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Queer Advocacy Supper Club
May
6

Queer Advocacy Supper Club

QUEER ADVOCACY SUPPER CLUB

🆕🪩 Join us in JP for a special Queer Advocacy Meeting with Ethos’ LGBTQ+ Elders & Friends Out4Supper Club!

All are welcome 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

🍝 DINNER PROVIDED! Please RSVP to reserve a seat 🎟️

🍒 5pm-6pm: Appetizers & Social

🗒️ 6pm-8pm: Dinner & Meeting

This is an opportunity to engage in advocacy on queer issues prioritized by the group, including housing, transportation, healthcare, and queer youth — while enjoying a chill social vibe and food. All experience levels are welcome! 🌸

Space is limited. RSVP to reserve a seat by emailing ethoscafe@ethocare.org.

 

TQNC is a queer community collective fostering queer joy, advocacy, and arts for Greater Boston’s LGBTQIA+ and ally community. TQNC hosts queer community events where we can safely exist as our whole selves, advocates for our queer community, and provides support services for queer community members facing threats to their basic physical and mental health. Find us on Instagram & Bluesky @tqncboston or TQNC.org

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Reading is Resistance: a TQNC Book Club
May
12

Reading is Resistance: a TQNC Book Club

Reading is Resistance: A TQNC Book Club & Community Hang 

In times like these, stories are our refuge, our resistance, and our roadmap to a better future. Join facilitator Kimberly Rhoten for Reading is Resistance, a monthly book club and community gathering designed to nourish, inspire, and empower our LGBTQIA2S+ community.

Each month, we’ll read books that challenge injustice, celebrate queer joy, and deepen our understanding of the world and each other. 

*PLEASE NOTE: You do NOT have to read the book to join. This isn’t just a book club—it’s a space for connection. Come for the books, stay for the conversation, and build relationships with fellow queer neighbors who believe in the power of literature as activism.

Where? Virtual (with quarterly opportunities to meet in person!)
When? Monday, May 12th from 7-8PM (monthly)

What are we reading? We’ll choose together! Books that support us in these times—whether that means radical resistance, queer joy, or both.

May Book of the Month: Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade

*available at local and online libraries


Because reading is resistance. And resistance is better together. 

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Budget Advocacy Workshop
Apr
2

Budget Advocacy Workshop

TQNC Budget Advocacy Workshop

hosted by Morgan McDaniel

Join TQNC for a virtual Budget Advocacy Workshop for the City of Boston.

Please join regardless of where you live! Anyone who cares about Boston is welcome.

 

TQNC is a queer community collective fostering queer joy, advocacy, and arts for Greater Boston’s LGBTQIA+ and ally community. TQNC hosts queer community events where we can safely exist as our whole selves, advocates for our queer community, and provides support services for queer community members facing threats to their basic physical and mental health. Find us on Instagram & Bluesky @tqncboston or TQNC.org.

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Queer Advocacy Policy & Potluck
Apr
1

Queer Advocacy Policy & Potluck

Join us for a Queer Advocacy Group meeting, over a potluck dinner Downtown (RSVP for address).

This is an opportunity to engage in advocacy on queer issues prioritized by the group, including housing, transportation, healthcare, and queer youth — while enjoying a chill social vibe and food. All experience levels are welcome!

A note on the “potluck”

  • It’s ok to bring something small

  • It’s ok to bring something store-bought

  • It’s ok to bring absolutely nothing and still eat!

TQNC is a queer community collective fostering queer joy, advocacy, and arts for Greater Boston’s LGBTQIA+ and ally community. TQNC hosts queer community events where we can safely exist as our whole selves, advocates for our queer community, and provides support services for queer community members facing threats to their basic physical and mental health. Find us on Instagram & Bluesky @tqncboston or TQNC.org

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Trans Day of Visibility Celebration with Boston City Council
Mar
19

Trans Day of Visibility Celebration with Boston City Council

Hosted by Boston City Councilors Henry Santana and Sharon Durkan.

Join us in recognizing the amazing work local organizations are doing to support Boston's transgender community.


TQNC will be publicly acknowledged during the presentation, and all members are invited to join the Councilors on the City Council floor.

Councilors Santana & Durkan will be introducing a resolution officially recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility in Boston

Join TQNC after for a BYO lunch at the Boston Public Market!

