Trans and Gender Diversity Meet-Up: Hot Chocolate Social
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2025 • 6:30PM-8:00PM • QUEENS CENTER (ASTORIA)
Join our new social mixer for trans and non-binary folks! This monthly meet-up is an opportunity to make friends and meet new people within the transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary community in a relaxed environment. Each month, we will have different games and activities to help you have fun and socialize while creating community. This month, cozy up at our hot chocolate social and kick off the start of this new program! We will have a hot chocolate bar with fix-ins as well as accompanying sweet treats to warm our spirits. Wear your comfiest sweater and get ready for some fun!
Friday Night Out: DECK-Orate the Cookies & Holiday Movies
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2025 • 6:00PM-9:00PM • HAUPPAUGE CENTER
Welcome to Friday Night Out, a welcoming space for LGBTQ+ youth and their friends to chill, connect, and be themselves. Come vibe with us every Friday night for music, art, games, and good company in a safe, supportive environment. Every week there is something new to explore.
Deck-orate the Cookies & Holiday Movies: Come and start the holiday season right by decorating sugar cookies and watching your favorite holiday movie. We will vote in advance so everyone has a say in what we play. Cookie decorating not your thing? We will have all your usual favorites: video games, crafts, and music. We look forward to seeing you and your holiday spirit- no matter what you celebrate!
LGBT Monday Social: Holiday Party
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2025 • 6:30PM-8:00PM • QUEENS CENTER (ASTORIA)
Jingle and mingle at our LGBTQ+ community winter holiday party! There will be seasonal treats, lively music, and festive group activities to warm our spirits.
Sin Pelos en la Lengua: Noche de manualidades navideñas con Cesar
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2025 • 6:30PM-8:00PM • QUEENS CENTER (ASTORIA)
Wow, ya es Navidad! y casi finaliza el año. Diciembre es un mes de celebración para muchos de nosotros en donde damos obsequios a las personas mas queridas. Al realizarlos con nuestras propias manos estaremos ahorrando dinero. Así que ven y aprende a fabricar con nosotros unas pulseras navideñas en Sin Pelos en la Lengua, interactuando con mas personas LGBTQ de habla hispana, en un lugar seguro y confinable.
Queens Youth Holiday Cooking Decorating
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2025 • 4:30PM-6:30PM • QUEENS CENTER (ASTORIA)
There’s starting to be a chill in the air – come to the Q-Center for a cozy winter night of cookie decorating! We will have a variety of cookies and toppings for you to use for all your decorating needs.
Community Holiday Party & Pot Luck
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2025 • 5:00PM-8:00PM • BAY SHORE CENTER
Celebrate this festive season with joy, laughter, and the warmth of community at our annual community holiday potluck. All are welcome to join the LGBT Network for festive fun including a gingerbread house show down, dreidel competitions, holiday crafts, and seasonal sing alongs. Bring a dish to share to make this potluck full of cheer and good food! RSVPs are not required but appreciated!
Paint N’ Sip: Ugly Sweater Night
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2025 • 6:30PM-8:30PM • QUEENS CENTER (ASTORIA)
This community favorite provides you with the supplies, and space necessary to unleash your creativity. This month we celebrate the holidays with an Ugly Sweater Night! You can wear one, and paint your ultimate ugly sweater pattern or other campy holiday images. No artistic training required- all levels welcome.
Queens Youth Group – Solstice Soiree
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2025 • 4:30PM-6:30PM • QUEENS CENTER (ASTORIA)
Come deck the halls of the Q-Center and celebrate winter festivities with us! As we’re approaching the Winter Solstice, let us shine a light on each other and warm up in the glow of friendship, crafts, and hot chocolate!
LGBTQ+ BIPOC Mixer: Holiday Heart Screening
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2025 • 6:30PM-8:00PM • QUEENS CENTER (ASTORIA)
This is a space for queer people who identify as BIPOC (Black, Brown, Indigenous, Person of Color) to connect, play, share, learn, and heal. Mix and mingle with fellow BIPOC folx. Connect and build intentional community. Join together to support each other in the under certain times we face. This month the holidays are upon us! Grab the popcorn and tissues as we laugh and cry as we watch incomparable Ving Rhames and Alfre Woodard in the iconic movie “Holiday Heart”.
LI-SAGE White Elephant Re-Gift-A-Thon!
MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2025 • 11:00AM-1:00PM • HAUPPAUGE CENTER
Come join us at LI SAGE Mingles, a fun hangout for older LGBT folks. This week we are holding our 1st Annual LI-SAGE Re-Gift-A-Thon! In order to participate, you must bring in a wrapped gift you received for the holidays, that you are ready to immediately regift! If you have nothing you want to regift, please bring a wrapped gift costing $20 or less. We’re all about making connections, sharing stories, and having a good time together. Whether you’ve been around for ages or you’re just checking us out, you’re totally welcome. Let’s celebrate life, diversity, and unity. Every voice matters here. See you at LI SAGE Mingles!
We meet in person at our Hauppauge location every Monday of each month from 11-1PM. We also have a bimonthly meeting in Hampton Bays. We welcome you to bring refreshments to share. For more information email lisage@lgbtnetwork.org
Sing In The New Year Karaoke
MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2025 • 6:30PM-8:00PM • QUEENS CENTER (ASTORIA)
Celebrate the coming year with old friends and new at our New Year Party! Sing Karaoke, set intentions for a great year, play games, and cheers to the community that will strive and thrive in the coming year!