Minneapolis

Minneapolis' LGBTQ+ community is centered in Loring Park and the North Loop, with a strong queer presence in Uptown and Northeast. Popular venues include The Saloon, The Gay 90's, and Lush. Twin Cities Pride is one of the largest Pride celebrations in the Midwest, and the city hosts various queer events and cultural festivals. Minneapolis' progressive politics and strong community organizations create a welcoming environment for diverse queer communities.

Housed in an old depot, this rock venue & tiny side bar have hosted & launched many acts since 1970.

First Avenue & 7th St Entry

Long-running, sizable LGBT bar with a convivial vibe, drink specials & traditional pub grub.

The Saloon

Upbeat, modern gay bar offering cocktails & classic American fare, plus late-night dancing & events.

LUSH Lounge & Theater

A Bar of Their Own is a bar in Minneapolis. Located at 2207 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA.

A Bar of Their Own

Hip cocktail spot crafting creative concoctions in an airy, industrial-style space with a patio.

Norseman Distillery

Roxy's Cabaret is a bar in Minneapolis. Located at 1333 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403, USA.

Roxy's Cabaret

Jetset Underground is a bar in Minneapolis. Located at 205 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA.

Jetset Underground

Sprawling, vibrant LGBT nightclub featuring multiple bars & dance floors, plus pub grub.

The Gay 90’s

Gay bar & nightclub serving American fare, including burgers & sandwiches, plus weekend brunch.

Eagle | MPLS

Tandem Vintage is a shop in Minneapolis. Located at 316 W 38th St, Minneapolis, MN 55409, USA.

Tandem Vintage

Unique, sophisticated men's & women's store with stylish apparel & furniture, plus apothecary items & gifts.

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The Future is a shop in Minneapolis. Located at 2223 E 35th St Suite 2, Minneapolis, MN 55407, USA.

The Future

The Smitten Kitten is a shop in Minneapolis. Located at 3010 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA.

The Smitten Kitten

Upmarket garden center with a huge variety of trees, shrubs & other plants plus accessories.

Tangletown Gardens

Combine is a shop in Minneapolis. Located at 1609 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA.

Combine

Dancing Bear Chocolate is a shop in Minneapolis. Located at 4367 N Thomas Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55412, USA.

Dancing Bear Chocolate

Silver Fern is a restaurant in Minneapolis. Located at 114 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA.

Silver Fern

Minneapolis Trolley Tours is a venue in Minneapolis. Located at 300 Clifton Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403, USA.

Minneapolis Trolley Tours

Low-key gay bar offering cocktails, local beers, drag shows & TVs for soccer matches.

The Black Hart of Saint Paul

Hail Mary Piercing and Tattoo is a venue in Minneapolis. Located at 678 7th St W Suite 2, St Paul, MN 55102, USA.

Hail Mary Piercing and Tattoo

Lively, intimate restaurant & wine bar with a seasonal menu of New American small plates & entrees.

Joan’s in the Park

Urban Growler Brewing Company is a bar in Minneapolis. Located at 2325 Endicott St, St Paul, MN 55114, USA.

Urban Growler Brewing Company

Family-owned, neighborhood nook offering bar food, drink specials & a pool table in a low-key setup.

620 Club

Modern lounge & piano bar with cocktails & a full calendar of entertainment, including cabaret.

Camp Bar & Cabaret

Mona Williams is a shop in Minneapolis. Located at 286 South Avenue, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.

Mona Williams

A group of queer femmes who love books, meeting monthly at Quatrefoil Library for book club discussions plus additional events like pottery making, game nights, social hours, and more throughout the month.

BiblioFemmes

Committed to building the bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, and unlabeled (bi+) community through regular events and the yearly national BECAUSE conference. Welcoming and inclusive of all gender identities and orientations.

Bisexual Organizing Project

A Twin Cities LGBTQ+ social group on Meetup featuring regular social events, brunch meetups, and casual hangouts for gay and bisexual men and friends looking to connect.

Boys & Brews

The second-oldest feminist treble choir in the United States and the oldest group in the Twin Cities' Queer Music Consortium. For over 45 years, amplifying messages of social justice in a welcoming environment for LGBTQ+ individuals and allies.

