A Wish To Rage: Lying To My Psych [Solo Exhibition Opening]
2025-04-04 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Pride Cultural Arts Center, 1201 Harmon Pl, Minneapolis, 55403, United States
Join Us for the First Solo Exhibition at the PCAC!
We are thrilled to kick off our 2025 Artist in Residence solo exhibition series with Dobbs DeCorsey!
Date: April 4th
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Pride Cultural Arts Center (PCAC)
Address: 1201 Harmon Pl (Entrance on 12th Ave S between Harmon & Yale)
This event is free and open to all—don’t miss it!
In his gallery titled, ‘A Wish To Rage: Lying To My Psych’ artist, Dobbs DeCorsey claims that in the face of significant injustice, people deserve to have the opportunity to feel and express all of their feelings, specifically rage. Rage can come in many forms, however, as a disabled person he worries about expressing his rage in spaces out of the fear of coming off as “unstable” or “crazy”. He always feels very conscious about his responses during GADs and PHQs at doctors offices out of the additional fear of institutionalization. In essence, the collection will explore his feelings and relationship to rage in the context of being neurodiverse. He also wants to pose that when he rages, he always rages with joy in his fists and love in his heart. The pieces will draw on imagery of functional pottery, volcanoes and pop/camp.

NA Meeting: Queer, Trans, and Friends
2025-04-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-04-12 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-04-19 10:00 - 11:00 | Aliveness Project, 3808 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) has an open meeting at Aliveness every Saturday at 10 am. It is focused on people in recovery who are queer, trans, and allies and is “open to any addict seeking recovery.”
For more info contact hanna@aliveness.org

Knotty Recovery
2025-04-05 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-04-19 10:30 - 11:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Knotty Recovery is a 12-step group who shares their experience, strength, and hope with each other to solve their common problems related to addiction. Meeting on the 1st & 3rd Saturday of every month, this is a space where you can openly to discuss sexuality and kink in recovery and the format is similar to a traditional 12 step meeting. The only requirement for attendance is a desire to quit whatever addictive substance or behavior is affecting your life.

Rainbow Reads
2025-04-06 11:00 - 13:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Queer reading party (not a book club) that meets in the Library on the first Sunday of every month. This group allows people to share what they have been reading and interested in, rather than discuss one book everyone has read.

Twin Cities Aroace Solidarity Group
2025-04-06 13:30 - 15:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Twin Cities Aroace Solidarity group is a joyful, embracing 21+ creative community for progressive aroace-spec (aromantic and/or asexual spectrum) and queer allies to share mutual aid and friendship; creative/artistic exchange; and learning, peer education & guidance across gender, age, income level, ethnicity & other lines of social difference. We gather at Quatrefoil monthly to socialize and discuss queer media.

Please email or text group organizer Amy Brooks at abbrooks77@icloud.com | (937) 901-9205

April Twin Cities Pride Board Meeting
2025-04-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Twin Cities Pride Office, 1618 Harmon Place, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
April Public Twin Cities Pride Board Meeting.

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North Country Gaylaxians Book Club (Online)
2025-04-08 19:00 - 20:30 | MN
The meeting of the Twin Cities chapter of the Gaylactic Network, an organization for the GLBT fan community, whether it be science fiction, fantasy, horror, comics, or gaming. We read and discuss books of speculative fiction with GLBT or similar content or by GLBT authors. We meet the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm on Zoom. Also, monthly gaming get-togethers in a private home.

Info on events can be found on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NorthCountryGaylaxians/

Moon Palace Queer Book Club
2025-04-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Event by Moon Palace Books
Public · Join us for Queer Book Club every second Wednesday from 7-8pm at Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407! (Please note that in the summer we will only meet at Quatrefoil if it rains. Otherwise we will meet at Brackett Park.)
Queer Book Club April

Wednesday Apr 9th, 2025

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407

Join us for Queer Book Club on Wednesday, April 9th, at 7:00pm at Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407. We’ll be discussing Blood Orange by Mx. Yaffa. Anyone is welcome to join whether you’ve read the whole book or just skimmed a few pages. We meet the second Wednesdays of every month!
“Blood Orange” is a highly emotional, important and timely poetry collection by Mx. Yaffa (They/She), a trans Muslim displaced Indigenous Palestinian. Their writings probe the yearning for home, belonging, mental health, queerness, transness, and other dimensions of marginalization while nurturing dreams of utopia against the background of ongoing displacement and genocide of indigenous Palestinians.
This highly charged and cathartic body of work confronts the anguish and loss inflicted by genocide but also embraces a vision of a world free of it. The poems within “Blood Orange” were a means of working through and processing the grief caused by recent events and serve as an act of protest and defiance against settler colonialism as a whole.

Queer Threads
2025-04-09 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-16 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Queer threads: a weekly intergenerational craft night for LGBTQ people of all genders
what: a weekly craft night for knitting, crochet, embroidery, mending, quilting, and other portable crafts
why: find community and camaraderie with other LGBTQ crafters
who: for all ages and genders. Kids are welcome, but childcare is not provided.
where: Quatrefoil Library at 1220 E Lake St Minneapolis.
when: Wednesday nights from 7-9 pm
accessibility: please wear a mask.
help us cultivate a welcoming group: crafting is for all gender identities and types of gender expression; ask for (rather than assume) pronouns; all types of yarn and materials, experience levels, and portable craft projects are welcome.

Tea Time for Transwomen
2025-04-10 17:30 - 19:00 | Aliveness Project, 3808 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
Tea Time is a peer support network for trans femme identifying individuals living in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota. The mission of Tea Time is to offer safer spaces for trans femme folks, a highly vulnerable and stigmatized population. Tea Time offers various resources such as access to HRT injection supplies, a free PrEP clinic, safer spaces to discuss issues related to stigma and shame, issues around medical transition, sexual health, peer support, family issues, etc. We offer safer spaces for trans femme folks to learn how to live and thrive through a network of peer support and care.
Tea Time meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 5:30pm -7:00pm at The Aliveness Project located at 3808 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55409.
Contact Information:
Main Office: 612-822-9668.
Luna Maldonado: luna@aliveness.org
Tea Time Disscusion Topics

Name Change Clinic
Hormone Therapy
Safe Spaces
Coming Out
Community Connection
Dating / Love / Sex

Queer Alcoholics Anonymous Support Group
2025-04-10 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-04-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Queermunity, 3036 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
GayAA is a weekly group to read and discuss the twelve-step method of chemical dependency recovery using the Plain Language Big Book. The Plain Language Big Book is a version of the original Alcoholics Anonymous text that has been adapted to be more accessible and inclusive. It uses plain modern language and does not use potentially outdated or exclusionary terms. This adaptation was developed as an alternative to the original 1938 text for those who may have struggled with or felt marginalized by the language. The meeting is a space for queer and transgender people specifically. It is an Alcoholics Anonymous group, so the only requirement is a desire to stop drinking. This group specifically encourages attendance by queer and transgender addicts as Alcoholics Anonymous has a long tradition of gender-specific groups facilitating discussion at the intersection of gender and addiction. Transgender and queer people like men and women need a safe space to get sober. Please be respectful of that reality when attending this group. The group is mindful of its role in fostering inclusion, where everyone’s voice is heard and respected, regardless of their background.

Howdy Partner Country Dance Night
2025-04-10 19:30 - 22:00 | Lush Lounge and Theater, 990 NE Central Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
You are invited to join us for our country dance night with group dance lesson provided by @howdypartnerdance to help get you boot scootin’ all night long. Theater doors open at 7:30pm with the group dance lesson starting at 8pm followed by an open dance hall until 10pm.
It’s FREE to attend but RSVP recommended so we can plan for the group dance instruction. Don’t forget to dress in your country best!

Radical Queer Tarot Reading Group
2025-04-12 12:00 - 14:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Radical Queer Tarot Reading Group is a space for novice to expert tarot readers to gather in non-hierarchical community to explore applying the wisdom of the tarot to apocalyptic times. We’ll focus on reading BIPOC/Queer/Leftist/Radical/Anti-Capitalist authors of tarot interpretation, discussing what we’re learning, & doing tarot spreads together to experience & interpret our new ideas. From tarot-curious to tarot master — if this offering speaks to you, please join us. Contact radicalqueertarotreadinggroup@gmail.com for more information.

Rainbow Wardrobe April Open House
2025-04-12 12:00 - 16:00 | Pride Cultural Arts Center, 1201 Harmon Pl, Minneapolis, 55403, United States
Rainbow Wardrobe Open House
April 12th from 12-4
What will be available:
-Rainbow Wardrobe
-Gender-Affirming Undergarments
-Free Gender-Affirming Haircuts
-Free Bra Fittings
-4 local queer artist selling their work (all items between $1-$25)
The Artists:
Morgue Design
Fortune Art – Leo Fortune
Dobbs DeCorsey
Bex Lynn
Kittycorn Art Galleries

Twin Cities Pride Spring Fling
2025-04-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Sociable Ciderwerks, 1500 Fillmore St NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Join us for our Spring Fling at Sociable Cider Werks! We are embracing the spring weather doing drag bingo from 5pm-7pm! Bingo cards are $1 each and all proceeds benefit Twin Cities Pride’s year-round programming.

