouTube link on the day of the
show. Register via Evenbrite.
Jazz Benefi t Concert for Black Trans Lives
When: Sunday, December 19 at 8 p.m.
Where: C’mon Everybody, 325 Franklin Avenue
case and others like it is to try to get a majority
of the Supreme Court to overrule the longstanding
precedent — Employment Division v.
Smith — so that any government policy burdening
free exercise of religion will be subject
to strict scrutiny. Their efforts, and those of
other religious advocacy groups, have resulted
in varying rulings by state and lower federal
courts, but the Supreme Court has turned
back petitions for review from several of these
cases, most recently in Arlene’s Flowers v.
State of Washington, which was fi nally settled
last month when the proprietor of the business
agreed to pay damages to a gay couple
in Brooklyn
WHAT TO DO
A jazz concert with a full program of music —
including holiday tunes — will be held to benefi t
Black Trans Liberation and For the Gworls. All
of the proceeds will go to those two organizations.
Tickets start at $20 and people can sign
up on Eventbrite.
Sunday Night Fever
When: Sunday, December 19 at 10 p.m.
Where: House of Yes at 2 Wyckoff Avenue in
Brooklyn
Wrap up your weekend and get your groove
on at House of Yes’ “Sunday Night Fever” event.
Attendees can get in for free if they register on
Eventbrite ahead of time.
Open Mic for LGBTQ Women
When: December 20 at 8 p.m.
Where: Eastville Comedy Club at 487 Atlantic
Avenue in Brooklyn
Make your way to EastVille Comedy Club for
an all-women and LGBTQ comedy show hosted
by Alex Kim and Divya Gunasekaran. Tickets
start at $10 and can be purchased at EastVilleComedy.
com.
Sugar Sundays at Lambda Lounge
When: Sunday, December 26 from 8 p.m. – 2
a.m.
Where:Lambda Lounge at 2256 Adam Clayton
Powell Boulevard in Manhattan
Every Sunday night Lambda Lounge hosts
“Sugar Sundays,” which has no cover. The
eventing features hookah, a bar menu, specialty
cocktails, and VIP bottle service.
Happy Hour at Cubbyhole
When: Monday-Friday from 4-7 p.m.; Saturday
from 2-6 p.m.
Where: Cubbyhole Bar at 281 West 12th
Street in Manhattan
Choose from wine, beer, or well drink options
at Cubbyhole — a bar known as a lesbian social
space but also welcomes folks from across the
LGBTQ community.
to whom she denied services for their wedding
after the Supreme Court had refused to take
up her most recent appeal.
ADF will undoubtedly seek to appeal this
dismissal to the US Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit, based in New York City. Even if
it should lose in round two before the court of
Appeals, its ultimate goal is to get the question
back before the Supreme Court, which has lately
been adopting a constantly expanding view
of the scope of free exercise of religion.
Judge Geraci, formerly a state court trial
judge, was appointed to the federal district
court by President Barack Obama in 2012.
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