2023 LGBTQ Arts & Culture Fund Grantees

United We Dance

United We Dance brings to life a vision of a diverse harmonious community finding commonalities and healing through dance

Executive Director

Funding to employ an Executive Director.

Thou Art Woman

Thou Art Woman (TAW) is a BIPOC centered event series celebrating LGBTQ+ women and their allies through performance and visual art since 2014.

The Pursuit of Happiness Project: Art for Social Change

The Pursuit of Happiness Project: Art for Social Change is a series of projects that uses various art forms to engage and inform our community.

2023-2024 Fair Play Initiative

Theatre Lab’s Fair Play Initiative is a commission & development program for new plays and stories about the LGBTQ+ experience.

GenderChill: A Gender Justice Fashion Show at FIU

GenderChill, a gender justice fashion show, brings together various communities for a consciousness-raising event focused on gender and body.

Disney Pride in Concert – Family Engagement

Funding to engage more families in Disney Pride in Concert, a powerful event filled with 43 Disney songs, set in context of the LGBTQ+ community.

Open Dialogues: The Queer Trilogy

Open Dialogues: The Queer Trilogy highlights the coming-out and allyship narratives of South Florida residents in three documentary film shorts.

Sounds of Discourse Concert Series

Open Dialogues: The Queer Trilogy highlights the coming-out and allyship narratives of South Florida residents in three documentary film shorts.

Performing Arts for All

Island City Stage seeks funding to support and offer free private dress rehearsal and live performances tickets to underserved theater audiences.

LGBTQ+ Community Play and Music Productions

Lesbian Thespians will produce plays and music programs with a target audience of LGBTQ+ women and other diverse populations.

Considering Matthew Shepard

MCSF, in partnership with SunServe, performs Considering Matthew Shepard, a dramatic musical response to the tragic murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998.

Annual OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festivals in Ft. Lauderdale & Miami

Film festivals in Ft. Lauderdale and Miami present 100+ world-class LGBTQ+ films to entertain, inspire, enrich, educate, and encourage community.

Plays of Wilton 2023 Operating Cost Grant Request

Plays of Wilton Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2023 Expenses.

May the 4th Be With You – A Celebration of John Williams

This concert will celebrate the music the prolific award winning film composer John Williams, hosted by the legendary drag performer Pandora Boxx.

Amplifying LGBTQIA Voices: Celebrating Our Stories

We will amplify LBGTQIA stories through the voices of history and those writing and speaking today.

Jammin’ at The Center

Jammin’ at The Center is a series of eight Jazz, R&B, and Pop concerts that will provide unique entertainment for our LGBTQ+ communities and allies.

Funding to Support Administrative and Leadership Responsibilities of Artistic Director

TCT seeks funding to support the critical, ongoing administrative and leadership work performed by its Artistic Director.

Cafe Society Pride

Cafe Society Pride, (CSP), uses the arts as means of celebrating the LGBTQA community & promoting diversity & inclusion amongst all people.

Changing Minds: HIV/AIDS in the Sporting World

Changing Minds: artistic and educational exhibits and presentations on the effect HIV/AIDS has had and continues to have on the world of sports.