Category: Blog

The queer spooky season is upon us! Make the most of it with these local LGBTQ+ parties, events & happenings.

Summers upstate mean lots of live entertainment. The teams behind Vassar's Powerhouse Theater, Bard's Summerscape, and The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck have a packed slate of queer entertainment on deck for the 2025 season.

Looking for an easy way to get to Pride in the Sky? Take the MetroNorth Pride Ride out of Grand Central Terminal to Poughkeepsie (featuring onboard shenanigans from Gadget + Glow)!

Celebrate PRIDE month and the full spectrum of our community with BGHV's annual round-up of festivals and events happening each weekend up & down the Hudson River Valley in Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Beacon, Woodstock, Hudson, and more.

Wherever you might be in your love story, here’s some events that you and your beloved (or fellow singles) should check out this February.

BGHV's Stephan Hengst + a panel of other statewide experts discussed progress, visibility, backlash, and how LGBTQ rights have increasingly been used as political tools.

A Simple Herstory, Absolute Zero, and Messy White Gays bring LGBTQ+ themes to the Poughkeepsie-based summer theater program's stage this July.

The local publication - known for insightful & beautifully photographed stories - partnered with BGHV's co-founder Stephan Hengst to curate a selection of stories for its June 2024 issue that put a spotlight on queer life in the Hudson Valley.