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LGBTQ Boston

As the capital city of the first state in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage, Boston stands proud, accessible and welcoming.

The city boasts one of the largest LGBT populations on the East Coast with neighborhoods such as the South End and Jamaica Plain offering a good variety of neighborhood pubs, dance bars and inviting lounges drawing a mixed gay/straight crowd. The city also touts a number of mainstream clubs that host weekly or monthly gay nights. In recent years one would be hard pressed not to find a rainbow flag proudly hanging from homes and business in just about any neighborhood in the city.

Boston hosts notable annual events and festivals such as Boston Pride Week every June celebrated across the city and the yearly LGBT Film Festival, a must see and be seen event held in late March/early April.

LGBTQ Events

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dbar After Dark Aug 18
  • dbar
  • Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Friday, Saturday

The draw of dbar doesn't end at dinner. When the lights go down, the evening has just begun... Once the plates are cleared, the lights are dimmed, and the music goes up a few octaves, dbar After Dark is officially…

Coleslaw’s Corner Aug 19

An audience favorite returns with a fabulous show under the stars of the Charles Hayden Planetarium. Coleslaw’s Corner has dazzled audiences across Boston, and now it’s taking over one of the city’s most iconic spaces…

DotStories Aug 20
  • JustBook-ish, Dorchester
  • Recurring monthly on the 3rd Thursday

Join us every 3rd Thursday to tell your stories, immerse yourself in the words of others, play storytelling games, gain confidence, and build community. This is a space for Dorchester’s LGBTQIA+ community and our allies…

Tours at the Gibson House Aug 20
  • Gibson House Museum
  • Recurring weekly on Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

The Gibson House Museum is a private, nonprofit house museum in Boston's historic Back Bay neighborhood. The home served as residence to three generations of Gibson family members and their household staff between 1859…

Drag Brunch at Summer Shack Aug 22

Experience the ultimate weekend entertainment at Summer Shack's themed Drag Brunches! Summer Shack is proud to host many fabulous drag queens as they take on a new theme each weekend. Some of the upcoming drag brunch…

Donna Summer Disco Party Aug 28
  • City Hall Plaza

This family-friendly event is free and open to the public. Guests will be able to dance the night away to all of Donna Summer’s greatest hits in a groovy atmosphere complete with glow sticks, bubbles, colorful lights, a…

Jane Don't, Does America! Sep 17

Get ready for a chaotic and hilarious night as Jane Don’t (breakout star of RuPaul’s Drag Race) hits the stage with her signature unhinged humor and sharp wit. Expect wild drag numbers, plenty of audience shenanigans…

Sasha Velour Sep 24
  • Somerville Theater

Internationally beloved drag icon Sasha Velour presents a time-bending, sweeping journey through the hidden queer histories of a single place. A witch burns in a field; a clown builds a theater; an underground gay bar…

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors Oct 09
  • The Mosesian Center for the Arts
  • Recurring daily

This show bites. It also sucks. Join Jonathan Harker, London’s most naive real estate agent, as he clashes with some of the most iconic characters in horror literature: Van Helsing, Renfield, Lucy, and of course, Count…

Halloween Bash For Breast Cancer Prevention Oct 24
  • Club Café

Celebrate community and support a vital cause at the 29th Annual Lesbians & Friends LGBTQIA+ Dance: Halloween Bash for Breast Cancer Prevention! Enjoy a high-energy night at Club Café with music by guest DJ Christina…

Sasha Colby Oct 26

As a proud trans-Hawaiian woman, Sasha is a staple in the American drag industry. She’s been hailed “A LEGEND” by castmates of Drag Race past and present, is a former Miss Continental 2012 (one of the most, if not the…

The Complete Works of Jane Austin (Abridged) Dec 04
  • Multicultural Arts Center
  • Recurring daily

2,769 pages of literary perfection, all in 80 minutes of hysterical mishaps. Pride and Prejudice . Sense and Sensibility . Mansfield Park . Northanger Abbey . Emma . Persuasion . With so many classics in the Austen…

We’ve had tourists ask about walking the Yellow Brick Road - we’re sorry to disappoint them by pointing out that they may actually mean the Freedom Trail with its painted red brick line that connects the 16 main sites dealing with the history of Boston and the American Revolution. You may also want to walk the Equality Trail - a self-guided walking tour that follows the route of Boston's first Gay Pride March in 1971 and offers information about issues and individuals related to this route.

So come be a part in our continuing history. Oh and at the end of the Freedom Trail, no need to click your heels three times to get home - we recommend the MBTA.

…Let's not forget Cape Cod is just down the coast a bit. Provincetown has long been a prominent LGBTQ tourist destination. Ferries from Boston (no cars) offer a quick and relaxing way to make the trip or by car it is just a little under three hours. 

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