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F Valentine’s Day. Meet new Queers and discover a kaleidoscope of artistic mediums from Queer Artists & Artisans at TQNC’s Queer Broken Hearts Artists Market. Engage in meaningful conversations with the talented artists behind the works and support local Queer artists.
Come one, come all! Support Boston Queer Artists!
Vendor applications closed as of Friday January 12.
Our TQNC Brighton Queer Artists Market is generously hosted by The Brighton Elks Lodge!
326 Washington St
Brighton, MA 02135
Our huge thanks to the Brighton Elks for donating their space in support of our Boston queer artist community!
Everyone who’s committed to a supportive space for LGBTQIA+ people is welcome, including our allies.
Please stop by regardless of where you live!
✨ Meet the Artists ✨
✨ Plus Community Resource & Advocacy Groups ✨
ACES puts on unique and exceptional events in Allston to raise money for local businesses, artists, and organizations!
Mass NOW has been one of the leading multi-issue, multi-strategy feminist organizations in the Commonwealth for over 50 years. We are a member led movement, connecting the personal to political. We work on legislation related to reproductive rights, LGBTQ equality, economic justice, violence against women, civil and constitutional rights, and racial justice.
Boston Artist Impact is an Artist Civic Association for the working class creatives of the Boston area.
Brighton Main Streets is dedicated to the improvement of Brighton’s neighborhood commercial district and quality of life in the community. We strive to enhance the appearance of our stores, diversify the business mix and services in our community, keep our neighborhood clean, and promote Brighton as a destination within the city of Boston while encouraging residents to support the local economy.
Pride & Plasma fights discriminatory policies impacting the queer community in healthcare, including restrictions on queer people donating blood, tissues, and organs.
The Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth (BAGLY) was formed in 1980 and is a youth-led, adult-supported organization committed to social justice, and creating, sustaining and advocating for programs, policies and services for the LGBTQ+ youth community.
The SPARK Boston Council works to give 20- to 35-year-olds a greater role in planning for the City’s future by advising the Mayor on City policies and programs affecting 20- to 35-year-olds, helping to create and develop ideas to get 20- to 35-year-olds more involved with the City, and highlighting opportunities where 20- to 35-year-olds can engage with government and influence policy.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters provides effective and innovative services to runaway, homeless and high-risk youth, helps youth avoid a lifetime of dependency on social services, guides youth towards self-sufficiency, and enables youth to transform their lives and build fulfilling, meaningful futures.
About The Queer Neighborhood Council
LGBTQIA+ people deserve civic & community spaces where we can safely exist as our whole selves.
Showing up in front of neighbors & strangers in community and official public meetings can be uncomfortable, and it can be hard to fully engage.
That’s the problem TQNC set out to solve.
We focus on four pillars chosen by community feedback:
1) Policy Roundtables — Opportunities to engage directly with elected officials and policy experts
2) Housing Policy Advocacy Group — Based on consistent feedback from TQNC Community Connection attendees & member surveys, housing is the most urgent advocacy area in dire need of action
3) Community Arts — Providing opportunities to support and engage with local Boston-area queer artists and art venues
4) Socials — To build community and bring people from our other three pillars together, we host monthly gatherings in queer-forward spaces