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A collection of resources for our community.

Join us for an evening of erotic literature and poetry.

Valentine’s Day voguing ball ft. House of Eon and Jason Rodriguez

Come to the LGBTQ Center to viewf Mady G’s solo show, Superfreaky!

Free food and LGBTQ family, what’s not to love!

Come gather at the center to recognize and remember the lives of those trans and gnc that came before us.

Join with those affected by HIV and AIDS, their loved ones and allies for a day to honor our past & take action for our future.

A pop-up support group for anyone feeling alone, unsafe, or unsupported during the holiday season

MOLST (Medically Ordered Life Sustaining Treatment) Workshop

Are you LGBTQ+ and looking to change you legal name or gender marker to one that matches your authentic identity?

Join us for our upcoming Introduction to Reiki workshop facilitated by Lorry Saluzzi, Sensei.

An educational presentation to better understand the need for regular breast/chest cancer screening.

Get in witch, we’re going haunting! Come party with us at this year’s Spookeasy Halloween Party!

The Center presents a special evening where LGBTQ people of all ages break bread together. Delicious food will be prepared by local chef Emmet Moeller!

A workshop to help individuals, communities, organizations and institutions move beyond addressing the symptoms of racism to undoing the root causes.

Imago Therapy is an approach to relationship repair and connection focusing on our inherent
ability to heal relationship rupture.

An educational presentation to better understand the need for regular breast/chest cancer screening.

Come see an art show about the reclamation of slurs, and how we live with them.

This free workshop will equip you with the skills, knowledge and tools you will need to respond respectfully, ethically and sensitively to people in the LGBTQ+ & I/DD communities.

This workshop will explain what Advanced Directives are, as well as how to protect your right to have them are enforced.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach caring people how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis.

Come hang out with your community
for a family day of fun!

Come listen to some local LGBTQ+ punk music.

Drag bingo is back at our favorite location! Join us for prizes, laughs, libations, and more.

The Radical Liberation Project seeks to dismantle generations of internalized oppression and white supremacy through engaging with the written word of bipoc, the lgbtqia+ community, and our allies.

Join the Center and the New York Transgender Advocacy Group for a GENDA Know Your Rights training.

Featuring a Video Screening and Discussion with Cities:Skylines Youtuber Justin Roczniak (aka Donoteat)! Learn how about the problems of displacement, urban planning, luxury development, and the solutions, like rent control, community land trusts, good cause eviction law, and more, from the #1 leftist Cities:Skylines Youtuber. “Roczniak delves deep into the relationship between historical facts and…

Join the Renegades and Minor League Baseball to help us celebrate and embrace the LGBTQ community here in the Hudson Valley.

Ever wonder where the rainbow flag comes from? Join us to celebrate the publication of its creator’s memoir and learn more about LGBTQ history.

Ever wonder where the rainbow flag comes from? Join us to celebrate the publication of its creator’s memoir and learn more about LGBTQ history.

A workshop designed to help you manage food budgets, diet, and cooking.

The Secret City is hosting another community craft making workshop.

Adult Ballez is a joyful class that strives to re-imagine what ballet can be, who it can be for, and how it can be done.

Free HIV/STI screening in collaboration with Hudson Valley Community Services (HVCS) 5:00 p.m to 7:30 p.m.

The Center and Woodland Pond present a special evening where LGBTQ people of all ages break bread together, strengthening our community ties and forging new traditions across generations.

LGBTQ history is rarely taught in schools or celebrated in mainstream media. It’s up to us to pass down our stories and write the history left out of textbooks.

A 60’s EXPERIENCE! It’s the annual Youth Pride Dance Party! Get out your dancing shoes and your best rainbow gear. There will be a DJ, photo booth, drag performers, dinner, and more! In honor of the Stonewall Riots, we’re going with a 60’s theme! We’ll also have an LGBTQ history pop-up exhibit. Suggested donation $5,…

One night only! The New Deal Creative Arts Center presents their production of GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE at the Center!

Join us at The Beverly on Thursday, June 20th for some yummy soup, queer community, and some jams with all the local queers and their allies.

Come join the LGBTQ Center at Ridgewell fitness for free all-day access to open gym use and classes at a queer friendly space.

The return of the hottest LGBTQ Pride Dance Party in the Hudson Valley! DJ Mina keeps it bumpin’, plus killer performances by Yuhua Hamasaki (RuPaul’s Drag Race) and New Paltz Drag King Show Ponii!

We are proud to announce that this Pride, the Center will be looking back on this history, and marching forward in the footsteps of our elders.

Join us for a late afternoon garden party and Tea Dance at the gorgeous Forsyth Bed & Breakfast to celebrate the release of our 2019 Hudson Valley LGBTQ Pride Guide. Drink specials, BBQ, dancing and drag in the sunshine.

