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Celebrating and supporting LGBTQ+ arts and culture in greater Rochester, NY since 1993!
This year’s theme is “Living Legacies: Rooted in Memory, Growing in Power.” We hope you’ll join us at the MLK Lodge (353 Court St.) tonight, November 20 at 6:00pm!
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The application deadline is Thursday, November 20. If you have questions, please reach out to Board Chair Michele Thornton at michele.thornton@imageout.org.
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Currently, we're seeking diverse applicants, especially those with experience in the following areas: Community Outreach; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Anti-racism & Accessibility (DEIAA); Event Production; Marketing, Graphic Design, Editing/Writing/Spoken Word; Visual Art Curation/Creation.
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We are a passionate and committed group, working to celebrate and support local LGBTQ+ arts and culture year-round in our greater Rochester community. We bring film festivals/screenings, visual arts exhibitions, literary/spoken word events and other related programs to life each year.
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Thank you to all of our audience members who voted via digital and paper ballots and to everyone who served on our juries. Congratulations to the winners!
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Jury Awards:
🎞️ Best Documentary Feature: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
🎞️ Chuck Lundeen Best Narrative Feature: Rains Over Babel
🎞️ Best Short: Dead End
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Audience Awards:
🎞️ Best Documentary Feature: The Librarians
🎞️ Best Narrative Feature: Four Mothers & Lesbian Space Princess (tie)
🎞️ Best Short: Aromcom
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The application deadline is Thursday, November 20. If you have questions, please reach out to Board Chair Michele Thornton at michele.thornton@imageout.org.
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Currently, we're seeking diverse applicants, especially those with experience in the following areas: Community Outreach; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Anti-racism & Accessibility (DEIAA); Event Production; Marketing, Graphic Design, Editing/Writing/Spoken Word; Visual Art Curation/Creation.
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
We are a passionate and committed group, working to celebrate and support local LGBTQ+ arts and culture year-round in our greater Rochester community. We bring film festivals/screenings, visual arts exhibitions, literary/spoken word events and other related programs to life each year.
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
This year’s theme is “Living Legacies: Rooted in Memory, Growing in Power.” We hope you’ll join us at the MLK Lodge (353 Court St.) on Thursday, November 20 at 6:00pm!
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
📆 Check out the full LGBTQ+ Arts Community Calendar here: rochester.lgbt/community-ca...
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This exhibition is in partnership with ImageOut and features a charity raffle that will take place for the duration, benefiting Greater Rochester LGBTQ+ Mutual Aid.”

ℹ️ More Information: flowercityarts.org/events/mx-me...
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
🎨 About the Exhibition: "MX. MEDIA is a multimedia salon-style show that aims to showcase the immense skill and creativity within the region's queer community. It also features work from various locations across North America from our open submission call.
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The exhibition remains on view through December 5 in the Firehouse Gallery in the Ceramic Studio (first floor) at Flower City Arts Center (713 Monroe Ave.).
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🎬 Official Trailer: youtu.be/TNE9CKTgWW8?...

📆 Check out the full LGBTQ+ Arts Community Calendar here: rochester.lgbt/community-ca...
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Absurd and strangely sweet, A Useful Ghost finds surprising depth and satirical bite in a story examining what value a society finds both in the living and its dead.

Presented in Thai and Lao, with English subtitles. Content Warnings: death, blood, violence, sex, nudity.”
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
🎞️ About the Film: “A ghostly, genre-bending romance.

A grieving young widower is shocked to discover his wife’s spirit has been reincarnated in the form of a vacuum cleaner — one of the many household products built in his family’s failing appliance factory.
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM