Twin Cities Pride

Twin Cities Aroace Solidarity Group
2025-06-01 13:30 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | 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

Mae West and the Trial of Sex
2025-06-01 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-06 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-07 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-09 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-12 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-13 19:30 - 21:30 | The Crane Theater, 2303 Kennedy St NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Walking Shadow Theatre Company presents

Mae West and the Trial of Sex

by John Heimbuch
directed by Allison Vincent

at Crane Theater
May 31- June 22, 2025
Extra! Extra! Provocative Playwright Mae West Runs Afoul of Broadway Censors, Her Popular Play SEX Raided for Obscenity. Tammany Hall claims it was necessary to prevent West’s new homosexual drama, THE DRAG, from corrupting the youth of New York. The sultry starlet faces time in the slammer if she doesn’t amend her immoral ways and stop SEX at once!
Mae West and the Trial of Sex draws from court documents, newspapers, and West’s own plays to explore the overt sexuality and curious queerness of her rise to fame. Playwright John Heimbuch uses Mae West’s legal battle over censorship to show how queer representation became criminalized on stage and screen, cutting LGBTQIA+ people off from their past.
Before she was an icon of the silver screen, Mae West was a Broadway actress and playwright (under the name Jane Mast). In early 1927, while performing in her long-running melodrama, Sex, about a Montreal sex worker, West was developing a new play about Greenwich Village queer culture called The Drag. This play had a sympathetic view of homosexuality, and included a large-scale drag ball onstage, which worried the New York press and police. West became the target of a media campaign to clean up Broadway, culminating in a police raid of Sex. The resulting obscenity trial resulted in the closing of Sex and The Drag, ten days in jail for Mae West, and a new censorship law that prevented queer characters from appearing in the American theatre for the next 40 years.
Ticket Prices:
Tickets are pick-your-price: $30 – $70.
Ticket sales only cover a portion of what it actually costs to present our plays.
For ticket sales to completely cover our production expenses, a ticket would cost $50.
You choose your price! If you are able to pay the true cost of $50, we ask you to do so. Or, pay as little as $30, or choose a more generous amount and help support our accessible ticket program. A limited number of $15 Economic Accessibility tickets are available starting one month before the performance date, for anyone who needs to pay less, no questions asked. Limit 2 per order. Student tickets are FREE. Limit 2 per order. Available starting one month before the performance date.
All seating is general admission, though we’re happy to make accommodations or handle special seating requests.
Accessibility:
Crane Theater is wheelchair accessible.
ASL interpreted on Saturday, June 14 at 7:30pm by Nella Titus (NIC) and Maria Dively (NIC)
Audio Described on Sunday, June 15 at 2:00pm by Elana Centor.
Content Advisory:
This show is recommended for ages 16+ and includes adult language and dated references to homosexuality.
Health and Safety:
We do not currently require proof of Covid vaccination or masking. Covid policy is subject to change based on regional conditions and/or guidance. Please do not attend the show if you have tested positive for Covid-19 or if you are actively experiencing Covid-like symptoms.
Location and Parking:
Crane Theater is located at 2303 Kennedy St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413. Parking and the entrance to the theater are located at the back of the building. Look for the yellow door. There is also ample free street parking available in the evenings.

Fluidity
2025-06-02 15:00 - 2025-06-30 23:00 | Gambit Brewing Company, 141 4th Street E #LL2, Saint Paul, MN, 55101, United States
A group art exhibit of local LGBTQ+ artists celebrating Pride & Art.

To Have and To Hold: How LGBTQ+ Families Shaped the Movement for Marriage Equality
2025-06-02 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
This June marks the 10th anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court decision that granted marriage equality nationwide. How did LGBTQ+ families help shape this historical moment — and what can we learn from that victory to inform the work ahead?
Join Family Equality, Jim Obergefell, and a panel of policy experts and outspoken change-makers for a special virtual panel highlighting the impact of LGBTQ+ family voices in the movement for marriage equality. Together, we’ll discuss the state of marriage equality ten years later, the power of storytelling, and the role that everyday LGBTQ+ families played—and can continue to play—in making history.
Our panel includes:

Frankie Frankeny, Creator/Director of the JustMarried project
Emily Hecht-McGowan, Family Equality’s former Chief Policy Officer (2010 – 2017)
Jim Obergefell, Family Equality board member and lead plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges
Luce M. Remy, Family Equality’s Vice President of Public Policy
Kinsey Woodson, Outspoken changemaker and individual named in Family Equality’s Voices of Children amicus brief

All are invited to attend this free event, although registration is required.

