Chi-Town Squares is Chicago’s LGBTQA Modern Square Dance Club. The first Thursday of every month we host a no-experience-needed dance party. Learn some moves and have some fun! We’ll find a dance partner for you! Bring a friend! Registration begins at 7pm. Dancing begins at 7:30pm. Dress code is casual. Read more [...]

Welcome to St. John United Church of Christ in Arlington Heights! We are an inclusive, multigenerational, welcoming and accepting community of around 350 people seeking to follow Jesus’ “Great Commandment” to love God and all of our neighbors. We are an Open and Affirming, “God is Still Speaking” congregation of Read more [...]

Welcome to St. John United Church of Christ in Arlington Heights! We are an inclusive, multigenerational, welcoming and accepting community of around 350 people seeking to follow Jesus’ “Great Commandment” to love God and all of our neighbors. We are an Open and Affirming, “God is Still Speaking” congregation of Read more [...]

Suburban Adventures extends a warm welcome to lesbian women of the Suburbs. Our focus is to provide fun, entertaining, educational and social events for like minded women of the community without the need to go to the city. We welcome as members both singles and couples of the lesbian community. Read more [...]

The Chicago Smelts is Chicago’s predominantly gay and lesbian U.S. Masters Swim Team, encouraging fitness, friendship, community, and competition through swimming. Membership is open to everyone including gay-friendly straight swimmers. The team currently has a roster of over 150 swimmers from around the Chicago area and includes athletes of all Read more [...]

T-MAC is a peer led community group for anyone assigned female at birth (AFAB) who identifies as male, masculine of center, or is questioning their gender. Our meetings include topics related to transmasculine identity, guest speakers and workshops. Our mission is to provide a safe and supportive environment for the Read more [...]

Team Chicago provides individuals and organizations with the opportunity to participate in sporting and cultural events according to their personal interests and capabilities. Team Chicago’s mission is to provide support to the LGBT community, furthering participation, inclusion, and pursuit of personal best. We do this through promotion, outreach, and sponsorship. Read more [...]

The Lesbian and Bisexual Moms Roundtable will become the Proud Parents Group in December 2013 and is for parents and co-parents in the LGBT community who are interested in activities for families with children and information about parenting/co-parenting, looking for outings with their children, or want to have a supportive Read more [...]

About Face Theatre creates exceptional, innovative, and adventurous plays to advance the national dialogue on gender and sexual identity, and to challenge and entertain audiences in Chicago, across the country, and around the world. Our vision is to be Chicago’s celebrated center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally Read more [...]

The mission of Chi Chapter is to support people who wish to present as the gender different than that which matches their birth sex.  This support includes help with self acceptance, help with acceptance by family, and help with a positive presentation.  Members self identify in many ways which include Read more [...]

TransSafe is a once weekly service for transgender and gender non-conforming (GNC) individuals age 18 and up, providing a safe and trans affirming space where trans and GNC individuals can access referrals and linkage to housing, medical aid, employment, and HIV services. Snacks provided

Affirmation is an independent voice of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer people and our supporters. We are an activist, all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization that challenges The United Methodist Church to be inclusive, and radically speaks out against injustice for LGBTQ people around the world.

Affirmation is an independent voice of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer people and our supporters. We are an activist, all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization that challenges The United Methodist Church to be inclusive, and radically speaks out against injustice for LGBTQ people around the world.

University Church, home to merged United Church of Christ/Disciples of Christ congregation, is an open and affirming house of worship.

University Church, home to merged United Church of Christ/Disciples of Christ congregation, is an open and affirming house of worship.

Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you are truly welcome here. A church where everybody — seeker and skeptic, Democrat and Republican, gay and straight, young and old, woman and man — has a real place at the table. We mean it. We believe that every human being is Read more [...]

Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you are truly welcome here. A church where everybody — seeker and skeptic, Democrat and Republican, gay and straight, young and old, woman and man — has a real place at the table. We mean it. We believe that every human being is Read more [...]

This group is for people who want to get together to sample the vegan dining options available throughout the city as well as other social and activism opportunities. This group is for LGBTQ people and allies who are also vegan or vegan-curious. Both as LGBTQ people and as vegans, we Read more [...]

Frontrunners/Frontwalkers Chicago is a club for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transexuals and friends who are interested in running and walking together along Chicago’s great open lakefront. We always start and finish at the Totem Pole in Lincoln Park. See the course map for its location.

Chicago Riptide is a team for gay men & women and their friends to learn and compete in the sport of water polo. It is a sport that anyone with swimming ability and basic ball skills can play. It is played in a swimming pool 25-30 meters long by 13-20 Read more [...]