Come to Circles Prom, an LGBTQ prom for high school students on May 18th in Newburgh from 6-9pm.

As the Day of Silence comes to a close, the Break the Silence Teen Dance unfolds with drag performances, DJs, dancing, drinks, and food! All LGBTQ+ and allied teens ages 12-19 are welcome.

The Center joins with Ulster County Executive Hein and representatives from various schools and community groups to launch a social media campaign to halt cyber bullying.

Join activist, healer, licensed Social Worker, and certified yoga instructor Naimah Efia Johnson, and the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center’s Well-Being Institute, for a Black, indigenous, and people of color-centered yoga session.

Join us for an evening of erotic literature and poetry on February 14th at PAKT!

Celebrate the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center with our Board of Directors and fellow LGBTQ advocates during our 12th annual gala on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 6pm. Cocktails, dinner, silent & live auctions, and dancing!

LGBTQ adults gather and connect! Join the Center and the Hudson Valley chapter of SAGE (Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders) for light fare and beverages and good company. Wednesday the 23rd, 1-3pm at the Center.

The Center will offer discussion, materials, and tips on how to take action for LGBTQ+ justice.

Bingo will return in February! You don’t want to miss this–friends, laughs, and prizes abound! $5 suggested donation. Every first Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

The Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center and Legal Services of the Hudson Valley are teaming up to bring you a legal name and gender marker change clinic in Orange County.

A party that’s to die for. DJ Cherry Pop, dancing, literal finger foods, mocktails, beer, wine, photo booth, The Conservative House of Horrors, queens, tarot, movies, and so much more.

Join the Center and the Hudson Valley Queer Youth Project for a night of drag queens, music, dancing, movies, pizza, ice cream, and lots of fun.

Bluegrass, burgers, “Barnyard Bingo” and more are in store for the annual “Out On The Farm”. Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 13th and join us from 3p to 9p at the beautiful Sprout Creek Farm in Poughkeepsie.

We’re pleased to announce our work and commitment to the Hudson Valley’s LGBTQ and allied communities is being honored by incredible institutions in the region.

Yee haw! Saddle up cowpokes, because Kingston, NY, is having a good ol’ fashioned, country-fried, LGBTQ hoedown block party.

This free workshop is for LGBTQ and allied youth ages 12-19 who want to learn more about birth control and the reproductive health rights of minors. Donuts included.

All interested volunteers welcome! Come and learn how you can get involved.

Adult Ballez is a joyful class that strives to re-imagine what ballet can be, who it can be for, and how it can be done.

The Center is proud to announce our 2018 Pride March and Festival! During the month of June the Center hosts over a dozen events and activities in honor and celebration of Pride Month and there are plenty of ways to get involved.

Get out your dancing shoes and your best rainbow gear. There will be a DJ, photo booth, dinner, and more! Friday June 15th, 7:00-10:00 pm at the Hudson valley LGBTQ Center, 300 Wall St., Kingston.

The Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Radio Kingston, and O+ want to paint the town rainbow!

If you are interested in matching with the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center’s contingent at Black and Brown Pride, June 9th, in Albany email Anibal393@gmail.com

If you are interested in marching with the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center’s contingent at Hudson Pride June 17th, email rettsie@gmail.com

If you are interested in marching with the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center’s contingent in Albany Pride’s march on June 10th, please email Tracy at tdomaszowec@gmail.com

The return of the hottest LGBTQ Pride Dance Party in the Hudson Valley! June 1st, 9:00 pm-2:00 am at The Beverly, 224 Foxhall Ave, Kingston.

Join us Saturday June 2nd 1:00-4:00 pm at the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center for our Pride Art Opening: Big Girl Stretch

The summer’s biggest, and most fabulous BYO picnic is here again at LOCUST GROVE! Hudson Valley Pride Picnic starts at 5pm, ends at 10:00 pm,  and now is the time to start planning for the most fabulous picnic of the summer!

The Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center and Legal Services of the Hudson Valley are teaming up to help you with the name change process.

Come celebrate our wonderful volunteers on Saturday June 2nd, 5:00-7:00 pm at the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center, 300 Wall St., Kingston.

Saddle up cowpokes, because Kingston, has an annual a good ol’ fashioned, country-fried, LGBTQ hoedown block party. Live music, drag shows, performance art, and so much more!  Join your friends and neighbors on sponsored by PAKT for this inclusive outdoor event benefiting the Center.  Date and location will be updated in 2018. Photo Credit: Ace…

Join us for the 2017 Spring Gala, a wonderful evening of celebration, good company and community with cocktails, dinner, silent and live auctions, awards and dancing. Individuals, partners and families welcome. You can even bring a group of friends and occupy your own table! Saturday, March 4, 2017, 6-11 p.m. The Grandview, 176 Rinaldi Boulevard,…

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Register today and get ready walk. Hudson Valley Pride 2017 is coming soon.