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The Center advocates for comprehensive healthcare and ending homelessness while fighting against anti-LGBTQ policies across the country. We do this by organizing grassroots community leaders (like yourself) to phone bank, canvass, and rally for affirming LGBTQ policies.
We Need LGBTQ+ Voters More Than Ever
The anti-LGBTQ+ backlash is here—yes, even in California—and we need you to do your part. Voting isn’t perfect, but every vote matters, especially in our local communities. Candidates can be voted into office by a few hundred votes.
Check your registration status, register to vote, and sign up for election reminders to make sure your voice is heard.
Our Advocacy Milestones
2008
Volunteers changed hearts and minds by canvassing across California to fight the hateful and unconstitutional Proposition 8 that banned same-sex couples from getting married.
2013
The Center played a lead role in the reauthorization of the federal Violence Against Women Act, ensuring that it now includes explicit protections for LGBT people, then the only federal law ever to do so.
2015
The Freedom to Marry became the law of the land. In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the case of Obergefell v Hodges that the U.S Constitution guaranteed the right to marry for same-sex couples. The Center hosted a massive rally in West Hollywood, attended by thousands and covered by worldwide media.
2017
The Center mobilized hundreds of community members to fight the repeal of the Affordable Care Act when former President Donald Trump tried to take away healthcare from 32 million Americans.
2018
The Center successfully advocated for AB 2119, ensuring that foster youth have the right to access gender affirming care.
2019
The Center successfully advocated for the inaugural Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer (LBQ) Women’s Health Equity Fund, urging the State of California to allocate $17.5 million to the first of its kind government funded services for LBQ women.
2020
Our work talking with voters in Philadelphia suburbs contributed to the highest voter turnout in the city in 25 years!
2022
Organizers mobilized a team of callers to help get the vote out in Georgia. After years of Trump supporters crying election fraud, Georgians from all over the state showed up in a run-off from a midterm election to fight for a democracy that is reflective of the values held at the Center.
2023
In response to a jarring wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation—most of it anti-trans—the Center mobilized more than 40 community partners in a "Drag March" that swept West Hollywood; more than 2,500 participants showed up and heard from community activists, Center employees, and (of course) drag artists.
Our Community Is Under Attack—Join the Movement Now!
Angered by the headlines and ready to do more?
The LGBTQ+ movement needs you more now than ever.
2023: The March on Santa Monica Blvd
The Drag March occurred on Easter Sunday in 2023 as a protest against the tidal wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation. It drew nearly 3,000 attendees and made national headlines.
Protesters at the Drag March dressed in their “Sunday Best.”
The overwhelming message of Drag March was for our community and allies to show up for the trans community.
“I Exist because of the Trans People Who Came Before Me.”
The Center’s CEO, Joe Hollendoner, delivers a rousing speech.
Protesters at the Drag March.
Twinka Masala, a Drag King in Los Angeles, performs for the crowd.
Jazzmun, an activist, artist, and trans icon of Los Angeles, addresses the crowd at Drag March LA.
Drag Race alum Honey Davenport gathered a crew of queens to close out the rally at Drag March LA.
The Drag March occurred on Easter Sunday in 2023 as a protest against the tidal wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation. It drew nearly 3,000 attendees and made national headlines.
Protesters at the Drag March dressed in their “Sunday Best.”
The overwhelming message of Drag March was for our community and allies to show up for the trans community.
“I Exist because of the Trans People Who Came Before Me.”
The Center’s CEO, Joe Hollendoner, delivers a rousing speech.
Protesters at the Drag March.
Twinka Masala, a Drag King in Los Angeles, performs for the crowd.
Jazzmun, an activist, artist, and trans icon of Los Angeles, addresses the crowd at Drag March LA.
Drag Race alum Honey Davenport gathered a crew of queens to close out the rally at Drag March LA.