Calliope Women's Chorus

Provides affordable, respectful sexual health care and education at a community-based, justice-centered reproductive and sexual health clinic, including trans-affirming care, hormone therapy, STI testing, and birth control services.

Family Tree Clinic

Mobilizes LGBTQ+ and ally volunteers to promote diversity, foster inclusion, and strengthen ties to the broader community through welcoming, inclusive service projects supporting a wide range of causes in the Twin Cities.

Gay for Good Twin Cities

The Twin Cities chapter of the Gaylactic Network, an organization for the LGBTQ+ fan community covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, comics, and gaming. Meets monthly on Zoom.

Gaylactic Network Twin Cities

An advocacy organization fighting for economic justice, health and reproductive freedom, freedom from gender violence, and trans and LGBQ liberation in Minnesota. Works to dismantle legal, political, and structural barriers to gender equity.

Gender Justice

A Twin Cities Meetup group for LGBTQ+ Christians providing fellowship, social events, and community for queer people of faith in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

LGBTQ Christians Twin Cities

An inclusive, open book club welcoming all men — gay, bi, straight, or however you identify — who enjoy good books and honest dialogue. Meets monthly in the Twin Cities to discuss non-fiction spanning biography, history, psychology, LGBTQ topics, and more.

Men-Who-Read

Minnesota's only LGBTQ+ community band, founded in 1982. Offers an inclusive community for musicians of any ability level with performance opportunities in concert band, big band jazz, marching, and pep band.

Minnesota Freedom Band

A Minnesota-based organization dedicated to celebrating, honoring, and nurturing leather/kink/BDSM culture and history through communication, education, social interaction, visibility, activism, and community service.

Minnesota Leather Pride

Committed to improving health care access and the quality of health care received by trans and gender non-conforming people in Minnesota through education, resources, advocacy, shot clinics, support groups, and syringe exchange.

Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition

A collaboration between local LGBTQIA+ organizations and individuals creating a centralized hub to assist trans and intersex people coming to Minnesota, connecting resources and support networks statewide.

Minnesota Trans & Intersex Resource Network

A network of LGBTQ+ affirming mental health and social service workers and their allies in Minnesota, established in 1988 as a grassroots group for networking, support, education, and community resources.

MN LGBTQ+ Therapists' Network

A nonprofit providing education, support, advocacy, and social connections for people who are curious about, new to, or currently in the ethical and consensual non-monogamous communities of Minnesota, with significant LGBTQ+ membership.

MNPoly

A queer board gaming group in the Twin Cities that meets regularly for casual gaming nights. Open to all LGBTQ+ community members who enjoy tabletop and board games.

MN Prism Club: Queer Board Gaming

A space for LGBTQIA+ women and non-binary folks in the Twin Cities to play card games, tabletop games, and board games, make friends, and hang out in a casual, inclusive bi-weekly setting.

MN Queer Women/NB+ Game and Social Club

Minnesota's only and one of the nation's largest LGBTQIA+ and straight allies mixed chorus, sharing the untold stories of LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities that inspire awareness and social action through music.

One Voice Mixed Chorus

The 2SLGBTQIA+ Community Center in the Twin Cities Metro Area, formerly the Twin Cities LGBTQ Community Center. A physical space and organization co-created with LGBTQ+ communities for gathering, resources, and support.

Our Space MN

Minnesota's largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, building power within 2SLGBTQIA+ communities through intersectional organizing, advocacy, education, and direct support services including an anti-violence program and 24/7 crisis helpline.

OutFront Minnesota

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to connecting LGBTQ+ people in recovery with other sober folks in the community through monthly social and educational programming in the Twin Cities.

Out & Sober Minnesota

A volunteer-run LGBTQ+ outdoor recreation organization for the community in Minnesota and adjacent states, publicizing quality, enjoyable, non-competitive outdoor recreational activities.

Outwoods

Support groups for parents and friends of LGBTQ+ individuals in the Twin Cities, providing support, education, and advocacy to create a more inclusive world for LGBTQ+ people and their families.

PFLAG Twin Cities

Builds equity with LGBTQ+ communities across the Upper Midwest by providing grants and scholarships, developing leaders, and inspiring giving. Supports LGBTQ+ individuals and organizations through philanthropy and community investment.

