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Gay For Good fosters and promotes positive, enthusiastic camaraderie within the LGBTQ+ and greater community, and this is a wonderful opportunity to recognize our achievements in equality in the spirit of Twin Cities Pride Week! Your $20 ticket gets you delicious appetizers, live entertainment, silent auction, and more. Tickets available through Eventbrite.

Since its beginnings in 1993, the Queer Voices reading series highlighted both emerging and established Minnesota-based writers from the LGBTQ+ community. With a track record of more than twenty years, the series became a national model and one of Minnesota’s most important literary institutions—and reputed to be the longest-running curated queer reading series in the country. Join the series curators and authors at the Central Library for readings and discussions from their recently published anthology.

Pride Dabbler returns to Loring Park for their eighth year to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and Minnesota craft beer. A portion of every ticket sold benefits Twin Cities Pride. This year’s theme pays homage to the art form of “drag,” celebrating over-the-top exaggerated aesthetics and high-energy live performance, and challenging the idea that gender is a binary concept. Tickets available at beerdabbler.com.

JustUs Health is hosting their 12th annual family friendly, substance-free party at Memory Lanes, featuring free bowling, volleyball, karaoke, a taco bar, kids activities and door prizes. Local drag icon Slaymantha Fox will host. Tickets available for purchase on Eventbrite.

This free block party features MC Foxy Tann, Epitome No Question, Venus DeMars and All the Pretty Horses, Dykes Do Drag, Genital Panic featuring Tina Schlieske, Static Panic, a local artist market, and more! Held rain or shine, a portion of the event proceeds will benefit OutFront Minnesota. Learn more at the Facebook event page.