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Writing Queer Museum Tour
Explore the challenges, triumphs, and drama of LGBTQIA+ writers whose sexuality and gender identities surface in their work. The Writing Queer Tour is offered daily at 3:00pm when the…
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June 2023 events
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MHB 2023 Midwest Surrogacy Conference & Expo in Chicago
Men Having Babies Conference Returns to Chicago on June 2-3, 2023 at the Center on Halsted. For Gay Men Interested in Learning About Becoming Fathers Are you currently considering becoming…
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Highwood Pride Fest
Celebrate Highwood kicks off Pride Month on Friday, June 2 and Saturday, June 3, inviting the public to “show their pride on the North Side” at its annual Highwood Pride Fest, benefiting…
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Highwood Pride Fest
Celebrate Highwood kicks off Pride Month on Friday, June 2 and Saturday, June 3, inviting the public to “show their pride on the North Side” at its annual Highwood Pride Fest, benefiting…
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Chicago Really Loves Drag
Lucy Stoole and Metro Chicago present Chicago Really Loves Drag, benefiting Chicago Therapy Collective, Marsha P. Johnson Institute, Trans Justice Funding Project and ACLU Drag Defense…
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2023 Pride Bruch Kick-Off
Join Equality Illinois for the annual Equality Illinois Pride Brunch Kick-Off, bringing together more than 300 community leaders and champions to celebrate our LGBTQ+ communities and…
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Evanston Pride Youth Car Parade
Evanston Pride's first event of the season is the Evanston Pride Youth Car Parade. The mission of the parade is to drive Evanston's LGBTQIA+ youth around town while Evanstonians from…
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Zachary Zane: Boyslut
In Boyslut , sex and relationship columnist Zachary Zane bares it all in a series of essays—part memoir, part manifesto—exploring his coming-of-age and coming out as a bisexual man moving…
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OUTspoken! LGBTQ+ Storytelling
Join us for OUTspoken LGBTQ+ Stories, our monthly storytelling event celebrating uniquely personal stories from a cross-section of the LGBTQ+ community. OUTspoken is held on the first…
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Sidetrack 41st Anniversary Party
Help Sidetrack celebrate its 41st Anniversary from 6pm-2am with low-priced drinks all night: $3 Cocktails/Beers/Frozens. Come hungry lite bites will be provided during the evening! Don't…
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Andersonville Midsommarfest
Celebrate summer at Andersonville’s quintessential yearly celebration, Andersonville Midsommarfest, returning for its 57th year in 2023. This 3-day festival is one of Chicago's most unique…
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Queer Maker's Market
Bring your creativity and all your friends and family to Evanston Pride Queer Maker's Market #1 held at Evanston Space and help support the full spectrum of local LGBTQIA+ community…
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Andersonville Midsommarfest
Celebrate summer at Andersonville’s quintessential yearly celebration, Andersonville Midsommarfest, returning for its 57th year in 2023. This 3-day festival is one of Chicago's most unique…
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Andersonville Midsommarfest
Celebrate summer at Andersonville’s quintessential yearly celebration, Andersonville Midsommarfest, returning for its 57th year in 2023. This 3-day festival is one of Chicago's most unique…
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Evanston Pride Candle Lighting Ceremony
With a Rose & Candle Ceremony, Evanston Price honors the LGBTQIA+ lives lost to violence, suicide and Invisibility on Sunday, June 11. St. Paul Park 800 Chicago Ave. Evanston
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Trans Ice Cream Social
Center on Halsted presents the 8th Annual Trans Ice Cream Social. Join Chicagoland’s Trans community on Center on Halsted’s beautiful rooftop with views including the Chicago skyline.…
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The Belmont Rocks: A Talk with Owen Keehnen
LGBTQ author and historian Owen Keehnen will discuss the importance and evolution of the Belmont Rocks, a gathering place for LGBTQ+ Chicagoans from the early 1960s until their demolition…
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Get Lit: Pride Night
Sashay on over to the American Writers Museum and celebrate LGBTQ+ writers during Pride Month! Slay a themed scavenger hunt for the chance to win prizes, experience a special drag…
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Queer Elder History Panel
T?his June, Gerber/Hart, along with The LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Dialogue Project brings five queer elders to Dorothy to share their history - alongside artifacts and physical archival…
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Chicago Pride Fest 2023 (Saturday)
Chicago Pride Fest is June 17-18, 2023 the weekend before the Chicago Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25, 2023. The 2-day street festival features live music on 3 stages, a Youth Pride Space…
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Chicago Pride Fest 2023 (Sunday)
Chicago Pride Fest is June 17-18, 2023 the weekend before the Chicago Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25, 2023. The 2-day street festival features live music on 3 stages, a Youth Pride Space…
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Wilde Cabaret's June Show "We Are Family"
This month the Lakeside Pride Wilde Cabaret invites you to join them on a special day and time – Monday, June 19th, at 6 pm (just before Musical Monday) as they present “We Are Family.”…
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LGBTQ+ Comic Creator Panel
Comic books can have some of the best LGBTQ+ representation, but what is it like creating them? Join local LGBTQ+ comics creators Kat Leyh (Lumberjanes), Pamela Nuñez-Trejo (The Witch of…
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Art and Pep Film Viewing Party
You are cordially invited to join us Tuesday, June 20, for a screening of the award-winning documentary ART AND PEP FILM at the bar they built and which is celebrating 41 years of serving…
