BiP:DiP (Bodies in Play: Dance is Pleasure) is a dance and movement-based variety show, celebrating the body as a site for pleasure, connection, and queer resistance. The project was inspired by queer theorist and performance studies scholar José Esteban Muñoz who writes: “Dance is an especially valuable site for ruminations on queerness and gesture […] […]
A literal literary movement! Blue13’s dancing Book Club series dresses up pretty for the Los Angeles LGBT Center with interactive audience moments, text, fashion statements, and even a Bollywood disco party. The piece explores formative memories, lost love, and code switching–the pressure to tailor our speech, our dress, and our very selves to fit in. […]
Join a celebration and historic collaboration to commemorate Transgender Day of Visibility. Mariachi Arco•Iris de Los Angeles (The LA Rainbow Mariachi) joins forces with 2 other queer music ensembles in a powerhouse and emotional performance. This amazing collaboration includes 8TPS, a professional choral collective of trans and gender-expansive musicians in Southern California, as well as […]
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 […]
Falling on Friday the 13th and the eve of St. Patrick’s Day, THE MISMATCH GAME: Bad Luck of the Irish Edition is doomed…to be hilarious! Tempt fate with host Dennis Hensley and his panel of beer-addled faux-lebrities for an evening of mad misfortune, blasphemous blarney, and at least one lewd leprechaun.
Don’t miss the next installment in the Acts of Coeurage cabaret series. Come celebrate spring (and maybe get lucky?) with your favorite bunch of joyful queer performers. Songs, games, goofs, and new ideas all blooming together into one show! What will you do to get lucky tonight??
Hundreds of community members gathered under the stars at The Village at Ed Gould Plaza on Saturday night for the return of Highly Favored, the Center’s annual Black History Month celebration honoring Black queer culture and nightlife. This year’s event—inspired by the enduring legacy of Jewel’s Catch One and its founder, the late Jewel Thais-Williams—transformed […]
Join us on Friday, Feb. 13, 6–9PM as we kick off Highly Favored with a special exhibit opening of JOY!, featuring the work of visual artist Nikko LaMere, at the Advocate & Gochis Galleries. Attendance is FREE and open to the community. (RSVP for the dance party on Saturday, Feb. 21 here.) JOY! brings together […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thanks to the Douglas Foundation’s generous investment of $100,000 in the first year of a four-year commitment, the Los Angeles LGBT Center has been able to sustain its Culinary Arts Program, an initiative that addresses two urgent and interconnected needs in our community: food insecurity and access to living-wage employment. Hosted at the Center’s Anita […]
Highly Favored, the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s annual Black History Month celebration, is a bold spotlight on everything Black and queer in Los Angeles. This year, Highly Favored returns to The Village at Ed Gould Plaza as a two-part cultural program inspired by the legacy of Jewel’s Catch One, honoring nightlife as a vital force […]
UNCONDITIONAL finds a path to resilience in a world of unpredictability. This live-band musical tells the true story of two women, a couple already in their mid-forties, who go to extraordinary lengths to have kids and make a family. They get their miracle for nineteen years. Then with one terrible moment, one terrible loss, they […]
On Tuesday, January 13th, a coalition of California LGBTQ+ organizations, including the Center, gathered at the Connie Norman Transgender Empowerment Center as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on cases impacting trans student athletes. The message was clear: Trans youth deserve to be treated equally and fairly. “This is about human rights, equal protection and […]
