Stonewall Chico's Coming Out For Art (COFA) 2026 art show is open now at MONCA at 900 Esplanade and will be open until October 31st. Art has been submitted by LGBTQIA2S+ community members and it is a gallery to behold. Many pieces are available to purchase with all money going directly to the artists. Purchases can be made at the MONCA front desk inside the gallery, during their open hours Thursday-Sunday, 11am-5pm.

The show is titled “Unforgotten Stories: An Anthology for Our Collective Memory.” Our Grand Reception is Friday, October 16th at MONCA with an outdoor art and craft faire from 4-6pm, followed by an indoor gallery reception with live performance, music, and an open mic from 6-8pm.

Join us, sign up for the open mic at the event, and see some incredible art from local Queer and Trans folks!

Join Stonewall Alliance of Chico LGBTQ+ Center and GILDEAD Health, makers of oral PrEP and 6-month injectable option on November 17, 11am-2pm at the Butte County Department of Public Health.

Facilitators from GILEAD and Stonewall Chico present a collaborative forum focused on HIV and AIDS in our community, bringing together medical and mental health professionals, case managers, social workers, peer educators, PrEP and health educators, school-based health educators, clinicians, clinical staff, and community members committed to advancing HIV prevention, treatment, care, and education.

Learn about ways to offer PrEP, bring up sexual health discussions, how to get get PrEP covered at $0 cost, and share counseling tips that actually work.

The forum is free to attend, anyone interested is welcome, and lunch is provided.

Filmmaker Travis Fine and Stonewall Chico invite you to celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with an exclusive screening of TWO EYES, featuring Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone, trans icons Kate Bornstein and Ryan Cassata, queer South African musician and actor Nakhane, Two-Spirit artist Samuel Jaxin Enemy-Hunter, and Kiowa Gordon (AMC’s Dark Winds) — along with Q&A conversations featuring filmmaker Travis Fine and legendary performer and longtime LGBTQ+ activist Alan Cumming.

The in-person screening will be Monday, October 12th at 6pm at the Pageant Theater, 351 e. 6th st. followed by a live Q&A with the director afterward.
You can also access a watch-at-home ticket to unlimited streaming access of Two Eyes for a 5-day streaming window of Oct. 13 -18.

Both ticket types include streaming access to two Q&A conversations with Travis Fine, star of Travis' previous film Alan Cumming, and cast members Lily Gladstone and Samuel Jaxin Enemy-Hunter from this film.
For all ticket types sold, 50% of sales are donated directly to Stonewall Chico