Sabbath Queen
2025-06-03 19:00 - 21:15 | The Main Cinema, 115 SE Main St, Minneapolis, MN, 55414, United States
One Night Only • Tuesday, June 3 at 7:00pm
Post-screening Q&A with Director Sandi DuBowski
ABOUT THE FILM
Sabbath Queen, a feature documentary filmed over 21 years, follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s epic journey as the dynastic heir of 38 generations of Orthodox rabbis including the Chief Rabbis of Israel. He is torn between rejecting and embracing his destiny and becomes a drag-queen rebel, a queer bio-dad and the founder of Lab/Shul—an everybody-friendly, God-optional, artist-driven, pop-up experimental congregation.
Sabbath Queen joins Amichai on a lifelong quest to creatively and radically reinvent religion and ritual, challenge patriarchy and supremacy, champion interfaith love, and stand up for peace, ceasefire, and an end to the Occupation in Israel/Palestine. The film interrogates what Jewish survival means in a difficult rapidly changing 21st century.

Senior PRIDE Bingo and Brunch
2025-06-05 09:00 - 11:30 | Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, Saint Cloud, MN, 56303, United States
Come join us on 6/5/25 in St. Cloud MN:
Join us for the Senior Pride Bingo and Brunch event! This exciting event is about celebrating and honoring our amazing Senior LGBTQ+ Community. We invite Seniors and their Allies to come and enjoy brunch with fellow seniors in a warm and welcoming environment. We will begin the day with a Social Hour and Breakfast (9:00 to 9:30 AM), we will have a speaker from Outfront Minnesota (9:30 to 10 AM) and then play Bingo from 10 to 11:30 AM. We hope you will join us for this fun event!
We ask that you register, as we need a count for the breakfast

Opening Reception for Present Tense: A pop-up style gallery show amplifying Queer Artists of Minnesota
2025-06-05 18:00 - 21:00 | Gamut Gallery, 717 s 10th street, Minneapolis, MN, 55404, United States
This exhibition is not curated in the traditional sense. Instead we are opening our gallery walls for queer artists to share what feels most present and vital right now; through painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, textile work, or wearable art. Whether rooted in protest, joy, grief, intimacy, or self-expression, we welcome bold visual storytelling and authentic perspectives.
Not every piece needs to be rainbows and resistance, but they certainly can be. We believe Present Tense will offer a powerful snapshot of what it means to live, create, and persist as a queer person in Minnesota in 2025.
We are opening our walls to the LGBTQIA+ community, literally! Artists are invited to bring their own work in the gallery during art drop off (May 26th 4pm- 8pm and Tuesday May 27th 12pm-4pm ). We will provide the gallery walls and the Gamut crew will hang the art. This is a first come, first served opportunity. Once the walls are full, we’ll stop accepting additional pieces, so early drop-off is encouraged.
We would be honored if you would share this opportunity with artists in your community.
Exhibition Details:
Location: Gamut Gallery // 717 S 10th Street, Minneapolis, MN
Exhibition Dates: Thursday June 5th – Saturday June 21
Art Drop-Off: May 26th 4pm- 8pm and Tuesday May 27th 12pm-4pm
Art Pick-Up: Thursday, June 26, 11 AM to 6 PM
Present Tense Events:

Opening Reception: Thursday June 5th 6–9 PM
Gamut’s 13-Year Anniversary Party: Saturday June 14th 3pm – 8pm
– Featuring live mural painting, music, and community gathering.

