playground gatherings

Playground Gatherings curates events and gatherings that center Chicago’s Black LGBTQ+ community. We foster opportunities for Black Queer folks to connect, create, and play.

View fullsize This is PG 🛝 (y’all just get it 😌)
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View fullsize Introducing PG Playdates! Visit new venues, do your favorite activities, learn new hobbies, and see the city with other Black queer young people. Playdates are guided by the theory that folk best create new connections when sharing unique, new experi
View fullsize From cookouts and dinner parties to beach parties and after parties, we played hard this year. We took the last quarter to dream up all the fun still to be had. So what’s next? Monthly play dates for black queer kin to connect to the kid with