Queer Art + Fashion Show 2025: Etheral Beings

Queer AF, known as the Queer Met Gala of Massachusetts, returns on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, at Mechanics Hall in Downtown Worcester. This year's show is presented by Saint Gobain, and the theme Ethereal Beings invites you to explore a world beyond boundaries and binaries.

Trans and Queer people are often treated as intangible — myths, projections, misunderstandings — but our lives are real and revolutionary acts. Through light, reflection, color, and form, Queer AF Ethereal Beings will immerse you in a world free of the fixed perceptions many try to impose.

Raja, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3, will be headlining. Dozens of local models will shine on our runway. Through the language of fashion, we create fleeting, radiant moments that transcend physical space. Most importantly, the night is a fundraiser for the nonprofit Love Your Labels, which supports queer and trans young people as they explore personal expression, gender, and sexuality through fashion design.

How do you embody light? Bring your most mystical, otherworldly, dazzling self to Queer AF Ethereal Beings on Friday, Sept. 5, at Mechanics Hall in Worcester.