Join us Saturday, October 10, 2026, from 5:30— 11 pm, at Worcester’s Mechanics Hall for an evening of fundraising, community, and meaningful resistance alongside asylum seekers, volunteers, and supporters.

In this moment when LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights, and the right to asylum access are under attack, we choose to persist in our duty to protect LGBTQ asylum seekers on their journey to new beginnings.

This year marks 10 years of uplifting the voices and highlighting the struggles of LGBTQ asylum seekers at our annual Gala. We gather in solidarity with LGBTQ immigrants and asylum seekers under this year’s theme, We Persist.

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AGENDA

5:30 pm || Check-in, Cocktail Hour, Silent Auction Bidding Opens

6:30 pm || Program and Dinner

7:45 pm || Live Auction

9:15 pm || Dance Music

9:30 pm || Silent Auction Ends

11 pm || GALA’26 Ends

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GALA'26 SPONSORS

Beat Train Productions
Boston Spirit Magazine | Official Media Partner
Chip Block & Leanna Landsmann
Congregational Church of Needham, UCC
Cornerstone Bank
David McCord & Stephen Hendrickson
Dr. Tim Johnson
First Congregational Church of Natick
Hadwen Park Congregational Church, UCC
McHaffey & Nice LLC

View our 2026 Sponsorship & Ad Overview

Sponsor or ad inquiry? Email us directly!
gala@lgbtasylum.org

GALA'26: We Persist – 10th Annual Gala