Upcoming events
MIDD PRIDE 2024
Mark your calendars, save the date, buy your rainbow swag. 🌈
Do all the things because it’s back and we’re hoping to be bigger AND better! Stay tuned for more details.
Queer Wine Tasting Night at Schmetterling
Join Schmetterling and MiddPride for a delicious Queer Wine Tasting Night. The evening will feature a collection of wines by out queer winemakers. Thank you Schmetterling for the generosity to make this event free for all participants. If you would like to donate to MiddPride, we will have a donation bucket available.
Queerphobia's a Drag Afterparty
Arrive in drag (if you want!) ready to celebrate queer joy and MiddPride. All are welcome but this event was created with teens and adults in mind. We’ll have snack, non-alcoholic drinks, and LIVE MUSIC from Almendros. Hope you can join us!
Drag Queen Story Hour
Join Emoji Nightmare and Miss Beth for a wonderful Drag Queen Story Hour on the Middlebury Town Green!
Pride Parade Pre-Party
Get ready for PRIDE! Ilsley has all your PRIDE needs covered: poster-making, face painting, rainbow wands, hair chalk, and more! Gather to proudly promote LGBTQIA+ belonging. Family friendly.
American Flatbread Benefit Bake for MiddPride
Join us at American Flatbread for delicious flatbread, community art, and maybe live music! $2 per medium and $3 per large pizza go to support next year’s Middlebury Pride Festival.
SpeakOut and Sign Preparation
A portion of Pride is to dedicated to speaking out and sharing what it’s like to be queer here. Come to The Teen Center on June 20th to prepare a speech or sign. You don’t need to attend to speak. If you want to speak day-of, come to the gazebo during Pride (June 25th) after the drag queens perform.
EartH+Salt InsTagram Giveaway
We’re partnering with Earth+Salt for an epic sexual pleasure giveaway! You can win a $25 giftcard and a copy of Pleasure Activism by adrienne marie brown. Follow @middpride and @earthandsaltshop and comment what pride event you’re looking forward to to enter. Must be 18+ to win. Winner announced Friday, June 23rd, and can pick up their prize at Middlebury Pride.
Gender Affirming Clothing Swap
Please join The Teen Center for a clothing swap! This event is for youth ages 12-18. If you wish to donate clothing of any size, please drop it off at The Teen Center during on-staff hours, 3-6pm M-F. You do not need to bring clothes to participate, but are welcome to. All remaining clothes will be donated.
Gay Brunch and Spiritual space
Join us at ShireTown on Sunday, June 11th for an awesome gay brunch, 9:30-11:30 am! All are welcome. We are inviting LGBTQIA+ affirming spiritual and religious folks but you totally don’t need a connection to spirituality to share this space. The food will be delicious and free. We will be outside. A cash bar will be open. Yum! See you there.
Banned Book Club
The Teen Center is teaming up with Ms. Ray’s Reading Room for an amazing banned book club featuring Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe. It starts Friday, June 9th at 6 pm. Our last meeting is June 30th. Dinner will be provided! Let Teen Center staff know you’re interested so we can make sure we have enough books. Just for teens + all identities welcome + centering our gender queer teens
Queer Trivia Night
Join MiddPride and the Marquis for a Queer Trivia Night on Wednesday, June 7th! The first round starts at 5:30 pm and the second round starts at 6:45 pm. Admission is free, the restaurant and bar are open, and this event is open to all. We hope to see you there!
Free Queer/Trans Yoga at otter creek yoga
Please join Otter Creek Yoga for a lovely afternoon of yoga and LGBTQIA+ affinity. This event is free and open to all. 99 Maple St, Middlebury, VT 05753
LGBTQIA+ Vermont Story Submission
Are you a LGBTQIA+ person who lives and loves in Vermont? Tell us a story! Your story may be part of an exhibit during Middlebury Pride 2023. The purpose is to show the range of experiences LGBTQIA+ Vermonters have… the story should be about you living and/or loving! Tell us any story, just don’t use someone’s real name without their explicit permission.
Transgender Health Q&A
Pediatricians from Porter Medical Center will join The Teen Center during LGBTQIA+ group for a Trans Health Q&A! This is open to local queer and questioning youth. Please send questions to elio@teencentervt.org. Key questions and answers will be posted on Instagram after the event.