Men Having Babies 2025 Midwest Surrogacy Conference & Expo
2025-06-06 - 2025-06-08 | Center on Halsted, 3656 North Halsted Street, Chicago, IL, 60613, United States
Known for its unbiased, comprehensive conferences for gay men, the nonprofit Men Having Babies (MHB) returns to Chicago in cooperation with The Center on Halsted for the annual Midwest Surrogacy Conference & Expo. If you are looking for assistance with surrogacy in the Midwest, we invite you to come interact and consult with gay dads, experts, and over 20 reputable gay-friendly agencies, clinics, law firms, and other surrogacy providers.
The program offers comprehensive guidance relevant to intended parents pursuing surrogacy in Chicago, the Midwest, and beyond, including:

The basics: medical, legal, and financial aspects of surrogacy
Surrogacy costs: budgeting & insurance considerations for surrogacy
MHB’s member resources, discounts, and financial assistance
How to benefit from Illinois’s new IVF benefits for gay men, and insurance coverage at work
Accessing benefits from employers

Join us and learn everything you need to know about surrogacy for gay men in Chicago and surrounding midwest areas, and meet participating providers that can help with your journey. Take a giant step towards your dream of fatherhood on June 6-7!

NA Meeting: Queer, Trans, and Friends
2025-06-07 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

All-Inclusive Community Clothing Swap
2025-06-07 10:00 - 14:00 | Hardwood Creek Library, 19955 Forest Rd N, Forest Lake, MN, 55025, United States
Have clothes you want to get rid of? Or looking for some clothes for yourself? All are welcome at our first inclusive community clothing swap at Hardwood Creek Library!
If you would like to donate items for the Community Clothing Swap, please drop them off at Hardwood Creek Library during open hours from Monday, June 2, through Thursday, June 5. We can accept one bag of clean, damage-free, gently used clothing per person.
Whether you can donate or not, shop the swap on Saturday, June 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. No donations will be accepted on the day of the swap. Any remaining clothing will be locally donated or used for future library programming.
We are teaming up with Rainbow Wardrobe to intentionally provide a variety of clothing sizes and accessories for all members of the community.

Golden Valley Pride Festival 2025
2025-06-07 12:00 - 18:00 | Brookview Park, 300 Brookview Pkwy N, Golden Valley, MN, 55426, United States
Mark your calendars, Golden Valley Pride Festival is back for 2025! Join us at Brookview Park, Saturday, June 7th as we celebrate with two stages of music and entertainment, a beer/cider/wine garden, kid’s activities, artisans of all types and numerous organizations and community business booths!
Love is in the COMMUNITY! Come celebrate yours at the 2025 Golden Valley Pride Festival!

Puzzling and Beats
2025-06-07 12:30 - 17:00 | Queermunity, 3036 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
🧩🎶 Come hang with us for a chill time putting together puzzles, vibing to good music, and connecting with new 🆕 and old 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 friends! ✨🛋️💬 Everyone’s invited!
To stay in the loop on upcoming events, follow our two groups:
👉 Elevate Twin Cities (E3)👉 Minnesota Lesbians, Sapphics, and Queers of Color 🏳️‍🌈💖
Here is our linktree: https://linktr.ee/elevatetwincitites

Youth Pride presented by the Minnesota School Outreach Coalition (MNSOC)
2025-06-07 13:00 - 18:00 | Como Midway Picnic Pavilion Park, 1199 Midway Pkwy, St Pau, MN, 55103, United States
Youth Pride is a free event for LGBTQIA+ youth ages 13-22. This is an event for young people to feel celebrated and strengthen connections to their community. Youth Pride has a little bit of everything; resources from local organizations serving queer youth, activities and games, performances by amazing entertainers, food from local businesses, photo-booths, and more!

