Pride Events 2021
 The refreshed Arlington LGBTQIA+ Rainbow Commission logo will be front and center as our Pride banners take center stage along Mass Ave. in Arlington Center at the beginning of June. We've updated all the logos and added new banners for a total of 16 for 2021. We're also holding a Pride "Grab and Go" event on Sunday June 13 from 1:30-3:30 at Uncle Sam Park in the Center, where we'll be handing out new branded swag, including stickers, magnets, and tote bags, along with other fun non-branded pride items like flags, rainbow beads, and other goodies. Stop by anytime to say hi and pick up a few items to show your pride.
Rainbow Crosswalk Painting
June 9 @ 8-11pm
This year we’re moving on to bigger places and painting the cross-walks across Mass Ave at Pleasant Street in the center. Please sign up here to volunteer.
 Cambridge LGBTQ+ Pride
We've also planned some fun events with Cambridge. Saturday, June 12th join us for a fun musical afternoon planned by the Cambridge LGBTQ+ Commission, Arlington Rainbow Commission, LexPride, and others at Cambridge's Starlight Square (an outdoor COVID-era venue in Central Square).
1:30 FAMILY SHOW with artist Bren Bataclan
3:30 CONCERT with Taína Asili & Evan Greer
Get your free tickets here (you can pick one or both shows)
 Drag Queen Bingo
Friday, June 18 @ 7-9 pm
And finally, join the Rainbow Commission, Arlington Council on Aging, and Robbins Library on Friday, June 18 from 7-9 for Drag Queen Bingo with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence with prizes, laughs, and surprises! This event is free to join and open to all and all ages! Please RSVP to Marci at mshapiro-ide@town.arlington.ma.us for links!
We're also pleased to announce that our 2021 Pride Proclamation was approved by the Select Board on May 19th.
Be sure to check out these LexPride Pride month events for even more ways to celebrate.
We look forward to celebrating Pride with you!
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Help create the Cambridge LGBTQIA+ Community Center
 Help create the first all-ages LGBTQ+ Community Center in Massachusetts! Be part of our working group. We meet monthly to discuss: What the Center should look like, what it should offer, and how it can be as inclusive as possible. Email AJoselow@CambridgeMA.gov to get started.
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Seeking Working Group Volunteers
The Rainbow Commission has a number of working groups that we'd like to have community participation in. Top of the list are:
- Community Engagement - Help us with planning events, like Porch Fest, Pride celebration, Town Day, Transgender Day of Visibility, SAGE Table, and other events and activities open to the community.
- Public Education - Collaborate with School Committee Liaison, teachers, staff, parents, Rainbow Alliances, GSAs, and APS Diversity & Inclusion Groups (DIGs) to create a welcoming culture in Arlington schools.
If you're interested in volunteering for either of these groups, please contact us at rainbow@town.arlington.ma.us.
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Upcoming events
Reel Queer Screening of Disclosure
 June 22 @ 6:30 - 9:00 pm
Sponsored by Robbins Library Reel Queer and Arlington Senior Center. Email rlorino@minlib.net or MShapiro-Ide@town.arlington.ma.us for meeting links.
“Disclosure is an unprecedented, eye-opening look at transgender depictions in film and television, revealing how Hollywood simultaneously reflects and manufactures our deepest anxieties about gender. Leading trans thinkers and creatives, including Laverne Cox, Lilly Wachowski, Yance Ford, Mj Rodriguez, Jamie Clayton, and Chaz Bono, share their reactions and resistance to some of Hollywood’s most beloved moments. Grappling with films like A Florida Enchantment (1914), Dog Day Afternoon, The Crying Game, and Boys Don’t Cry, and with shows like The Jeffersons, The L-Word, and Pose, they trace a history that is at once dehumanizing, yet also evolving, complex, and sometimes humorous. What emerges is a fascinating story of dynamic interplay between trans representation on screen, society’s beliefs, and the reality of trans lives.” This film is rated TV-MA and has a runtime of 1h 47min.
To join a TeleParty you’ll need a computer or laptop, a Netflix account, the Chrome browser, and to install the TeleParty Add-On in Chrome. (https://www.netflixparty.com/)
Mental health support group
NAMI Connection Recovery Support Groups are:
- a confidential support group for adults concerned about their mental health
- 90-minutes long and free of charge to participants.
- led by trained facilitators living with mental illness who are at a point in recovery that they want to give back to the community.
- a safe environment for you to express yourself without being judged.
- a proven avenue to recovery
- inclusive - anyone welcome, regardless of diagnosis.
Meetings are every Wednesday 7:00 - 8:30pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87140620738
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Meeting info
Rainbow Commission meetings are generally the third Thursday of the month from 6:30-8:30pm and are currently held on Zoom. All Rainbow Commission meetings are open to the public. Upcoming meetings: Thursday, June 17 and Thursday July 15. Check the Town calendar to confirm meeting dates and locations. *Notice to the public on remote meetings: In the interests of preventing abuse of video-conferencing, all participants, including members of the public, wishing to engage via the Zoom App must register for each meeting and will notice multi-step authentication protocols. Please allow additional time to join the meeting. Further, members of the public who wish to participate without providing their name may still do so by registering to receive the meeting info and using the telephone dial-in information provided.
All Rainbow Commission meetings and events are open to the public. Please contact rainbow@town.arlington.ma.us if you need accommodations. We regret that we generally do not provide ASL interpretation or assistive listening devices. We need at least 2 weeks notice to hire an ASL interpreter.
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