PFund Foundation

Offers mutual aid as part of a national trans safety network, supporting transgender individuals who may be relocating to Minnesota or seeking emergency assistance and community resources.

Pink Haven Coalition

A diverse social organization for the enrichment of gay and bisexual men at all stages of their lives, providing opportunities to socialize and build relationships through community events and gatherings in the Twin Cities.

Prime Timers Minneapolis/St. Paul

A member-supported nonprofit LGBTQ+ library and community center in Minneapolis that cultivates the free exchange of ideas and makes accessible LGBTQ+ materials for education and inspiration. Hosts book clubs, game nights, and community gatherings.

Quatrefoil Library

Inspiring and supporting queer civic engagement, building queer coalition, and empowering queer leaders in Minnesota to ensure an equitable future for all.

Queer Equity Institute

A mentorship program and youth center created specifically for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth in Minneapolis, offering 1:1 mentorship, inclusivity training, group programming, support groups, social events, and workshops.

QUEERSPACE Collective

Minnesota's award-winning LGBTQ+ and Allied Chamber of Commerce, connecting businesses, corporations, nonprofits, and professionals to build a strong inclusive business community through networking, education, and certification events.

Quorum

Developing mental health services specifically for the LGBTQ+ community in Minnesota, focusing on accessible and affirming care and wellness resources.

Rainbow Health

A group of book-loving queer-identified folks in the Twin Cities who meet for reading parties and discussions of LGBTQ+ books at Quatrefoil Library and other locations. Post-reading discussions delve into themes affecting the LGBTQ+ community.

Rainbow Reads

Provides financially accessible, specialized mental health care for queer and trans youth in the Twin Cities, offering counseling services and support groups for LGBTQ-identified youth ages 13-25.

Reclaim

A community center for and driven by people living with HIV in the Twin Cities, offering free testing, nutrition and wellness services, meals, food shelf, therapy, case management, and peer-led support groups.

The Aliveness Project

A collection of LGBTQ-identified birth and postpartum professionals in Minneapolis who support LGBTQ+ families during family building and early parenting with childbirth education, parent groups, and consulting.

The Queer Birth Project

A nonhierarchical collective dedicated to delivering programs and resources that build solidarity and safety among transgender, intersex, and gender-expansive Minnesotans, offering intergenerational events, intersex services, and youth programming.

TIGERRS

A community where transgender, gender non-conforming, and questioning youth and their families come together for monthly gatherings with breakout groups for parents, kids, siblings, and teens to share, support, and build community.

Transforming Families MN

A joyful, embracing 21+ creative community for progressive aroace-spec (aromantic and/or asexual spectrum) and queer allies in the Twin Cities. Meets monthly at Quatrefoil Library to socialize and discuss queer media.

Twin Cities Aroace Solidarity

A volunteer community chorus building community through music since 1981. The fourth largest gay men's chorus in the country, promoting social justice and the elimination of homophobia through performances and community outreach.

Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus

Twin Cities Pride organizes one of the largest free Pride festivals in the country, empowering every LGBTQIA2S+ person to live as their true self through annual celebrations and year-round community programming.

Twin Cities Pride

Grease Drag Brunch featuring Nicole Paige Brooks

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Grease Drag Brunch

Flip Phone Events

A drag brunch event featuring Nicole Paige Brooks at Crave Rooftop.

Join the weekly Leather Church @ Umbra, a Sunday morning leather social hang, held at Umbra Arts in Minneapolis. The event takes place on May 31, 2026, from 10:00 to 13:00 CST. Participants can enjoy a social gathering focused on leather and kink community interests.

Umbra Arts

Leather Church @ Umbra

Fine Line

MEET ME @ THE ALTAR

First Avenue

A ticketed music event featuring the band Meet Me @ The Altar at the Fine Line venue.

7th St Entry

GOZU AND RESTLESS SPIRIT

A music event featuring Gozu and Restless Spirit at 7th St Entry.

A heavy metal music festival featuring Gojira and other bands.

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Gojira Fest 2026

Annual Pride Parade celebrating LGBTQ+ community with vibrant floats, performances, and community support.

Pride Parade Minneapolis 2025

Join Lavender Magazine for their Summer of Pride Kickoff Party on June 1, 2026, from 18:00 to 22:00. The event will be held at Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis. Attendees can pick up the 2026 Pride Edition of Lavender Magazine, meet representatives from local LGBTQ organizations, enjoy complimentary drinks and light appetizers, and participate in a prize drawing. The event is free, open to everyone, and no dress code is required.

