Summer-Long ‘Swim for Life’ (virtual) / through Sept. 12, 2020
For 32 years, thousands have plunged into Provincetown Harbor and stroked or paddled their way to raise life-saving funds for AIDS and women’s health organizations. This year, faced with pandemic restrictions of...
Out Maine Rainbow Ball | (virtual) through mid-May, 2021
Every year, LGBTQ teens in the Pine Tree State find fun and support in the Rainbow Ball, an alternative prom-like party hosted by the organization Out Maine. In 2021, the colorful festivities...
Trans Club of New England’s ‘First Event’ | Jan. 14–15, 2022
Presented by the Trans Club of New England, First Event is one of the largest and longest-running transgender conferences in the world. After taking a break in 2021, the conference is returning...
Snowbound Leather Weekend in P’town | Feb. 24–26, 2023
Lace up those boots and beat it to Provincetown for the annual Snowbound Leather Weekend — now in its twenty-sixth year! — that unites leather-loving men in a wintry blast of fun....
Paige Turner’s ‘Slay Ride!’ | Dec. 1 (P’town) & Dec. 2–3 (Club Café)
Paige Turner’s signature catchphrase is “Slurp!” (It’s the NYC-based drag performer’s way of describing a hot guy.) Her holiday show, though, trades “Slurp!” for “Slay!” And you can definitely expect enough live...
Idina Menzel
Long before she had tots around the world wailing along to the soundtrack to the Disney flick “Frozen,” Idina Menzel was a favorite among LGBT audiences for originating the role of bisexual performance artist...
The Theater Offensive’s ‘Beyond the Stage’ (virtual) / November 12, 2020
The Theater Offensive’s premier annual fundraiser, “Beyond the Stage” for their LGBTQ youth program — one of COVID-19’s earliest postponed events back in March — has now been rescheduled for November 12....
Monmouth Community Players ‘The Laramie Project’ | July 16–18
It’s not exactly the high plans of Wyoming, but the natural beauty of the Maine countryside will likely make for a haunting backdrop when the Monmouth Community Players return to live performance...
The Fenway Social | June 29, 2022
This sip-and-munch mixer to benefit Fenway Health, the nonprofit LGBTQ health care center, will surely be one of the best-catered lawn parties of the summer. It takes place outside at Time Out...
‘The Prom’ at Speakeasy Stage | May 5–June 3, 2023
It’s prom season all across New England, and luckily, a lot of schools have come a long way since the days when queer folks were disallowed from inviting a same-sex date or...
