Events, Policy & Advocacy California Gubernatorial Candidates Speak on LGBTQ+ Issues at Renberg Theatre On Monday, March 2, the Los Angeles LGBT Center, in partnership with Equality California, hosted a nonpartisan gubernatorial candidates forum focused on LGBTQ+ rights. The event marked one of the first major gubernatorial conversations centered on LGBTQ+ voters and the issues shaping California’s future. “At a time when LGBTQ+ people—especially transgender young people—are facing coordinated […]
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 […]
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 […]
Events, Policy & Advocacy California Gubernatorial Candidates Speak on LGBTQ+ Issues at Renberg Theatre On Monday, March 2, the Los Angeles LGBT Center, in partnership with Equality California, hosted a nonpartisan gubernatorial candidates forum focused on LGBTQ+ rights. The event marked one of the first major gubernatorial conversations centered on LGBTQ+ voters and the issues shaping California’s future. “At a time when LGBTQ+ people—especially transgender young people—are facing coordinated […]
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 […]
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 and Other LGBTQ+ Organizations Lead Advocacy Day on April 22 The Los Angeles LGBT Center, alongside the Sacramento LGBT Center, the San Diego LGBT Center, and many other California LGBTQ+ organizations, is leading the LGBTQ+ Community Centers Advocacy Day on Wednesday, April 22. Community advocates will spend the day connecting with state legislators—both in person at the Capitol and virtually—to advance the needs and priorities […]
Center Stories Meet the Newest Additions to the Center’s Board of Directors 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 […]
Health & Wellness How the Center Is Making Reproductive Care Safer and More Inclusive 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 […]
Los Angeles LGBT Center Announces Return of Its AANHPI Month ‘Golden Hour’ Celebration Honoring Mayumi Market Los Angeles LGBT Center Announces Return of Its AANHPI Month ‘Golden Hour’ Celebration Honoring Mayumi Market – The Center’s annual AANHPI Heritage Month event returns May 2 with a vibrant night market, performances, and immersive cultural experiences. Presented by PS – LOS ANGELES, April 2, 2026—The Los Angeles LGBT Center will host the return of Golden […]
Statement: Los Angeles LGBT Center Denounces SCOTUS Decision Undermining Protections for LGBTQ+ Youth and Opening the Door to Conversion Therapy Statement: Los Angeles LGBT Center Denounces SCOTUS Decision Undermining Protections for LGBTQ+ Youth and Opening the Door to Conversion Therapy LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2026—Following today’s Supreme Court’s decision in Chiles v. Salazar, which ruled against Colorado’s law prohibiting licensed providers from engaging in so-called “conversion therapy,” Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Joe Hollendoner has […]
Statement: Los Angeles LGBT Center Opposes International Olympic Committee’s New Policy Targeting the Transgender Community Statement: Los Angeles LGBT Center Opposes International Olympic Committee’s New Policy Targeting the Transgender Community Los Angeles, March 26, 2026—Following the policy update by the International Olympic Committee to ban transgender athletes at the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Joe Hollendoner has issued the following statement: “At a […]