TDOV Reception: 11AM, City Council Reception, 5th floor of Boston City Hall

City Council Presentation: 12PM, Iannella Chamber, 5th floor of Boston City Hall

TQNC Lunch: 1:30pm, Boston Public Market 100 Hanover Street, Boston MA 02108

TQNC is a queer community collective fostering queer joy, advocacy, and arts for Greater Boston’s LGBTQIA+ and ally community. TQNC hosts queer community events where we can safely exist as our whole selves, advocates for our queer community, and provides support services for queer community members facing threats to their basic physical and mental health. Find us on Instagram & Bluesky @tqncboston or TQNC.org

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Queer Advocacy Virtual Working Session
Mar
18

Queer Advocacy Virtual Working Session

Join us virtually to engage in advocacy on queer issues prioritized by the group, including housing, transportation, healthcare, and queer youth. All experience levels are welcome!

TQNC is a queer community collective fostering queer joy, advocacy, and arts for Greater Boston’s LGBTQIA+ and ally community. TQNC hosts queer community events where we can safely exist as our whole selves, advocates for our queer community, and provides support services for queer community members facing threats to their basic physical and mental health. Find us on Instagram & Bluesky @tqncboston or TQNC.org

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Queer Advocacy Potluck Dinner
Mar
4

Queer Advocacy Potluck Dinner

Join us for a Queer Advocacy Group meeting, over a potluck dinner Downtown (RSVP for address).

This is an opportunity to engage in advocacy on queer issues prioritized by the group, including housing, transportation, healthcare, and queer youth — while enjoying a chill social vibe and food. All experience levels are welcome!

A note on the “potluck”

  • It’s ok to bring something small

  • It’s ok to bring something store-bought

  • It’s ok to bring absolutely nothing and still eat!

TQNC is a queer community collective fostering queer joy, advocacy, and arts for Greater Boston’s LGBTQIA+ and ally community. TQNC hosts queer community events where we can safely exist as our whole selves, advocates for our queer community, and provides support services for queer community members facing threats to their basic physical and mental health. Find us on Instagram & Bluesky @tqncboston or TQNC.org.

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Queer Advocacy Potluck Dinner
Feb
4

Queer Advocacy Potluck Dinner

Join us for a Queer Advocacy Group meeting, over a potluck dinner Downtown (RSVP for address).

This is an opportunity to engage in advocacy on queer issues prioritized by the group, including housing, transportation, healthcare, and queer youth — while enjoying a chill social vibe and food. All experience levels are welcome!

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Queer Advocacy Potluck Dinner
Jan
7

Queer Advocacy Potluck Dinner

Join us for a Queer Advocacy Group meeting, over a potluck dinner Downtown (RSVP for address).

This is an opportunity to engage in advocacy on queer issues prioritized by the group, including housing, transportation, healthcare, and queer youth — while enjoying a chill social vibe and food. All experience levels are welcome!

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Housing & Policy Potluck Dinner
Dec
2

Housing & Policy Potluck Dinner

Join us for a Housing & Policy Advocacy Group meeting — over a potluck dinner hosted in Downtown Crossing.

This will be a policy-oriented social, with some planning for our upcoming advocacy work, with a low-key vibe. All are welcome, no experience required!

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Housing & Policy Potluck Dinner
Nov
19

Housing & Policy Potluck Dinner

Join us for a Housing & Policy Advocacy Group meeting — over a potluck dinner hosted in Downtown Crossing.

This will be a policy-oriented social, with some planning for our upcoming advocacy work, with a low-key vibe. All are welcome, no experience required!

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Housing & Policy Over Potluck Dinner
Sep
18

Housing & Policy Over Potluck Dinner

 

Join us for a Housing & Policy Advocacy Group meeting…over a potluck dinner Downtown (RSVP for address).

We’ll be planning for our upcoming advocacy work and Policy Roundtables, but with a chill social vibe with food.

A note on the “potluck”

  • It’s ok to bring something small

  • It’s ok to bring something store-bought

  • It’s ok to bring absolutely nothing and still eat!

We also have drinks left from our birthday party — this won’t be an alcohol-centric event, but 21+ attendees are welcome to a drink.

 
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Policy Roundtable with Boston City Councilor At-Large Henry Santana
May
22

Policy Roundtable with Boston City Councilor At-Large Henry Santana

  • Boston City Hall – 5th Floor (Enter on 1st Floor on Congress St side) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join a dynamic discussion with Boston City Councilor At-Large Henry Santana, covering legislative priorities his office is working on, Boston’s annual budget, and the critical issues you want to see the Boston City Council address!

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