Freeways is a musical evening with community spirit featuring Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Creative Partner Lara Downes, LACO musicians, and the LACO Fellowship. Find your Way to this inspiring event which aims to foster new connections and bring music into intimate and accessible spaces around Los Angeles. Freeways is the featured chamber music concert for […]

Quentos – a portmanteau of “Queer” and “Cuentos” (stories) – create culture, rituals, and traditions. Experience a curated series of new stories written by a cohort of community members and rooted in their personal histories. Join us as we celebrate the diverse prism of LGBT voices through these poetic and personal journeys onstage, led by […]

Three generations of candlemakers chase an impossible dream in the idyllic fictional city of Jien’Jenu: To create a candle that will last forever. This hilarious, heart-warming and emotional new musical explores passion, obsession, love, family, and the impossibly thin line between success and failure.

Experience a night dedicated to community through sharing works that explore the inner workings of living in bodies that differ from Heteropatriarchal standards. Artists will present: Queeriosity A Documentary? and Moe’s Vagina Talks. Prepare for an evening surrounded by community as we strive to see deeper into ourselves – and hopefully, in liberation – a […]

A powerful dance performance that centers the voices and experiences of Black Gay Men. Through a fusion of filmed interviews, live dance, and original music, we delve into themes of love, social injustice, religion, Black pride, and mental health. Join us in witnessing a profound exploration of diverse perspectives and shared experiences, presented through multiple […]

Queer. Southern. Creole… “Black Bastard” transports audiences to 1990s Houston in a humorous, heartfelt coming-of-age tale. Jon, an inquisitive Black boy, develops a love for literature until his family fractures, thrusting him into the role of “man of the house.” A comedic spiral ensues as Jon grapples with his identity(ies). When a bully confronts him […]

Join host Dennis Hensley and a panel of L.A.’s most love-starved comic minds for a rose-scented evening of pop culture skewering, R-rated game show hijinks and optional flirting. Whether you’re single, taken or finished with love forever, you’re going to want to swipe right on The MisMatch Game: All Thorned Up Edition…just watch out, or you […]

Joshua is fresh out of pastor’s college and delivering his first sermon to a conservative church in Southwest Virginia. This trial-run sermon will determine if he will join the church staff as an Associate Pastor, something he’s longed for his whole life. However, Joshua is queer, deeply closeted, and on the precipice of a mental […]

Step into a winter cabaret: Tony Abatemarco (The Lost & Found Trilogy) returns to sing songs & tell tales from a life well-lived in this musical journey arranged and accompanied by John Snow. Abatemarco – a veteran theatre artist and published playwright – continues his artist residency at the Los Angeles LGBT Center with this […]

There are some stories they don’t want you to tell.People they’re hoping you’ll forget about.Ideas that, if expressed, could disrupt the power of [insert dominant culture here]. For as long as there have been books, there have been men in power trying to dictate which books are safe to share. From the Library at Alexandria […]

On Nov. 7, the Los Angeles LGBT Center hosted a post-election community space to process the results of the 2024 presidential election and the return of Donald Trump to the White House. “Yesterday, the majority of voters in this country re-elected the most dangerous president to ever occupy the White House,” said CEO Joe Hollendoner […]

Los Angeles LGBT Center Statement on the 2024 Presidential Election Results, Proposition 3 & Measure A Victories, and the Historic Election of the First Openly Transgender Member of Congress LOS ANGELES, November 6, 2024—In response to the November 5th election results, the Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Joe Hollendoner issued the following statement: “In the […]
Los Angeles LGBT Center Partners with LA County Registrar-Recorder Office on Early Voting Sites Across the City Voting Centers Open Friday, Nov. 1st in Hollywood, Boyle Heights and South LA – LOS ANGELES, October 31, 2024—The Los Angeles LGBT Center is thrilled to announce the opening of three community vote centers across Los Angeles, providing accessible […]
Intersex Awareness Day, observed annually on October 26, marks a crucial moment for visibility and advocacy in the intersex community. The tradition began in 1996, commemorating the first public demonstration by intersex activists in Boston, which aimed to challenge harmful medical practices and the erasure of intersex people. Today, the day serves as a platform […]

On October 20, the Los Angeles LGBT Center hosted its 32nd annual Models of Pride festival, transforming the Anita May Rosenstein Campus in Hollywood into a vibrant space for LGBTQ+ youth, families, and allies. Presented by BMO, this year’s event welcomed over 600 attendees for a day packed with workshops, performances, and awards that celebrated […]

Every year we gather to honor and remember the lives of transgender & gender-expansive folx whose lives have been senselessly lost to anti-trans violence. This in-person event will include TGI community speakers, performances by Street Poets Inc. & Trans Chorus of Los Angeles. The evening will conclude with us paying tribute to those who are […]

Los Angeles LGBT Center Hosts Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Youth, Families at 32nd Anniversary Models of Pride Festival Social media sensation Bretman Rock was on hand to accept the Model of Pride Award Presented by BMO –Models of Pride Event Photography Talent + Program Images Here Courtesy of Los Angeles LGBT Center– LOS ANGELES, October 21, 2024 — On […]
Los Angeles LGBT Center Shares GOTV PSA “Love Is an Action” Highlighting Experiences of LGBTQ+ Older Adults LOS ANGELES, October 11, 2024—On Friday (National Coming Out Day), the Los Angeles LGBT Center released a public service announcement highlighting the importance of voting in support of equal and civil rights. The 2024 presidential election is less […]
On Friday, in honor of National Coming Out Day, the Los Angeles LGBT Center released a public service announcement highlighting the importance of voting in support of equal and civil rights. Titled “Love Is an Action,” the PSA features a series of interviews with the Center’s Senior Services clients reflecting on the importance of voting […]

Here ye, here ye, the Gaytown Neighborhood Council is now in session! Pick your purpose and join a committee because it’s time to build the neighborhood you’ve always dreamed of! Gaytown Neighborhood Council is a community building performance led by local drag performer and organizer Provvidenza. Participants are invited to engage in fantasy civics and […]
