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There is always a lot happening with Boston Pride but as is so often the case with life in Boston, you have to know where to look. Below are a few events happening tonight that you may want to check out.

Pride Beer Garden Takeover at Sam Adams Brewery Do you love beer? Head over to JP for this event from 6-9PM, but be sure to get your tickets ahead of time for $12. Tickets sold at the door are $15 – but your admission fee includes a free pint of Sam Adams draft of Love Conquers Ale or any of Sam Adams beers, a Boston Pretzel, Pride koozie and of course a lot of fun.

Eyes on Summer – Watchout Designs Trunk Show  James Bishai’s latest designs will be available for sale so you can look super trendy at Pride. The show runs from 6:30 – 9:30 PM at Cathedral Station

Big Gay Wednesday Party at Club Cafe includes drag cabaret, karaoke and showtunes sing-a-longs with your hosts Jonathan Brett, Lili Whiteass, Violencia, QYA Cristal and Neon Calypso – no cover for this event.

Feel free to add any suggestions for other events / parties happening tonight in the comments section below for readers to learn more about what is going on.

There is always a lot happening with Boston Pride but as is so often the case with life in Boston, you have to know where to look. Below are a few events happening tonight that you may want to check out.

Annual Pride Lights Celebration This event celebrates and remembers those we have lost from HIV/AIDS and will take place at The Plaza at Boston Center for the Arts in the South End. The event starts at 7PM and is free and open to the public. All are welcome.

Drag Divas Give Back 16 drag entertainers will be performing at Club Cafe at 7PM with proceeds raised going to the Boston Living Center. Tickets cost $20.

Show Tune Tuesday Pride edition Every Tuesday dbar in Dorchester hosts Show Tune Tuesday. Check out dbar’s very special Pride edition tonight with VJ Ryan Grow, starting at 9PM.

Paradise Pride Party on Tuesday provides you with the opportunity to get out and dance all night long. There is a $5 cover charge, which goes to benefit Boston Pride. Doors open at 10 PM.

Feel free to add any suggestions for other events / parties happening tonight in the comments section below for readers to learn more about what is going on.

Grab your favorite pumps and head over to Club Cafe tonight for Boston Pride’s annual Heels for Hope party which starts at 7PM. This year marks the 5th anniversary. Ticket sales have been stronger than years past as the event has grown but if you’re lucky a few tickets may still remain.

Check their Facebook page for details: Heels for Hope 2018: Under a Big Top.

Who’s looking for the Big Top?

Boston Pride has officially started. In lieu of posting my weekly “What’s Happening” post, I will be publishing a daily post featuring some of the official (and unofficial) Boston Pride events happening that evening.  I hope you enjoy this week – I will unfortunately be in NYC for work missing much of the fun.

To see the official listing of Boston Pride events this week visit,   bostonpride.org/calendar.

Tickets for one of my favorite Boston Pride events, Heels for Hope 2018, are now on sale and this year’s theme “Under a Big Top” makes me think this year’s event is going to be the best on yet. Show Heels for Hope some love and get your tickets today.

Get Your Tickets for Heels for Hope Here!

All the fun takes place at 7PM on Monday June 4th at Club Cafe. Proceeds to to supporting The Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth (BAGLY).

Previous Heels for Hope Parties

First Year: Heels for Hope 2014 at Boma

2nd Annual Heels for Hope at Cathedral Station

3rd Annual Heels for Hope 2016 at Cathedral Station

4th Annual Heels for Hope at Club Cafe

Earlier this month Boston Pride released their digital version of the 2018 Boston Pride Guide.  The Pride Guide includes information on all the official Boston Pride events and programs as well as over 20 articles on a wide range of topics of direct relevance to our diverse LGBTQ community.

2018 Boston Pride is June 1- 10, 2018

You may access the digital version of the Guide by clicking here. Printed copies of the Guide are currently being distributed to over 500 locations around New England and will be available at major Boston Pride events. To find a drop location near you, visit bostonpride.org/guide.

Sergio and I are in Washington D.C. this weekend visiting our good friend Frenchie & The Yankee for their Pride celebration and to participate in The Equality March for Unity and Pride on Sunday.

I hope everyone in Boston will head to the Boston Common on Sunday at 11AM for the Boston Pride: Stronger Together Rally.

One of my favorite weekly blog posts is something I created more by accident than design – my Thursday morning Vintage Gay posts. I think of this weekly post as my way of keeping Pride alive through out the year.

I grew up in a small town with an even smaller world view. Combine that with the fact that 20+ years ago the Internet wasn’t really around and there were no gay characters on TV or at the movies unless they were mentally ill, depressed or dying of AIDS, and it isn’t that amazing that many LGBT youth like me grew up thinking there was something fundamentally wrong with them.

Fortunately, my impressions of what it meant to be gay changed forever and for the better when three things happened in the late 1990s: access to the Internet, moving to a progressive city with a sizable gay community and Hollywood realizing gay characters could be depicted as funny or happy people (thank you Will & Grace). These changes helped me realize I wasn’t alone or a genetic freak of nature and it is in that context and with that life experience that I created my weekly post “Vintage Gay”. These photos, which capture happy moments in people’s lives from the past, were hidden from view and rarely shared – at least not shared widely enough so a kid like me might see them and know that it really does get better, to paraphrase a great point that can never be stressed enough to gay youth struggling with their own sexual identity and desires to simply fit in.

Happy Pride