[NOTE: As of Oct. 6, this event has been cancelled.]

The National LGBTQ Task Force and the 2016 Creating Change conference host committee are hosting a “National Coming Out Day” celebration on Saturday, Oct. 10, at the University of Illinois in Chicago’s Puja Gallery, 1255 S. Halsted St., 1-3 p.m.

LGBTQ people of all ages will get together to share their stories about “coming out” and living their lives genuinely on National Coming Out Day. The event is free and open to the public.

This event leads up to the 28th Creating Change conference set to take place Jan. 20-24, 2016, at the Hilton Chicago. See CreatingChange.org for more information about the conference.

For more information about the Oct. 10 event, RSVP at www.facebook.com/events/986451214731884/. Also, performers can register at docs.google.com/forms/d/16skyX-qyVfQF_4sBKGFIERxSFBrIfTdjLqTtA48C494/viewform?c=0&w=1.