Stay in the Loop with this week’s LGBT happenings in Western New York presented by Loop Magazine! 

 FRIDAY, MAY 5 

First Friday Happy Hour
5pm to 10pm, at Preservation Pub 948 Main St.

Join 2017 embraceWNY community service award honoree Jayme Cadelle Coxx for drinks at this monthly happy hour that coincides with the First Friday art walks in Allentown. $3 well drinks and domestic beers – stop in before heading to the Unicorns opening!

 FRIDAY, MAY 5 

Unicorns! 
6pm, at Pine Apple Company, 224 Allen St.

See article in this month’s Loop! Join Pine Apple Company for the opening of this invitational show featuring LGBTQ artists with a fantastical theme!

 SATURDAY, MAY 6 

AIDS WALK
9am at Delaware Park

AIDS Walk, a 5K (3.1 mile) fundraising walk, serves to raise awareness of the impact HIV/AIDS continues to have on Western New York by honoring those living with HIV/AIDS and memorializing those who have lost their fight against the disease.

 SUNDAY, MAY 7 

Buffalo Brunch at Salvatore’s Italian Garden
11am – 3pm, at 6461 Transit Rd., Depew

It’s brunch time again! Join embraceWNY, LGBTQ friends and allies from far and wide for this, the 21st annual dual fundraiser/celebration and community service awards ceremony. Tickets for the brunch are $60, including mimosas, and can be purchased at buffalobrunch.org.

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