the Montrose Center

Community Yoga Class w/ Juju - 107
2025-08-17 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-08-24 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | the Montrose Center, 401 Branard St., Houston, TX, United States
This yoga class is an inclusive and accessible space for all bodies and experience levels to engage in mindful movement, meditation, and breath practice. Free and open to the public; please bring your own mat and any additional props.J. Faragher

"Unspoken" Screening, In collaboration with Keshet Houston - 106/107
2025-08-27 19:00 - 21:00 | the Montrose Center, 401 Branard St., Houston, TX, United States
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Out for Good 2025
2025-10-04 19:00 - 22:00
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LGBTQ+ Houston’s Premier Annual GalaMore than 750 LGBTQ+ leaders, community members, and allies will come together to celebrate National Coming Out Day and Houston’s LGBTQ+ center. Guests will enjoy a delicious dinner, inspiring program, and great company.

Saturday, October 4, 2025Marriott Marquis Houston, 1777 Walker St6PM VIP Reception7PM Doors Open7:30PM Dinner & ProgramAfter-Party to Follow!

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Benefiting the Montrose CenterEmpowering LGBTQ+ Houston since 1978One of the leading full-service LGBTQ+ centers in the nation, we are proud to support all aspects of our community – youth, seniors, gender services, HIV prevention and support, mental health services & community center.

International Lesbian Day - Open Mic Night @ Pearl Bar
2025-10-08 18:00 - 21:00 | Pearl Bar Houston, 4216 Washington Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
In honor of International Lesbian Day, join us in collaboration with Pearl Bar for an amazing evening uplifting sapphic voices at an open mic night!

Here Forever and Today: An art workshop centering liberation, care and resistance to surveillance - 112/113
2025-10-11 14:30 - 17:00 | the Montrose Center, 401 Branard St., Houston, TX, United States
This National Coming Out Day, join artist Sol Díaz-Peña in reimagining “Picture Day” as a playful space for collective self-expression. Craft wearable pieces using cyanotype, craft materials, and fabric to creatively challenge how queer and gender-nonconforming people are labeled, watched, or monitored, while celebrating our authenticity as an act of resistance.

Whether in a crafted costume, a personal creation from home, or simply dressed as your most authentic self, you’re invited to capture your portrait against a custom backdrop created by the artist and include it in a Here Forever and Today collection of resistance.

Through photography, dialogue, and hands-on making, we will ask: How do we want to be seen in a surveillance state? How and when do we unmask, not because we’re forced to, but for connection, expression, and on our own terms? Be part of transforming costumes into a living archive of resistance, reflection, and joy.

This event is free and open to all, with materials provided. Space is limited, arrive on time to secure your spot!This project is part of Glitch Lab, a new residency by the Edgelands Institute and the NOTICE Coalition, in which Sol Diaz-Peña is a current artist-in-residence, developing socially engaged art projects exploring how surveillance technologies—such as student activity monitoring software, AI-powered cameras, and vape detectors—are reshaping education and youth justice.About the Artist:Sol Diaz-Peña is a Cuban-Mexican-American, transdisciplinary artist, educator, and organizer in Houston, TX. Their practice explores identity, cultural memory, and collective storytelling at the intersection of migration, queerness, and the power of returning to nature. Working across painting, photography, and public practice, they draw from Zapotec Indigenous traditions, gender-variant lineages, and family archives to explore movement across territories as a living bond with the land and inherited histories. As a whole, their work attends to the fluid, negotiated nature of self-determined identity.

Diaz-Peña has exhibited at Lawndale Art Center, Blaffer Art Museum, and Project Row Houses, with work featured in New American Paintings No. 174. They have held residencies at Lawndale Art Center, Project Row Houses, and the Artists’ Literacy Institute (NY), and received the 2024 Arts and Media Award from the Houston Transgender Unity Committee.

The Bayou City Pups Monthly Membership Meeting - 114
2025-10-11 20:00 - 21:30
COME, SIT, STAY – For our monthly meeting to get caught up with the most recent activities and to discuss and help plan the next upcoming events. For more information, please visit https://www.bayoucitypups.com/

PFLAG General Monthly Meeting - 112/113
2025-10-12 14:00 - 16:00
PFLAG Houston continue our three fold mission of support, education, and advocacy.We accomplish this three-fold mission, primarily, through three monthly meetings, and ourhelpline. With the current political climate and increased discrimination directed at theLGBTQIA+ community, we are encountering new people and groups seeking support andeducation.

