BiP:DiP (Bodies in Play: Dance is Pleasure) is a dance-based variety show celebrating the pleasure of the dancing body. This iteration of BiP:DiP highlights the pride & pleasure of queer identity, featuring the work of Bernard Brown/bbmoves, Marisa Ervin & Emma Vicaña, Nathan Kim, LORDMAN, Mackenzie Martin, Muda, Andrew Pearson, and Owen Scarlett. This program […]
Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) presents an exciting and interactive choral music program focused on finding community through song. GMCLA Music Director, Dr. Ernest Harrison will lead a small ensemble of GMCLA singers in songs that speak to building a greater sense of community, in addition to engaging the audience with musical exercises, […]
by Rajendra Ramoon MaharajWest Coast Premiere Reading Presentation After sold-out performances at the 2024 Off-Broadway Downtown Urban Arts Festival, Celebration Theatre presents a one-night-only, West Coast Premiere reading of Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj’s sweet lorraine, a play inspired by the enduring friendship of Black, queer literary icons Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin. The play offers an […]
Inspired by the long history of patches and buttons used in the LGBTQ+ rights movement, learn how to create custom fabric patches that can transform and upcycle your garments using a variety of materials such as sequins, fabric markers, embroidery floss, and more. In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore creative techniques to craft unique […]
What do you need a poem about? Over the last 6 years, Pride Poets has written over 3,000 poems celebrating and honoring the stories of our LGBTQ+ community. Each writer interviews participants, one-on-one, to hear your story, and creates an original, one-of-a-kind artwork on a manual typewriter for you to take home! Everyone Deserves a […]
Jen Cheng, West Hollywood City Poet Laureate, leads participants with playful exercises to discover characters and a poetic point of view. Exercises derived from improvisation put through the queer lens will unleash new creative flow and a collaborative poem. Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes to move in, bring your writing tools, and a joyful curiosity! Class […]
BIG DAD ENERGY (BDE) is the country’s premiere Trans Masc comedy show. BDE has been written up in the LA Times and The Washington Post and features a diverse lineup of trans masc comedians. Be prepared to laugh – these dads are sure to knock your socks off. *Warning: may contain dad jokes* This program […]
Thousands of books were banned from libraries across the nation in 2024, and the majority were LGBTQI+ books written by queer writers featuring queer characters. homo-centric: BANNED Camp is a one hour event featuring local authors and performers reading selections from their favorite banned LGBTQI+ book. Come join us as we share some of these […]
Acts of Coeurage celebrates queer joy and love and community. This ridiculous and immersive cabaret includes song, dance, stand-up, drag, sing-a-longs, experiential bingo, dance, and generally wild and wonderful connections. In hard times, let’s come together and sing and dance and remember that we have each other. This program is part of the City of West […]
Join the world’s first LGBTQ+ Mariachi Band and the country’s premier Trans-Identified chorus in a wonderful musical harmony collaboration of Trans visibility, community, allyship and PRIDE. This program is part of the City of West Hollywood’s free 2025 WeHo Pride Arts Festival taking place May 23-25. For more information visit www.wehopride.com/artsfestival.
The HIV Writers Workshop presents Write Out Loud, a reading of new works. Join us for a dynamic presentation of storytelling and memoir as these vibrant writers share their stirring tales. Get ready to laugh and cry as you let their eloquence touch your heart – inspiration and celebration awaits. The HIV Writers Workshop is […]
REBOOT is set in a world where fires rage after an explosion. A group of queer friends take cover and stay together indoors. Trapped in the middle of a catastrophe they begin to question their existence, identities as artists, and ultimately their relationships with each other. This dystopian tale turns a fun “queer brunch” into […]
Mantras of Love: A Healing Painting Workshop is all about slowing down, getting creative, and reconnecting with yourself through words and art. Hosted by the queer art non-profit, Classroom of Compassion, this workshop invites you to come up with a personal mantra—something loving, honest, and true—and paint it on a canvas to take home with […]
I’m Still Here charts individuals’ creativity and personal narratives in the West Hollywood/Los Angeles House and Ballroom scene. The documentary won the Fan Favorite award at Outfest’s Fusion LGBT People of Color Festival; Executive Produced by: Gina Lamb, Icon Sean/Milan™, Armond Anderson-Bell, and Tyrone Carter; Filmed by REACH LA’s Media Lab participants, Pitzer students, and Gina Lamb. […]
Blast off to Planet Queer and experience a LGBTQ+ experimental cabaret adventure! A variety of performers will bring their pride power to the stage and present burlesque, avant-garde drag, spoken word, political vaudeville, live music and more. Performances by: Heather Damage, Odious Ari, Calico Spritz, Kirby LaBrea, Moe Roberts, and Corey Saucier. Since 2012, Planet […]
It’s the mid 1990’s in Hollywood, where the skyline is picturesque with palm trees, the scent of pan dulce and smog fill the air and the beat of nightlife is thumping with house music. At the center is a young Lucio Torres, who embarks on a journey of self-discovery and finds a vibrant community, where […]
Written & Directed by gina young ME is a 40-something lesbian. YOU is in their early 20s and nonbinary. The clash of ages and generations proves no match for their attraction, and what erupts is an “unproduceable” play because it is so radically, unabashedly devoted to centering the desires of queer women and nonbinary people. […]
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles LGBT Center joined a coalition of California-based LGBTQ+ advocacy groups and community members at a press conference demanding the safe return of Andry José Hernández Romero—a 31-year-old Venezuelan asylum-seeker who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration earlier this year. “Andry came to this country believing in […]
