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Project CQY This not-for-profit, founded by four high-school-age students last year, hosts regular programs and events for GLBTQ youth, including the monthly dance party Exhilaration. The group shares a space with YPC (formerly the Youth Pride Center), a social networking and service organization for people ages 13 to 21 regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.  637 S. Dearborn, projectcqy.org or 773-729-0127 (YPC). Exhilaration is the third Saturday of almost every month, 8-11 PM, $3 if you dress up (the theme for the next dance, 4/19, is “semi-formal”), $5 if you don’t.

Columbia College’s LGBTQ Office of Culture and Community This was recently known as the GLBT Office of Student Concerns, but staffer Ryan Sinon explains, “We dropped the ‘concerns’ bit since it made us sound like all the LGBTQ community has are problems.” In addition to offering students resources and referrals, the office serves as the cozy home base of the queer student group Common Ground and hosts regular events to raise visibility and sensitivity of queer issues on and off campus. The new Queer in Color series, featuring talks and performances by people of color in the community, kicks off Thursday and is open to the public. Mon-Fri noon-6 PM, 623 S. Wabash, room 305A, 312-344-8594. “Queer in Color: Black Men of the South Tell Their Tales,” Thu 3/13, 6-8 PM, Hokin Annex, 623 S. Wabash. —Kathie Bergquist

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