Policy & Advocacy Free Legal Clinics and Know Your Rights Workshops at the Center In today’s political environment, the Los Angeles LGBT Center is committed to offering accessible legal services that address the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ+ individuals. Our Legal Services team has set up a variety of legal clinics from locations throughout the city to help protect themselves and their families in times of crisis. In addition […]
Policy & Advocacy The Center Joins ‘ICE Out’ Protest at City Hall, Calls for Defunding of ICE On Friday, January 30, the Los Angeles LGBT Center joined thousands of Angelenos and other community organizations at City Hall for a powerful demonstration in support of immigrant communities. Alongside other partners and advocates, the Center condemned violent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities, demanding justice and safety for all those impacted. Protestors spoke out […]
Center Stories Liberation Forever: Read the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s 2025 Zine This year has tested us beyond measure—from the wildfires that displaced our neighbors, to the inauguration of a president whose day-one executive orders set off a relentless assault on LGBTQ+ communities, to the rising militarization of our streets that has placed immigrants under constant threat. Through it all, we have endured the unthinkable. While 2025 […]
Policy & Advocacy Free Legal Clinics and Know Your Rights Workshops at the Center In today’s political environment, the Los Angeles LGBT Center is committed to offering accessible legal services that address the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ+ individuals. Our Legal Services team has set up a variety of legal clinics from locations throughout the city to help protect themselves and their families in times of crisis. In addition […]
Policy & Advocacy The Center Joins ‘ICE Out’ Protest at City Hall, Calls for Defunding of ICE On Friday, January 30, the Los Angeles LGBT Center joined thousands of Angelenos and other community organizations at City Hall for a powerful demonstration in support of immigrant communities. Alongside other partners and advocates, the Center condemned violent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities, demanding justice and safety for all those impacted. Protestors spoke out […]
Center Stories Liberation Forever: Read the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s 2025 Zine This year has tested us beyond measure—from the wildfires that displaced our neighbors, to the inauguration of a president whose day-one executive orders set off a relentless assault on LGBTQ+ communities, to the rising militarization of our streets that has placed immigrants under constant threat. Through it all, we have endured the unthinkable. While 2025 […]
Policy & Advocacy The Center Joins ‘ICE Out’ Protest at City Hall, Calls for Defunding of ICE On Friday, January 30, the Los Angeles LGBT Center joined thousands of Angelenos and other community organizations at City Hall for a powerful demonstration in support of immigrant communities. Alongside other partners and advocates, the Center condemned violent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities, demanding justice and safety for all those impacted. Protestors spoke out […]
Policy & Advocacy Free Legal Clinics and Know Your Rights Workshops at the Center In today’s political environment, the Los Angeles LGBT Center is committed to offering accessible legal services that address the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ+ individuals. Our Legal Services team has set up a variety of legal clinics from locations throughout the city to help protect themselves and their families in times of crisis. In addition […]
Events Black History Month: Honoring the Legacy of Jewel’s Catch One When Jewel’s Catch One opened its doors in 1973 in Los Angeles’ Arlington Heights neighborhood, it became one of the first nightclubs in the nation to serve the Black LGBTQ+ community. Founded by Jewel Thais-Williams, a Black businesswoman and LGBTQ+ activist who faced discrimination firsthand in the early ’70s, Catch One gained a reputation as […]
Highly Favored: Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Black History Month Celebration Returns Saturday, February 21 in Hollywood Highly Favored: Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Black History Month Celebration Returns Saturday, February 21 in Hollywood – Highly Favored comes to the Anita May Rosenstein Campus as an ode to Black queer nightlife, inspired by the legacy of Jewel’s Catch One. – LOS ANGELES, January 21, 2026—The Los Angeles LGBT Center will commemorate Black History Month with […]
Statement: Los Angeles LGBT Center Holds ICE Accountable for the Fatal Shooting of Renee Good Statement: Los Angeles LGBT Center Holds ICE Accountable for the Fatal Shooting of Renee Good LOS ANGELES, CA, JANUARY 7, 2026–Following the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a Minneapolis resident and member of the LGBTQ+ community, during an interaction with ICE agents, Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Joe Hollendoner released the following statement: “The fatal shooting […]
Statement: The Center Condemns Trump Administration’s Proposed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Rules Endangering Transgender Youth and Countless Americans Statement: Los Angeles LGBT Center Condemns Trump Administration’s Proposed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Rules Endangering Transgender Youth and Countless Americans LOS ANGELES, CA, Dec. 18, 2025 —In response to the release of the proposed rules by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services concerning trans youth health care, Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO […]
