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  • City in a Garden: Queer Art and Activism in Chicago

    Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL

    City in a Garden: Queer Art and Activism in Chicago is an intergenerational group exhibition that highlights Chicago’s essential, yet often underacknowledged, role in the story of queer art and activism.

    $19
  • ALMA Chicago — 4th Annual Community Reception

    Barcocina Lakeview 2901 North Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL

    Celebrate connection, progress, and 36 years of advocacy at ALMA Chicago’s 4th Annual Community Reception—with food, drinks, and inspiring conversation.

    $35
  • Chicago House 40th Anniversary VIP Cocktail Party

    Epiphany Center for the Performing Arts 201 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL

    Chicago House will mark 40 years of impact with an anniversary celebration recognizing its housing programs and connections to care for people affected by HIV/AIDS.

    $40 – $240
  • Network for Equality — Equality Illinois

    Molson Coors Headquarters 320 S Canal St, Chicago, IL

    Network for Equality—the premier LGBTQ+ networking event from Equality Illinois—takes place Tuesday, October 21, 2025.

    $75
  • King Princess – The Girl Violence Tour (Chicago)

    The Salt Shed 1357 N Elston Ave, Chicago

    Enter to win a pair of tickets to see King Princess live at The Salt Shed (Indoors) in Chicago on Friday, November 7, 2025. Doors open at 7 PM.

    $50 – $164
  • OUTspoken! LGBTQ+ Storytelling at Sidetrack

    Sidetrack 3349 N Halsted St, Chicago, Illinois

    Outspoken and Sidetrack present OUTspoken LGBTQ+ Stories, a monthly storytelling event that celebrates uniquely personal stories from across the LGBTQ+ community. Seating in Main/Cherry/North Bars begins at 6pm Stories begin at 7pm This month's storytellers are: Allison Mitch, Jackson McKenzie, Alissa Castañeda, Christopher Bigelow, Elizabeth Gomez and Lou Dangelo.

  • World AIDS Day commemoration

    Wrightwood 659 659 W. Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, Illinois

    Wrightwood 659 and The Joffrey Ballet proudly announce a special World AIDS Day commemoration honoring those lost to the epidemic.

  • Santa Speedo Run 2025

    Sidetrack 3349 N Halsted St, Chicago, Illinois

    Since 2011, hundreds of participants have spent a December day running through the heart of Lakeview, Chicago, clad in nothing more than Santa hats, speedos and other holiday attire. The run supports Center on Halsted, the Midwest’s most comprehensive community center dedicated to advancing community and securing the health and well-being of LGBTQ people across Chicagoland. Last…

  • Legacy & Liberation II: United in the Fight

    Gallery Guichard 436 E 47th St, Chicago, IL

    Howard Brown Health, in partnership with Life is Work and sponsored by Gilead, will host a healing and powerful World AIDS Day brunch rooted in community, health, and purpose. RSVP required.

  • LoveFest with the Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus

    Bassline 2239 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL

    The Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus presents LoveFest, an invitation for the community to slow down, exhale, and recenter around pleasure.

    Free
  • Holiday Open House at COH

    Center on Halsted 3656 N Halsted, Chicago, Illinois

    Center on Halsted invites guests, community members and supporters to join them for a festive evening.

  • Holiday Meal and Celebration

    Center on Halsted 3656 N Halsted, Chicago, Illinois

    Join Center on Halsted to celebrate the holidays with a holiday meal and bingo.

  • New Year’s Eve with the Legacy Project

    Sidetrack 3349 N Halsted St, Chicago, Illinois

    Join The Legacy Project for a spectacular New Year’s Eve 2026 Celebration at Sidetrack. A portion of the proceeds benefit the award-winning Legacy Project’s ongoing work to expand Illinois’s new LGBTQ-Inclusive Curriculum Public School Curriculum. Tickets include Party Favors, light bites from J&L Catering from 7-9pm, Sidetrack’s Chicago Drag Showcase from 8-10pm, and a Champagne…

    $50 – $55