Picnic and pride: Chicago's first Latino/a LGBTQ Pride Picnic will take place June 10, 12-5 p.m., at Gill Park, 825 W. Sheridan. Events will include dancing, face painting and performances. E-mail orgulloenaccion@gmail.com or visit www.orgulloenaccion.org .
The truth about drugs: TPAN will present 'Substance Use: Truth, Theory and Fact' on June 7, 7-9 p.m., 5537 N. Broadway. The guest speaker will be Bill Streepy of Heartland Alliance. See www.tpan.com; 773-989-9400.
It's a kick: Chicago Gay Games men's soccer teams will be hosting a fundraiser at T's Restaurant, 5025 N. Clark, on June 8, 7-11 p.m. ( There will also be raffle drawings. )
Teen dreams: On June 10 at Ann Sather, 922 W. Belmont, at 7 p.m., the Center on Halsted, Broadway Youth Center, Youth Pride Center and Project VIDA will host an LGBTQ prom. Tickets are $5.00 in advance or $7.00 at the door. Contact Aaron Bowen at bowensmart@yahoo.dk or Janie Denomme at 773-472-6469, ext. 226.
All that jazz: South Side Help Center will host its 3rd Annual Dinner 'n Jazz Gala on June 8 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker, 7-11 p.m. Call 773-445-5445, ext. 19.
Same time, DIFFA year: The Chicago chapter of the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS ( DIFFA ) will hold its 18th gala, 'Departure,' in the Grand Ballroom, McCormick Place South, 2301 S. Martin Luther King, on June 10, 6:30 p.m.-1:00 a.m. Call 312-644-6412 or see www.diffachicago.org .
Roaring to go: AIDS Legal Council of Chicago will host 'AIN'T WE GOT FUN: The ALCC Gatsby Garden Party'—a party with a roaring '20s theme—on June 7, 6-8:30 p.m., at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted. Tickets start at $50 each. Call 312-427-8990 for more info.
Trans-cendent: Be-All 2006, Chicago's transgender convention, will take place June 6-11 at the Sheraton Chicago Northwest in Arlington Heights. Call 708-863-7714, e-mail olivia@be-all.org or see www.be-all.org .
Mad about Madigan: There will be an LGBT fundraiser for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on June 12 at 312 Chicago, 136 N. LaSalle, 5:30-7 p.m. Tickets are $250 each. Contact Maria Onesto at 312-670-0606 x230 or at monesto@lisamadigan.org .
Stormy weather: Thunder & Lightning Ensemble will be staging the Chicago premiere of Anthony Clarvoe's Ambition Facing West from June 8-24 at the City Lit Theater in the Edgewater Presbyterian Church, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr. See www.thunderandlightning.org, e-mail tickets@thunderandlightning.org or call 773-332-9939.