The Los Angeles LGBT Center is pleased to share three outstanding leaders who have been elected to join our Board of Directors: Scott Parra-Matthews, Jocelyn Loren, and Eric Shore. Our Board serves as the Center’s governing body: setting strategic direction, providing oversight and accountability, ensuring our long‑term fiscal health, and acting as trusted ambassadors for […]
For Dr. Amy Tressan, the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s new director of gynecologic and reproductive health services, reproductive care is inseparable from primary care—because you can’t treat one part of a person without understanding them as a whole person. “Historically, gynecologic providers have often functioned as a separate entity,” Dr. Tressan says. But at the […]
October marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a critical time to spotlight an urgent and often overlooked crisis within the LGBTQ+ community: intimate partner violence (IPV). At the Los Angeles LGBT Center, we are deeply committed to addressing and ending intimate partner violence through two vital programs: Survivor Services and the National LGBTQ Institute on Intimate […]
After much anticipation, the Los Angeles LGBT Center has unveiled a newly renovated first-floor clinic at its McDonald/Wright Building—designed with community, comfort, and care at its core. The remodeled first floor now features a more efficient layout, as well as expanded exam rooms and newly created lab space to reduce wait times and make it […]
On April 26th, the Los Angeles LGBT Center and supporters gathered at the Anita May Rosenstein Campus in Hollywood gathered to honor two extraordinary champions: Sheryl Lee Ralph, who has stood with us since the early days of the HIV/AIDS crisis, and Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy, a trailblazer in transgender youth healthcare. Their courage reminds us […]
Amid the smoldering aftermath of the Los Angeles Fires and growing fears over future funding losses, the Center’s Advocacy Day is shining a spotlight on the very real consequences of political inaction—from shuttered clinics to the silencing of queer and trans voices across the country. Through legislative meetings, public rallies, and visible grassroots engagement, the […]
Thanks to the generosity of longtime community and Center advocate Anita May Rosenstein, February’s Highly Loved was not only a space for healing but also a vital relief effort for those affected by the Eaton Fire. With Rosentstein’s support, more than 100 wildfire relief kits—filled with personal care essentials, backup power units, and protective gear—were […]
Not even rain could stop hundreds from gathering outside Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) on Thursday evening in a powerful demonstration against the hospital’s decision to halt gender-affirming care for new patients under 19. LA city councilmembers, advocates, medical professionals, parents, and community leaders stood together to send a clear message: Transgender youth deserve access […]
The Los Angeles LGBT Center’s McDonald/Wright building will be undergoing renovations to create new patient areas, set to reopen in early 2025. The improvements to the historic building—which now houses the majority of the Center’s health care services—are funded by two capital improvement grants. The project will add four new exam rooms and two lab […]