TaikoGROOVE
2025-06-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, United States
TaikoArts Midwest produces the first ever taiko dance party concert, TaikoGROOVE! Rhythms drop at 7PM, Saturday June 7, at the Cedar Cultural Center. All Ages.
Surprise Japanese guest artists come all the way from TOKYO to join local troupe Enso Daiko onstage, delivering the debut of a wild, primal groove, plus many audience favorites! Guest DJ ETHYNN gets this party started!
For millenia, people have gathered in the taiko thunderbeat for joyful resilience and restoration. Join us for this epic Twin Cities party event: just what we need in these times.
Executive Director Jennifer Weir says, “People are really struggling now. I want to drum and dance wildly, and to be rooted in community. I need this – the feeling of healing, rhythms, and community connection that happens with taiko drumming.”
TaikoArts Midwest is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to producing, promoting, and presenting artistic excellent in taiko arts, using taiko to build and strengthen the community. http://www.taikoartsmidwest.org.
This activity was funded by the Marbrook Foundation, Japan Foundation, and by voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
For more information, contact Jennifer Weir, Executive Director at TaikoArts Midwest: jweir@taikoartsmidwest.org

Gender Affirming Clothing Swap
2025-06-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Hopkins Public Library, 22 11th Ave N, Hopkins, MN, 55343, United States
Drop by the Hopkins Public Library and find new-to-you clothing to express or explore your gender identity! In need of a wardrobe refresh? Bring clothes that no longer suit you and pick up some new things to try.
Please only bring items that are gently used and freshly laundered. Due to limited space during our clothing swap, we ask that you limit the items you bring to one bag.

PRIDE GAME at the Minnesota Strike Home Game
2025-06-08 13:00 - 16:00 | Sea Foam Stadium (Concordia University), 281 Hamline Ave N, Saint Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Join the Minnesota Strike, your local professional ultimate frisbee team, as we celebrate our LGBTQIA+ community during our final home game of the season! Game starts at 1:00pm on Sunday, June 8th at Sea Foam Stadium (Concordia University). Halftime performances, Thai Thai Food Truck, and more fun for the whole family. Tickets can be purchased ahead of time online or at the door. Also join us for post-game celebrations and drink specials at The Black Hart of Saint Paul. We can’t wait to see you there!

Telling Queer History Sunset Celebration
2025-06-08 14:00 - 17:00 | Queermunity, 3036 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
What: Interact with our exhibit, We Live On: Stories of Radical Connection, at its final location in Minneapolis. Celebrate the stories shared, community connections made, and the people that helped make Telling Queer History possible for 12 years. We will premiere the documentary film about TQH, there will be two storytellers, a ritual of gratitude & release led by the Ladies of the Lake, post-event snacks, and other activities.
Why: Telling Queer History has been hosting gatherings that connect 2SLGBTQIA+ people across generations and identities to foster healing, compassion, and empathy for 12 years. Our organization is coming to a close at the end of June 2025. Before we go, we want to gather with our amazing community, share what we have learned and built together, and dream up the possibilities of our collective future.
Who/When: This is a substance-free event and all ages are welcome. The sunset program will take place from 2-3:45 pm on June 8th, followed by activities from 3:45-5. The exhibit will be open for viewing from 8 am-8 pm daily, June 8th through June 23rd.
Costume/Optional Dress Code: Sunset – bust out the vibrant colors, sparkles, or dusky muted tones. Embody the time of day when the sun sinks to the horizon.
Accessibility: Queermunity is on the second floor, accessed by an elevator or full flight of stairs. There is an ADA door paddle & ramp at entry. Please let us know if you need childcare or transportation support!

KN95 or N95 masks required (and provided)
Air purifiers and far UVC lights will be operating throughout
There will be 2 ASL interpreters
There will be chairs of many sizes and styles
Sound absorption system in use
Parenting, prayer, and sensory rooms available
ADA accessible gender-neutral restrooms.

For more information on parking, transit, and the exhibit, visit https://www.tellingqueerhistory.com/gatherings. There is no fee for this event, but donations are welcome, as are gifts of cash and flowers for staff.