Quatrefoil Game Night
2025-04-12 18:30 - 21:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States

Outspoken Voices: LGBTQ+ Storytelling Circle
2025-04-16 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
Let’s ring in spring with Family Equality and LGBTQ+ families across the country as we enjoy a casual hour of connection, reflection, and storytelling centering around the theme of CHANGE.
As the flowers bloom and the birds start chirping, we’re chatting about changes and transformations that have happened in our lives. Bring a five-minute story about a brave, joyful, unexpected, complicated or life-affirming change in your life. How did it blossom? What did it teach you?
Stories are powerful ways to build bridges and find community. If you’re searching for a chance to connect, reflect, and bring visibility to families like yours, register for log-in information today!

Twin Cities Lesbian Fiction Book Club (Online)
2025-04-16 19:00 - 21:00 | MN
Virtual Book Club that meets online via Zoom – please direct all questions and requests for the Zoom link to jchandlerauthor@gmail.com
You are welcome to attend even if you didn’t read the book, or didn’t like it. We enjoy staying in touch with our friends!
Book of the month:
2025
January—CHRISTMASSED by Blythe H. Warren
February—DEVIL’S BREATH by Anna Paxton
March—JONES by Gerri Hill
April—HALF IN by Felice Cohen
May—PULL OF THE STARS by Emma Donoghue
June—FALLS FROM GRACE by Ruby Landers
July—LAST CHANCE CHICAGO by Diana DiGangi
August—SCORCHED GRACE by Margo Douaihy
September—WATERLOGGED by Nance Sparks
October—THE SAFEKEEP by Yael Van der Wouden (in hardcover now, but will be out in paperback May 27th)

Covid Vaccine Clinic
2025-04-17 16:00 - 19:00 | Aliveness Project, 3808 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
The health department holds a free Covid vaccine clinic at The Aliveness Project the third Thursday of every month from 3:30-7:30 pm. It’s open to the public and the most recent booster from fall 2023 is available. Bring insurance and ID if you have it; if you are not insured, you’ll need to fill out a form. The clinic is now WALK-IN – no appointment needed.

Prime Timers Bookclub
2025-04-19 13:15 - 15:15 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
This monthly book club is a subgroup of the Twin Cities Prime Timers Club, which is affiliated with the state and national organizations. It meets each third Saturday of the month at Quatrefoil from 1:15pm – 3:15pm.

LGBTQ Women's Disco dance and community fun!
2025-04-19 18:00 - 23:00 | Minneapolis Eagles Club #34, 2507 E. 25th Street, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Come shake your disco booty to DJ K. Shay at the Minneapolis Eagles Club #34! Saturday, April 19! 6-7 pm is the social hour. You can order dinner from the menu (they do take credit cards, & Eagles Club members get a $1 discount on food and drinks) and get to know more women in the community. If you don’t know anyone, we have Dance Ambassadors at each dance who can talk to you, dance with you, and get you connected to the community through introductions to others. We have a Community Resources Table, where self employed women can bring their business cards, or women can bring flyers for non-profit organizations serving the LGBTQI community.
Also at each dance we have a Give-n-Take Sharing Table, where women bring items like jewelry, books, clothes, yarn, household decor, etc. that they wish to share. Anyone can decide if it is a treasure to them and take it home! Be part of the gift economy!
This event is for bisexual, lesbian, transgender, cisgender and intersex women and non binary folks who are not transitioning to male. Heterosexual women family and friends are welcome as supporters!

Prime Timers Dominoes
2025-04-20 13:00 - 16:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Join the Prime Timers for an afternoon of dominoes. Feel free to bring a snack to share and your dominoes set, though not required.

Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group
2025-04-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
The Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group is a new community meetup for folks who have recently relocated to the Twin Cities. Drop by to meet new people, learn about local LGBTQIA+ resources, chat, and share your favorite Twin Cities discoveries! Locals, partners, and family welcome. Meetings hosted every 4th Wednesday at Quatrefoil Library.

Questions and information requests can be sent to TCTransplants@gmail.com

31st Annual Dine Out for Life
2025-04-24 - 2025-04-25 | MN
Dining Out For Life is a 24 hour dining fundraiser for AIDS service organizations in cities all over the world. Join us for the 30th Annual Dining Out For Life Minnesota as we continue to support local restaurants and the HIV Community on April 25. Simply order from a participating restaurant in the Twin Cities and a portion of your bill will benefit The Aliveness Project and Minnesotans living with HIV/AIDS.
The Aliveness Project is a Minnesota nonprofit organization and community center that facilitates community building, offers nutrition and wellness services, and links members to resources to lead healthy, self-directed lives. We provide on-site meals, food shelf, nutrition counseling, case management and vital other services for individuals living with HIV throughout Minnesota. Over 1,900 people access services at Aliveness annually.