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Lavender Magazine Kickoff Party

Join the SWING OUT LOUD Pride Dance event, a celebration of LGBTQ+ pride with a dance party featuring lively music and community spirit. The event is scheduled for June 1, 2026, from 18:30 to 23:00, providing an evening of fun and inclusivity.

Black Hart of St Paul

SWING OUT LOUD Pride Dance

Thunder Pride Ontario 2026 is an event scheduled to take place on June 1, 2026, in Thunder Bay. It is a celebration of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, featuring a pride parade, festival, and various year-round activities aimed at promoting inclusivity, diversity, and community support. The event includes resources, education, advocacy, and social gatherings to foster a welcoming environment for all attendees.

Thunder Pride Ontario 2026

The June Twin Cities Pride Board Meeting is scheduled to take place on June 1, 2026, from 19:00 to 20:00. The meeting will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams, with a provided link for joining. The organizer is Twin Cities Pride, and the venue is the Twin Cities Pride Office located at 1618 Harmon Place, Minneapolis, MN 55403, United States.

June Twin Cities Pride Board Meeting

A celebration of Pride with community activities and festivities.

Robinson Park, Pine City

MNPOC Pride

A film festival showcasing LGBTQ+ themed films with discussions and screenings.

Out Twin Cities Film Festival

Celebration of the chorus's 50th anniversary with a special concert.

Spirit of Hope UMC

Calliope’s 50th Anniversary Concert

Join us for the inaugural East Central Minnesota Pride event at Robinson Park, Pine City, celebrating LGBTQ+ community with festivities, music, and pride activities.

East Central Minnesota Pride - The First Rural Pride

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An inclusive prom event for LGBTQ+ youth featuring a dance party and drag performances.

Queer Prom

Celebrate Pride Month with your local library! Join us for a series of events promoting LGBTQ+ pride, community, and inclusivity.

Pride Month Celebration at the Library

Minneapolis Public Library

By Storm

A ticketed event called By Storm at the 7th St Entry hosted by First Avenue.

Turf Club

MAC SATURN

A ticketed event called MAC SATURN happening at the TURF CLUB.

Join the Atons and other Leather, Latex, and Kink clubs at the Eagle in Minneapolis for Leather Club Night on June 2, 2026. The event runs from 19:00 to 21:00 CST and offers a lively evening of camaraderie and good company. Attendees are encouraged to wear leather and gear (while keeping attire street-legal). Depending on the weather, the gathering may be inside or outside, with outdoor attendees invited to enjoy cigars. All leather, latex, and kink clubs and individuals are welcome to participate.

Atons Leather Club Night

Join us on June 3, 2026, from 18:00 to 20:00 at Umbra Arts in Minneapolis for 'Walk in Wednesdays with Teddy.' Stop in and see Teddy, our bootblack, who can help you take care of your leather gear—from quick shines to general leather TLC. No appointment needed—just walk in and enjoy the event.

Walk in Wednesdays with Teddy

The Ritz Theater

MY ÁNTONIA

Theater Latté Da

A new musical based on Willa Cather's novel that explores themes of identity, memory, and home.

Celebrate Prince Celebration 2026 with 11x GRAMMY Award-winner Chaka Khan.

Prince Celebration 2026 Kick-Off Party with Chaka Khan

A party celebrating Prince with live music from Chaka Khan.

Cruvell

A ticketed music event called Cruvell at 7th St Entry.

Join the Twin Cities Puppy Pack for their Backrooms Takeover event at The Saloon in Minneapolis. The event runs from June 3, 2026, at 21:00 to June 4, 2026, at 02:00 CST. Enjoy a relaxed and friendly atmosphere with Jell-O shots, themed gear encouraged, and a night of socializing and fun. The Saloon is located at 830 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55403.

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Grease Drag Brunch

Leather Church @ Umbra

MEET ME @ THE ALTAR

GOZU AND RESTLESS SPIRIT

Gojira Fest 2026

Pride Parade Minneapolis 2025

Lavender Magazine Kickoff Party

SWING OUT LOUD Pride Dance

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