Event Schedule

Leadership Brainery co-founders Derrick Young Jr. and Jonathan Allen are Black, queer, first-generation college graduates who are expanding access to higher education and working to diversify leadership pipelines.

Dr. Shaina Sadai's interdisciplinary research combines sea-level and ice-sheet modeling with justice-centered political ecology — working locally and internationally to support climate litigation and corporate accountability through climate attribution science.

Dr. Carl Streed, Jr. is a leading physician and researcher specializing in LGBTQ+ health and transgender care and an associate professor of medicine at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.

Attend a live broadcast of the hit internet talk show Java With Jimmy, hosted by James Hills — a prominent community advocate and critical voice in Boston media.

The Boston Circus Guild is a collective of circus performers, musicians, fire artists, dancers, and event producers from across New England. At this year’s Pride Celebration, we’re proud to spotlight two of our talented queer artists: Chels Errante, a multidisciplinary Boston-based circus artist, and Elly Craig, a queer and nonbinary circus artist professionally trained in acrobatics and specializing in cyr wheel (the large metal ring) and ensemble performances.

Utopia Dance Company, based in Lawrence, MA, celebrates culture, confidence, and connection. We welcome people of all ages, backgrounds, and identities to learn, grow, and express themselves through the joy of dance.

Experience Coleslaw's Corner live in the Charles Hayden Planetarium — a dazzling celebration of art and self-expression from a lineup of Boston's standout drag artists.

The Femmes are an all-woman and non-binary wedding band specializing in music by female and non-binary artists. Their high-energy shows feature epic sing-alongs, tight harmonies, and musicians who love connecting with the crowd. The Femmes have become Boston’s go-to band for women-centered celebrations.

Lily Hevesh is the world’s leading Domino Artist and YouTuber (2 billion views on @Hevesh5) who designs, builds, and topples thousands of dominoes to create beautifully intricate chain reactions for entertainment and commercial projects.

Boston Gaymers provides joy and elevates marginalized voices in the LGBTQIA+ community through shared love of gaming and its culture.

TQNC is a grassroots nonprofit fostering queer joy, advocacy, and arts for Greater Boston's LGBTQIA+ and ally community.

QNEST — Queers Never Experiencing Shame and Trauma — is dedicated to providing long-term housing and holistic support for LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness. With a focus on dignity, safety, and affirmation, QNEST offers more than just shelter: it builds community, fosters resilience, and creates pathways to stability for queer and trans minors facing housing insecurity.

GLASS provides a continuum of services to LGBTQ+ youth of color and their allies in the Greater Boston area. As a leader in LGBTQ+ youth services, we also provide education and consultation to other providers and community organizations.

TCNE is an organization dedicated to helping trans and gender nonconforming people thrive as their authentic selves through events such as the annual First Event Conference.

PFLAG Greater Boston is part of the nation’s first and largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and their loved ones. The chapter’s mission is to advocate for and advance equity and societal affirmation of LGBTQ+ individuals by building and strengthening loving families, safe communities, and a diverse, inclusive society. Through peer-led support groups, educational programs, school trainings, advocacy initiatives, and family-centered outreach, PFLAG Greater Boston works to ensure that everyone is seen, heard, and celebrated across homes, schools, and communities.

Boston Area Trans Support (BATS) is a peer‑run support group for transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming adults (18+) living in and around the Boston area. For over a decade, BATS has offered a safe, inclusive community where members receive mutual support in exploring gender identity, navigating coming-out or transition processes, and building lasting connections . Weekly meetings are facilitated by volunteers and designed to prioritize confidentiality, respect, and participant-led conversation — ensuring that all voices are welcomed and heard.

The Harvard Laboratory for Developmental Studies explores how infants and young children come to understand people, objects, language, and the broader world around them. Through carefully designed research studies, the lab investigates how early cognitive abilities emerge and evolve — from recognizing social cues to grasping cause-and-effect and acquiring language. By observing how children think, learn, and grow, the lab sheds light on the foundations of human knowledge and development.

The PAN center is the combined effort of two research labs at Boston Children's Hospital, that use functional and structural neuroimaging techniques to investigate how patients and healthy volunteers process and perceive pain.

Drop-in program for LGBTQ+ youth and allies ages 14-23 in Worcester, MA. We offer access to clinical services, gender affirming supplies, food, hygiene and harm reduction supplies, and more. Always confidential, always free!

Voices Rising is a feminist chorus founded upon a living practice of community and belonging, activism and education. We sing to celebrate the diverse LGBTQIA+ and women’s communities in and around Boston.

Since 1995, the Boston Dyke March has remained committed to offering an anti-capitalist, intersectional, and fundamentally grassroots alternative to Boston’s Pride celebrations. Our goal is to elevate voices marginalized in society and our LGBTQ+ communities.

At the National Center for Race Amity we develop forums, workshops, service projects, films and other initiatives to advance cross-racial and cross-cultural friendship. We move the public discourse on race beyond the blame-grievance-rejection framework to one that recognizes and celebrates our ability to overcome racial prejudice through association, amity and collaborative action.

We are an independent collaboration of mental health workers and body workers. We work from a social justice perspective and recognize that systems of oppression impact health and wellness. We are responsive to a wide range of communities disproportionately impacted by oppression, including queer and trans communities, BIPOC communities, and disabled communities. We collaborate with organizations to increase access and facilitate community events.

oSTEM empowers LGBTQ+ people in STEM to succeed personally, academically, and professionally by cultivating environments and communities that nurture innovation, leadership, and advocacy.