This is a group for Couples to find more happiness in their relationship through the combination of Mindfulness and Psychology. Mindfulness/meditation is a remarkable tool that impacts all areas of your life. When it is combined with psychology, it vastly deepens the way that we can know ourselves and our partners. The group will give tools and allow for plenty of experiential practice. Group organizer, Joseph Gottfried, is a couples counselor and owner of Couples Counseling Chicago, helping c …

Chicagoland Professionals is a social group which provides gay and lesbian professionals the opportunity to meet and network. We are opening the door for networking and discussion with like-minded individuals in a safe environment that respects each individual. We engage in a number of social activities designed to encourage interaction and enjoyment. Continued membership in the group requires all members to actively participate in group activities on at least a regular basis. Always feel free t …

I'm interested in meeting other Out (semi/ fully, home/work) Professional, Gay, Black Men (OPGBM). My desire to create this Meet Up group stems primarily from feeling like I'm the only 'OPGBM' on the planet. While it's easy to connect with my caucasian counterparts...in the 10 yrs I've lived in Chicago...I can't say the same about meeting other OPGBMs. I'm a successful, well-educated, ambitous, out, professional, gay, black man. I would love to meet other OPGBMs in the world to discuss music, la …

Do something.  Learn something.  Share something. Change something…. and play games!  We remember times we've had game night with friends, and now, perhaps game night with Meetup friends works even better.  Join for an easy evening of board games.  We plan to hang at a bar, sip at a coffee house, lounge on a friend's sofa with sparkling conversation and a languid competitive effort.  Break out.  Toss some dice.  Join us for some family-fun styled adult diversion.

Our program is a powerful combination of weekend trainings, personalized coaching, and ongoing learning labs. You'll learn the principles and skills to envision and realize a deeply satisfying life, apply those principles and skills in your everyday work and family life, and get the ongoing support and challenge to become the powerful, vibrant man you always dreamed you could be.

The group joins the LGBT community in what I think is the most diverse and greatest suburb of Chicago. All welcome, no matter where you live.

I Like Red (and white) Wine is a group for GAY wine and food lovers. The idea is to provide an alternative outlet for GAY MEN to meet to pursue this interest and to also provide other social opportunities. Learning about legs and noses is great but getting together because you simply enjoy wine/food and to meet people is better. This isn't so much about learning but getting together because of a common theme. The idea is to create a community with a real life outlet. Hopefully, we will be able t …

Meet with locals in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, allies who value spirituality, diversity, love, faith-exploration, and community! Explore progressive Christianity, Grow Spiritually and Make new friends!

My wife and I are a lesbian 30 something couple looking for some normal, down to earth / mature friends (gay and straight) that we can chill with. Although a trip to a bar is not out of the question, we would prefer to plan meet ups that are more constructive and fun. We also would like to have a meet up group closer to our stomping grounds (go A-town!) and know there are other people out there looking for the same. If this matches what you are looking for, please come join us.

We're here to explore social networking outside of the bars except during special events, such as Scot's Easter brunch. All races, genders, and orientations are welcome. Our main purpose is to bring people together and have fun. Along the way, you may find cool places to go that you may not have tried otherwise. Come on in!

Men are welcome to attend this fun group dedicated to exploring the art of light, shadow and color, that is held within the male body of every shape and size. We vary our themes and models to express the different states of the healthy male body. We welcome men with different levels of experience who possess creativity and curiosity, to join us on either side of the film plane. We enjoy each others company in a creative atmosphere with mutual respect for various aesthetics, body types, and pe …

We are a non-for-profit meetup group developed to support the little Queer Film Festival in Chicago. Our goal is to foster a community of passionate volunteers to acquire and showcase quality queer films. Mainstream theaters are hard to come by. We seek small, intimate venues such as wine bars, music lounges and art galleries conducive to social/mingling and make high quality independent programs more accessible to our community. Here are some of our ideas of future meet ups: 1. Women's movie ni …

Suburban Adventures extends a warm welcome to lesbian women of the Suburbs. Our focus is to provide fun, entertaining, educational and social events for like minded women of the community without the need to go to the city. We welcome as members both singles and couples of the lesbian community. Our Meetups will run the gamut including brunches, dinners, movies, clubs, walks, hikes, snow tubing, skiing, bowling, sporting events, cultural events, bike rides, charitable events, meet & greets, etc. …

Let's get active!!!!!! This is a lesbian only meetup getting together to do outdoor/indoor activities as well as different kinds of social events as a group. Do you like to hike? Do you like to have new experiences? Do you like to help support all women sports? Do you like to attend gay/lesbian events? Then this is the place for YOU! uhhh ...that is if you are a lesbian. I envision a lesbian group where we have lots of organizers doing lots of different things! If you have an idea for an even …

Hi, We joined Meetup.com in July 2010... We have been in Existence for 3 years, and started throwing parties at public locations since February 2010. We throw weekly parties for Tgs, Couples, Single or Married Men, Single or Married Women, Bi, Straight, along with ALL Alternative Lifestyle & Fetish People. Everyone is welcome to Join our group, and attend our parties as long as you are over 21 years of age. All info about our fun parties can be seen on our website,CasualEncountersClub.com  Help …

NOT ANOTHER GAY MEETUP!! (Oh, no you didn’t!) Oh, yes we did! I am proud to announce a Meetup for the Western Suburban GLBT community has finally arrived!!! WILL THIS MEETUP BE LIKE ALL THE OTHER MEETUPS? Absolutely! We will have social events, drinking events, dancing events, sporting events…..you name it! We’ll even throw in some Lesbian Drama for FREE THAT’S NOT ALL FOLKS… Everyone in the GLBT community is welcome to join! Singles, couples, and all ages are welcome. Refer a friend and we’ll s …

We would like to be the most inclusive, people friendly, "non-clicky" Lesbian group in Chicago. We want to facilitate lesbians building community activities and bonds around common interests and/or life similarities. We would like to have many sub-groups that freely use this as a forum to meet others with similar needs and interests and building warm supportive community bonds. All different ages and interests are welcome. As long as the activity follows the guidelines of being legal and ethical …

We are a group of LGBT men and women who enjoy meeting and socializing with others who live in the north and northwest suburbs of Chicago. Our brunchers are all ages, singles and couples, and yes, we have people who come from from the city, far north & western suburbs too - all are welcome. Have an idea for a great get together?  Suggest a new meetup (an event) or post it on the discussion board or email me!

Are you proud to be LGBTQ? Do you believe it's possible to love more than one person? If so, then this meetup group is for you! LGBTQ Polyamory Chicago is a community for Chicago polyamorists who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, of Queer (Basically just something other than straight or "almost straight") This meetup group is a venue especially for Chicago's LGBTQ polyamorists to connect with each other in a community especially for us.  We meet up through parties, discussion …