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  • Art build in support of Trans Liberation March

    • June 21 @ 6:00 PM
    • until 8:00 PM
    • Pilsen Community Books
    • 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

    Join activists from @stoptransgenocide and other groups for an art build in support of the Trans Liberation March. Bring posterboard, markers, paint and other art supplies, or just bring yourself!

  • The Art of Domination and Submission with Jamie Joy

    • June 22 @ 3:00 PM
    • until 5:00 PM
    • Leather Archives & Museum
    • 6418 N. Greenview Ave

    Are you ready to step into your Dominant side and step up your kinky play? Are you looking to sink deeper into your Submissive role? This workshop will take you on a thrilling and immersive journey into the erotic world of consensual power exchange.... Read More

  • Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Augustus Wood and Camila Gavin

    • June 26 @ 7:00 PM
    • until 8:00 PM
    • Pilsen Community Books
    • 1102 W 18th St Chicago, IL

    Join us as we welcome Augustus Wood and Camila Gavin to the store for a discussion of Wood's new book Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Grassroots Struggles, Power, and Repression under Gentrification. Between 1966 and 2015, the city of Atlanta was transformed.... Read More

  • Poems While You Wait & Leatherbound Lit Poetry

    • June 27 @ 6:00 PM
    • until 9:00 PM
    • Leather Archives & Museum
    • 6418 N. Greenview Ave

    Poems While You Wait is joining us for Gear Night on June 27th, 6-9pm. We'll have a poetry writing station, rare erotic poetry from vintage kinky magazines for your eyes only, and a live reading with Ramrose and the Leatherbound Lit poetry workshop group from 7:30 to 8pm.... Read More

  • TRANS LIBERATION MARCH

    • June 28 @ 5:00 PM
    • Haymarket House
    • 800 W Buena Ave

    Organized by Stop Trans Genocide Chicago. We did it last year, let's do it again! Saturday June 28 (the eve before the Pride parade).

  • Stop Deportations / Stop the Genocide Pride Parade Contingent!

    • June 29 @ 11:30 AM
    • Assemble at W. Dakin St & Sheridan Rd, Chicago (just south of the "Sheridan" Red Line el stop)
    • W. Dakin Street & Sheridan Road, Chicago

    Please join Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD) and the Gay Liberation Network (GLN) in a joint Pride Parade contingent on Sunday, June 29th. Our aim is to highlight the intersectional solidarity that was at the core of the Stonewall Rebellion and grassroots activism in the years afterwards that won us the right to have pride parades in the first place. Help... Read More

  • I Learned Self Defense in a Church Basement

    • June 30 @ 7:00 PM
    • Grace Church - Logan Square
    • 3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

    A queer focused self defense class held biweekly at Grace Church in Logan Square. Admission is $15, trans folx fight free! Taught by Aspen Drake and Chijioke Williams

  • I Learned Self Defense in a Church Basement

    • July 7 @ 7:00 PM
    • Grace Church - Logan Square
    • 3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

    A queer focused self defense class held biweekly at Grace Church in Logan Square. Admission is $15, trans folx fight free! Taught by Aspen Drake and Chijioke Williams

  • Fetish, Erotic and Kink Figure Drawing

    • July 8 @ 7:00 PM
    • until 9:00 PM
    • Leather Archives & Museum
    • 6418 N. Greenview Ave

    Join us on the 2nd Tuesday each month for a studio drawing class where you can practice your figure drawing skills individually. We'll provide the sexy fetish models, tables and chairs.... you provide whatever materials you want to use for your art. This... Read More

  • Chicago Fetish Weekend

    • July 11 @ 8:00 PM
    • until July 13 @ 10:00 PM
    • Multiple Locations
    • Chicago, IL

    Chicago Fetish Weekend is back with another year of celebrating Chicago's vibrant and diverse fetish community. Everyone in our community deserves to be heard & represented. Friday 9:00pm | Opening Ceremonies and Meet the Contestants, Jackhammer Saturday 12:00 pm - 4:30pm | Club... Read More

  • Kink Klass: Spanking 101 *M/M Edition Presented by Justin and Trevor

    • July 13 @ 3:00 PM
    • until 5:00 PM
    • Leather Archives & Museum
    • 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

    Ever wanted to have a spanking or to give one? Learn how to redden those cheeks as we go over the basics of spanking play, including the anatomy of spanking, different varieties of spanking play, types of implements and positions, effective communication, recommendations for safe play, how to connect with the spanking community, and more.... Read More

  • Hands Off Iran! Emergency Protest If U.S. attacks Iran!

    • July 18 @ 5:00 PM
    • Federal Plaza
    • 230 S. Dearborn St. Chicago IL

    Hands Off Iran! Emergency Protest If U.S. attacks Iran! Federal Plaza 230 S. Dearborn St. Chicago IL If attack occurs before noon, protest will be at 5PM the same day. If attack occurs after noon, protest will be at 5 PM the next day. Demand that we don’t want the U.S.... Read More

  • Chicago Zine Fest 2025

    • July 19 @ 11:00 AM
    • until 4:00 PM
    • Harold Washington Library Center Winter Garden, 9th Floor
    • 400 S State St Chicago, IL 60605

    We're excited to partner with Chicago Public Library to bring you the next Chicago Zine Fest! Chicago Zine Fest is a celebration of small press and independent publishers, with an annual festival of workshops and the big expo day where 70+ zinesters sell and trade their zines.... Read More

  • Movie Club: Freakiest Friday

    • July 19 @ 8:00 PM
    • until 10:00 PM
    • Eli Tea Bar
    • 5507 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640

    Movie Club is proud to present Freakiest Friday: on a Saturday! Taking place on Saturday, July 19th at 8PM, this show will cover any and all body swap films through monologue, song, dance, idk! Anything can happen on a Freaky Friday that’s on a Saturday! Movie Club is a variety satire show.... Read More

  • Fetish, Erotic and Kink Figure Drawing

    • August 12 @ 7:00 PM
    • until 9:00 PM
    • Leather Archives & Museum
    • 6418 N. Greenview Ave

    Join us on the 2nd Tuesday each month for a studio drawing class where you can practice your figure drawing skills individually. We'll provide the sexy fetish models, tables and chairs.... you provide whatever materials you want to use for your art. This... Read More

  • Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation with Eileen Flanagan

    • September 8 @ 7:00 PM
    • until 8:00 PM
    • Pilsen Community Books
    • 1102 W 18th St Chicago, IL

    Join us as we welcome Eileen Flanagan to the store for an event in celebration of her new book Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation. As heat waves, wildfires, storms, and floods become ever more deadly, it has become apparent that we have a shared stake in protecting the air, water, and climate—for ourselves and for future generations.... Read More