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How to celebrate Pride Month in NYC

June 4, 2026
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The fight for LGBTQIA+ rights and the fight against HIV have always been intertwined. See how New York is showing up for both this Pride month!

JUNE 4: Kick off the month at Experiment as Method, Care as Practice — a film screening presented by Visual AIDS, The Film-Makers’ Cooperative, and MIX NYC at e-flux Screening Room (7–9 PM). Twelve experimental films and videos from 1986 to 2024 trace how queer and trans filmmakers built new visual languages around life, death, and HIV. 

That same evening, ACT UP New York and the NYC Health Department host an HIV/AIDS Advocacy Workshop on Zoom (7 PM ET) — a 90-minute crash course in turning outrage into organizing. 

JUNE 5: GMHC’s HIV & Aging Conference 2026 brings together survivors, advocates, and healthcare providers to address one of the most underacknowledged realities of the AIDS crisis: many long-term survivors are now navigating older age. It will be hosted at Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College.

That evening, ACT UP New York marks the 45th anniversary of the AIDS epidemic with a candlelight vigil and march beginning at the NYC AIDS Memorial (7–9 PM).

JUNE 6: The Brooklyn Museum presents First Saturday: Brooklyn Pride at 30, an evening of talks, performances, and other events spotlighting LGBTQ+ artists. Free from 5–10 pm.

JUNE 7: Head to Jackson Heights for Queens Pride — a free Pride brunch hosted by Apicha Community Health Center starting at 10 AM, with performances and a march along 37th Avenue at noon  (RSVP required).

JUNE 8–13: Brooklyn Pride Week — a full week of borough-wide celebrations, including roller skating, comedy nights, and Drag Bingo culminating on June 13 with a 5K in Prospect Park. Full schedule at brooklynpride.org. 

JUNE 15: Head to The Dickens for Pride at The Dickens — a free drag show featuring Jackie Cox, Marcia Marcia Marcia, and Von Galore, with DJ sets, flash tattoos, face painting, a pop-up shop, and Schmackary’s treats (7 PM–12 AM). All proceeds benefit Broadway Cares.

JUNE 19: Anthology Film Archives (32 2nd Ave) hosts the U.S. premiere of The Passion According to G.H.B. (7:30–9:30 PM) celebrating weird, unvarnished queer cinema. The film explores themes of HIV, PrEP, substance use, and COVID isolation. Introduction by Visual AIDS Programs Director Blake Paskal, followed by a conversation with the filmmakers.

JUNE 20: Da Bronx Pride Festival brings the celebration north for a full day of Bronx-specific LGBTQIA+ programming and community pride.

JUNE 27: Harlem Pride celebrates its 17th anniversary under the theme “17 Shades of Pride” (12–6 PM, 12th Avenue between West 130th and West 132nd Streets) — live performances, local vendors, health resources, and deep celebration of Black LGBTQIA+ visibility.

Youth Pride returns with live performances, free snacks, carnival installations, and affirming resources for LGBTQIA+ young people across the city.

The Front Runners NYC LGBTQ+ Pride Run™ 4M winds through Central Park, raising money for HIV/AIDS healthcare, housing access, and LGBTQ+ support services.

The Dyke March steps off from Bryant Park and ends at Washington Square Park. 

JUNE 28: The 57th Annual NYC Pride March steps off at noon from 26th Street and 5th Avenue, passes the Stonewall Inn, and disperses near 15th Street and 7th Avenue.

PrideFest — the largest LGBTQIA+ street fair in the U.S. — takes over the streets with performers, local vendors, and community organizations, including a WellnessFest section featuring HIV prevention resources, PrEP education, and LGBTQ+ health providers.

On the same day, the Queer Liberation March offers an alternative, no-corporate-floats.

NYC Pride 2026 is a reminder that this fight — for health, for visibility, for survival — is far from over.