Queer Keys

Somatic Practice continues at Q***r Keys as part of our Wellness Program during adjusted summer hours at the Center.

This guided group practice focuses on grounding, movement, breathwork, nervous system regulation, and creating space to reconnect with yourself and community.

Upcoming classes:
• Thursday 6/11 at 5:30 PM
• Thursday 6/25 at 5:30 PM

Free to attend. Donations accepted. Space is limited.

Register at q***rkeys.org/programs and select “Somatic Practice.”

Want to celebrate Pride with Q***r Keys?
Join us throughout June and July:

June 1 | 6–8 PM
Real Men Do Drag at Aqua Bar & Nightclub

June 2 | 5 PM–Sunset
Glow Hour at Hugh’s View, The Studios of Key West

June 6 | 4–9 PM
Pride Street Fair on Duval Street — visit our booth

June 7 | Pride Parade - Steps off 7PM
Truman waterfront | Duval St
Open spots available if folks want to walk in the parade!
Or come watch and wave to show your support!

June 16–July 7 | Tuesdays, 6–8 PM
Aqua Idol at Aqua Plex Pride is more than a celebration: it’s community in action!

If your calendar is jammed packed with other fabulous pride events, we get it! But support doesn't have to stop there.

Ways to support our mission this Pride Month:
• Make a one time donation
• Become a monthly donor
• Sponsor a program or event (TransConnect/Wellness)
• Share our posts and help spread awareness
• Invite friends and family to learn about Q***r Keys!

Show your support by donating visiting: Q***rKeys.org

This pride, let's continue to strengthen our vibrant LGBTQ+ community in the Keys!

Love Is Love. Community Is Everything.

An incredible thank you to everyone involved in the 2026 Real Men Do Drag!

Tonight was about supporting local nonprofits doing important work in our community, including AH Health, Cooking With Love,Sister Season Fund, and Marc Key West.

Together, this event raised a whopping $31,184!
A huge shout-out to Jake Scratch aka “Jakeisha Snaps” for raising $18,000 alone!

We would like to give well-deserved round of applause to Juan Benitez “Juanita Bush” and Laurie Thibaud for their incredible hosting talents.

A big congratulations to Gregory Scott aka “Stevie Di # # #” for winning Best Talent!

And to the rest of you queens, a special thank you to you all who showed up in heels, wigs, makeup, and FULL GLAM. Tonight was about supporting our community while celebrating loudly and proudly.

Your one-hit wonders will live on forever, thank you!:

✨ Jordan Upchurch aka “Jay Prism”
✨ Chris Seymour aka “Ursula Majora”
✨ Sammy Stills aka “Ms. Maggie Valley”
✨ Philip Lavoie aka “Phyllis D’hore”
✨ Don Dotzauer aka “Firey Bush”
✨ Donald Burroughs Jr. aka “Polly Darton”
✨ Roger C. Harmon aka “Formica Dinette”

Thank you AquaPlex Key West for being an amazing host and to everyone who attended, donated, voted, cheered, tipped, and showed their support. Tonight was a celebration of what makes our community special: showing up for one another, supporting causes that strengthen our community, and having a whole lot of fun along the way. Happy Pride Key West!

Love Is Love. Community Is Everything. Drag is ART!

As we enter Key West Pride 2026, everyone here at Q***r Keys Community Center wishes our community, our allies, and everyone celebrating, a safe, meaningful, and fulfilling Pride Month.

For those feeling the weight of simply trying to exist with dignity in the world right now, we want you to know this: we feel it too. We see you. You are not alone.

Remember the truth behind Pride: before it became a celebration, it was a fight for dignity, safety, and liberation.

What we now call Pride began as protest. In 1969, gay men, le****ns, bisexual people, drag queens, transgender people, gender-nonconforming people, and so many others stood together in the Stonewall Uprising. A multi-day act of resistance against years of harassment, raids, arrests, violence, and being forced into silence.

We have been here before. And we do not intend to go back.

As we move into Pride this year, we know many people are carrying real fear: fear that Pride events could be targeted, funding cut and the spaces we have fought so hard to build could be threatened.

But this is where we remember who we are.

Pride has never survived simply because institutions allowed it to exist. Pride continues because our community continues to show up. It is not up to others to decide whether Pride matters, whether Pride belongs, or whether Pride continues. That responsibility belongs to us.

So this Key West Pride 2026, we celebrate our radiant, resilient, colorful community united in love, acceptance, and pride!
Enter these spaces and events with joy. Celebrate loudly. Take up space. Protect one another. When we reclaim our narrative and refuse to let hatred define us, joy becomes more powerful than hate.

Happy Pride from Q***r Keys Community Center!
LOVE IS LOVE. COMMUNITY IS EVERYTHING.

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