Transgender youth group party: TYRA (Transgender Youth Resource and Advocacy) is having a grand re-opening celebration on Dec. 15, at Broadway Youth Center, 3179 N. Broadway, 6-8 p.m. For more information, contact Casey Schwartz (773) 395-3151; caseys@howardbrown.
Out for the holidays: PFLAG Chicago is hosting a meeting with the theme ‘A Holiday Outing,’ Dec. 19, 2 p.m., at Broadway United Methodist Church, 3344 N. Broadway. The chapter is inviting those in the GLBT community who are thinking about coming out to their family or friends during the holidays, as well as parents whose sons or daughters have come out, to attend. PFLAG parents will talk about what it’s like to hear the news that a son or daughter is gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. For more information, contact Brad Fuhr at (773) 907-3500.
Positive love: Loving Positively, an education and support group for relatives of HIV/AIDS survivors, will meet on Saturdays, 1-2:30 p.m., starting Jan. 22, at Howard Brown Health Center, 4025 N. Sheridan. For more information or to register for the group, please call Jillian at (773) 572-6981 or Jenny at (773) 388-8665.