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Welcome to Queer Athena!
Join a NYC based family, safe space, and community.

Love is required. No hate allowed.

Queer Athena NYC PRIDE 2023

We Host Safe & Fun Queer Events!

Pride is year round. Come join our family as a visitor, vendor, or volunteer! 

Up Next for Queer Athena:

~Monthly Art Markets at Brooklyn Art Cave~

~Community events for every holiday and season~

  • Sex Trivia Night
    Sex Trivia Night
    Sat, Apr 27
    New York
    Apr 27, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    New York, 247 W 30th St, New York, NY 10001, USA
    Apr 27, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    New York, 247 W 30th St, New York, NY 10001, USA
    Come to this 18+ Sex Trivia Night to meet fellow sex-positive friends, get the sex ed you never had, and win big!
  • Photo Scavenger Hunt @ Chelsea Market
    Photo Scavenger Hunt @ Chelsea Market
    Sat, May 04
    New York
    May 04, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    New York, 75 9th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA
    May 04, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    New York, 75 9th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA
    Join us for a fun Photo Scavenger Hunt at Chelsea Market - find, snap, and bond with awesome queers!
  • Queer Athena's Talent Show
    Queer Athena's Talent Show
    Fri, May 17
    274 Morgan Ave suite 201 274, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA
    May 17, 2024, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
    274 Morgan Ave suite 201 274, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA
    May 17, 2024, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
    274 Morgan Ave suite 201 274, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA
    Get ready for a night of fabulous talent and fierce performances at Queer Athena's Talent Show - where LGBTQ+ creativity shines bright!

Hear what others think of us

Anonymous, 25, NJ

“Attending the Queer Athena events has helped me explore my comfort zone and also go into the city a lot more with the friends I've made!"

Anonymous, 21, Astoria

"Queer Athena's art fairs connected me to many other local vendors, and allowed me to jumpstart my vending career!"

Anonymous, 29, East Village

“I've had fun at every event, and had many unexpectedly deep and emotionally vulnerable conversations with new friends and old ones.”
Queer Athena merch

Shop Queer Athena swag!

Totes bags, enamel pins, stickers and more!

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Queer Athena merch and cat

Our Partnerships

Our goal is to work for and with the LGBTQ+ community. To make that happen, we do our best to collaborate with other queer-owned businesses and groups from around the country as well as in our own backyard here in New York City. From manufacturing and catering to venues and like-minded organizations, we include as much representation as we can along the way.

Dyke Beer
Brianna Musco

Brianna Musco

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Meet the Founders

Lia Athena and Zachary J. Leong

Lia Athena is a self-published writer and background actor. Shortly after releasing Rainbow Plague to the public, she began hosting house parties and picnics to bring together people from the queer community. Since then, it has grown into an unexpectedly large group of unique and talented individuals, each with a story that Lia has enjoyed connecting with.

Zachary is an established designer and owner of Corki Designs - a small business focused on incorporating the sustainable material, cork, in all of its home decor items. His entrepreneurship passion is what led him to create Corki Designs, and is also what drove him to help Lia bring Queer Athena to life.

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NYC PRIDE 2023

This year's PRIDE march was incredible! We are so glad to have been a part of this amazing moment and have so many people - including lots of first-timers - join us!

Check out the Google Drive folder below to download some photos we took during the march, or upload your own if you have any regarding QUEER ATHENA!

Queer Athena NYC PRIDE 2023
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