PFLAG Houston’s general meeting has two parts. We invite speakers from the community to educate us about current issues and concerns. The second part of the meeting is the support group.L. Middents

The Sooner The Better Group of Narcotics Anonymous - 110
2025-10-13 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-15 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-10-20 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-22 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-10-27 19:00 - 20:00
The Sooner The Better Group of Narcotics Anonymous is an organization for addicts that have a desire to stop using and to help each other stay clean. The group promotes the inclusion of all, including the LGBT community.R. Luna

Houston Transgender Support Group - 106
2025-10-13 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-10-27 19:30 - 20:30
The Houston Transgender Support Group is an in-person support group that meets every other Monday at 7:30 p.m. The group is a safe space for transgender adults, those questioning and their support. The group is led by a moderator with a topic each week that is followed by an open forum.J. Gunning

LGBTQIA+ Evening - 111
2025-10-14 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-21 19:00 - 20:30
Open to the LGBTQIA+ population and their family members only (18 and over) experiencing signs and symptoms of, or diagnosed with, depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorders. These groups are free and confidential. Our groups are open to anyone living in Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Brazoria or Galveston Counties.

In our support groups we:· Provide a compassionate environment of peers who accept and understand each other.· Provide participants with support and the necessary tools needed to assist them in living more meaningful and healthy lives.

Please note:– Length: 90 minutes– No registration neededL. Little

re:MIND Depression and Bipolar Support Group - LGBTQIA+ Evening - 114
2025-10-14 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-21 19:00 - 20:30

Coming Out Support Group - 111
2025-10-15 18:45 - 20:15, 2025-10-22 18:45 - 20:15
Whether you’re still in the closet or have recently come out, the Coming Out Support Group is a safe, affirming place to share your thoughts and feelings about the coming out process. It is also a good place to build your support network, ask questions, and learn about resources that might benefit you as a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender person. You don’t have to do this alone! Attendance is free.

You must be 18 or older to attend this group. H. Owsley

SLAA - 114
2025-10-15 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-22 20:00 - 21:00
12-Step open discussion recovery group. Helping the LGBTQIA members recover from sex and love addiction from a 12-Step lens.J. Gelehrte

Moonwalk Tournament Series 106 - 112/113
2025-10-16 19:00 - 23:00
Moonwalk is a local Super Smash Bros. Melee Tournament that is open to the public. This will be hosted by members of the Moonwalk Tournament Series Team, a regular host of tournaments at the Montrose Center. This event will begin at 8 and will be open until 11PM. Please contact the head organizer at 281-794-3959 or at zertuche.cristian@gmail.com for more information.

Trans*Fabulous Transgender Support Group - Online
2025-10-16 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-23 19:00 - 20:30
Meeting virtually via Zoom on Thursdays 7–8:30 PM, this peer support group is where trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people can find an affirming space to share experiences, build a support network, ask questions, and create community ties. Allies are welcome as well and asked to give preference to trans voices in the space. Interested attendees may join the virtual Zoom meeting here. https://link.edgepilot.com/s/d2606885/Noux6R4Zb0u5C_pS-DIP2A?u=https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NRx1nF7qSmGO5v_fGz8o4wFor more information, visit the Trans*Fabulous Bluesky page or send a message to transfabuloussupport@wonderlandtranslations.net.K. Senn

LGBTQ+ Center Awareness Day - Town Meeting 1978-2028 Potluck Planning Meeting - 106
2025-10-19 18:00 - 20:00 | the Montrose Center, 401 Branard St., Houston, TX, United States
Growing out of a June “Town Meeting 1978-2028” Symposium at Art League Houston, this is the first bimonthly meeting for planning the 2028 50th Anniversary of Town Meeting I, the landmark gathering of 4,000 queer Houstonians at the Astro Arena which catalyzed Houston’s queer community and led to the creation of important institutions including the Montrose Counseling Center which evolved into the Montrose Center.

In celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month and National LGBTQ Center Awareness Day, we’ll begin with brief presentations on the history of The Montrose Center and its central role in the strength of our community, and move into collective sessions to envision and develop city-wide programming for Town Meeting 2028 and related programs/initiatives within Houston’s arts ecosystem.

A Night of Remembrance: Domestic Violence Awareness Month
2025-10-22 18:30 - 20:30
The Anti-Violence Program warmly invites you to join us for a Night of Remembrance on October 22nd. This collaborative, multi-agency event highlights our ongoing commitment to coalition building and community solidarity. Together, we will honor the lives tragically lost to domestic violence and celebrate the strength and resilience of survivors.

Community Support for UNITE HERE Workers - 111
2025-10-23 18:30 - 20:30
We will discuss ways that the Houston community can support UNITE HERE workers from the Hilton AmericasB. Harrison

Beyond the Binary - Crafting Night -114
2025-10-23 18:30 - 21:00
Join Beyond the Binary on 4th Thursdays for a night of arts, crafts, and conversation. Feel free to bring a project you’re working on or something new. This event is open to anyone with an identity outside of the gender binary- including non-binary, gender non-conforming, trans, and non-cisgender people. You must be 18 or older to attend this group.For more information, contact transwellness@montrosecenter.org.C. Cox
