aGLIFF’s Queer Black Voices Fund Committee hosts a special evening to award grants to filmmakers at PRISM 36 and celebrate their work, and raise money for future queer black creatives. Guests can meet the filmmakers, view their short films, and hear from each on the inspiration behind their films and creative process.
The 36th annual iteration of Austin's premier LGBTQ+ film festival opens with the highly anticipated Glitter & Doom, a jukebox musical with tunes from the Indigo Girls, and continues with five days of films, parties, and more on the theme "Find Your Friends at aGLIFF's PRISM 36."
Aug. 23-27. Virtual encore, Aug. 28-Sept. 4. Badges, $125 and up; individual tix, $15 and up.
Variety show purveyors Thee Gay Agenda present a campy satire of rainbow capitalism and corporate America, featuring stand-up, music, dance, and "homosexual mayhem." Note: Wednesday night's show will be masks required.
Here's an exhibition of new drawings by Simon Haas – the artist's first solo project with the gallery – featuring his newest graphite drawings on panel, each of a glory hole offering a tight view at a carefully rendered cock, a peeping eyeball, a pair of solicitous fingers, a slightly parted mouth, or a deep, dark (empty?) void.
An Austin Pride month special featuring LGBTQ comics Glenn Rose, Dylan Carlino, Reier Cammerman, Jace Ryan, Ellie DiCaprio, Ky Krebs, and more. Clara Blackstone hosts, and Xtra gives a special drag performance.
Crack open a new queer lit section every month with the Little Gay Book Club, a subscription-based "community of booklovers and bibliophiles that share in our passion for reading through conversations, monthly meetings, and events." Meetings are available virtually and in-person.