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Northport Tea Dance promotes visibility, inclusion and civil rights for all

Leelanau County’s most remote village will host the final event of Pride Week for the fourth consecutive year. Sanctioned by Up North Pride and produced by The Chetcuti Evans Foundation, the Northport Tea Dance will take place at Faro on Sunday, Sept. 29, as a grand finale sendoff following a week of Traverse City-based celebrations centered around Northern Michigan’s queer community. The focus of this inclusive, family-friendly event is to create awareness and visibility for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in Leelanau (Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and the plus reflects the countless affirmative ways in which people choose to self-identify).

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Northport Tea Dance creates LGBTQ safe space

Sophie Gilroy came out to her parents last October. “My daughter told us she had bisexual feelings. She was nervous and sweaty, and she started to cry. She asked us, ‘Is that OK?’” her father Joseph remembered. Joseph saw that his daughter was struggling to feel included, to feel celebrated. Two weeks later he took Sophie to the inaugural Northport Pride Tea Dance at Northport Pub and Grill, an event organized by the Michael Chetcuti Foundation which headlined drag queen and reality television personality Scarlet Envy. The Tea Dance returns this year on Sunday, Oct. 2, from Noon to 4 p.m. and features drag star Kim Chi together with music by DJ Jace.

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