Timber Framing for FLINTA
2025-06-09 - 2025-06-14 | Avon Hills Folk School, 31335 Kalla Lake Rd, Avon, MN, 56310, United States
The Avon Hills Folk School is excited to announce two Timber Framing for FLINTA courses for 2025! The purpose of this class is to provide a supportive learning environment for those identifying as FLINTA to work with their hands, using traditional and modern tools to learn the craft of timber frame building. The acronym FLINTA translates to Female, Lesbian, Intersex, Nonbinary, Transgender, and Agender. This class is offered in partnership with Against the Grain and instructors Jenna Pollard and Helen Prüfer.
Timber framing is the craft of joining wooden timbers together without the use of nails or metal fasteners. Timber frames are simple, strong, and elegant, and have stood for centuries around the world. In this class, students will learn the fundamentals of timber framing, from the use of hand and power tools to the layout and cutting of mortise and tenon joinery. On the final day of the class, students will work together to raise the frame and will go home with the knowledge and skills to continue their timber framing practice and build structures of their own.

MN Queer History Exhibit – We Live On: Stories of Radical Connection
2025-06-09 08:00 - 2025-06-22 20:00 | Queermunity, 3036 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
We Live On: Stories of Radical Connection invites you into how queer people around the state have fostered community and connection over time. Learn about queer communities across Minnesota history with stories of Two Spirit and Indigequeer, intersex, and incarcerated queer and trans folks, HIV/AIDS history, sex work, and more. Interact with historically-contextualized archival video, audio, story transcripts, letters, art, poems, an ancestral altar, and queer ephemera as you explore Telling Queer History’s 12 years of community-based work.
This exhibit has traveled to four locations around Greater Minnesota and is now returning to the Twin Cities for its fifth & final run at Queermunity. Tickets are sold out for the TQH sunset celebration and exhibit launch on June 8th, but you can still view the exhibit for free from June 9th to 22nd, 8 am to 8 pm daily.
Telling Queer History is a Twin Cities non-profit organization that has been hosting storytelling gatherings connecting 2SLGBTQIA+ people across generations and identities for over a decade. Our organization is coming to a close at the end of June 2025.

North Country Gaylaxians Book Club (Online)
2025-06-10 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/

Tea Time for Transwomen
2025-06-12 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

TC Gemini vs. Boston Banshees – Pro Women’s Rugby
2025-06-13 17:00 - 22:00 | TCO Stadium, 2685 Vikings Cir, Eagan, MN, 55121, United States
TC Gemini’s last home game of the inaugural season, and Pride Game!

Join us for a free pre-game party 5-6:30pm on the Vikings Museum Rooftop with live music and beer from MetroNOME Brewery
Gates open at 6pm
Kickoff is at 7pm
Join us after the game for a social at Union 32 Craft House – BOGO Union 32 beers with a game ticket or if you’re wearing Gemini gear!

Follow us at @wer_gemini for event updates.
Rugby is for everybody!

The Macbeths
2025-06-13 19:30 - 2025-06-29 16:30 | Center for Performing Arts (CFPA), 3754 Pleasant Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
ROUGH MAGIC PERFORMANCE COMPANY PRESENTS A HAUNTING NEW MACBETH
All-Women/Non-Binary Cast, Bold Adaptation Opens Friday the 13th at the Center for the Performing Arts
Prepare for a Macbeth unlike any you’ve seen before. Rough Magic Performance Company proudly presents an original, immersive adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Directed by Heidi Batz Rogers, adapted by Catherine Justice, and with a cast of 5 women performers, The Macbeths highlights the themes of trauma, loss, and unfettered ambition through a feminist lens. Plus witches! The production runs June 13–29, 2025, at the Center for the Performing Arts, with an opening night on Friday the 13th, promising an extra-spooky launch to the show’s limited run.
Tickets are Pay What You Wish $0 – $100. Performances Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Learn more at www.roughmagicperformance.org

Pride Skate Party 2025
2025-06-13 21:00 - 2025-06-14 00:00 | Cheap Skate Roller Center, 3075 Coon Rapids Boulevard, Coon Rapids, MN, 55433, United States
It’s time for the annual Pride Skate Party at Cheap Skate! Event is $15 / 18+ / Alcohol free / Music by DJ Shannon Blowtorch, Hosted by Angela “Hazmat Circus” and Jojo Ventus Ninja. Photobooth by Anne Fry Photography. Vendors, games, food, and more! Rental skates available for $5. Cheap Skate also has a large selection of skates to purchase at the rink.
