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LGBTQ+ Health & Resource Fair

A free event designed to empower the LGBTQ+ community by providing vital health services, legal support, and access to social resources

Trans Pride LA 2025

Trans Pride Los Angeles (TPLA), the country’s longest-running Pride celebration dedicated to TGNBI+ folks, is back for another year! Spotlighting the Trans*Lounge program and other services provided at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, this all-ages, free event expects 1,100+ attendees. TPLA is hosted by the Trans* Lounge program, the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s groundbreaking education […]

Free Queer Community Yoga

You’re Invited: Community Yoga & Wellness. Open to clients, staff, volunteers, allies, and the wider LGBTQ+ community.  🌿 Every other Thursday 🧘 Move, breathe, and unwind in a cozy, affirming environment ✨ Find your own rhythm—whether you’re seeking strength, softness, or a moment of stillness These classes are free of charge and open to all […]

Free Queer Community Yoga

You’re Invited: Community Yoga & Wellness. Open to clients, staff, volunteers, allies, and the wider LGBTQ+ community.  🌿 Every other Thursday 🧘 Move, breathe, and unwind in a cozy, affirming environment ✨ Find your own rhythm—whether you’re seeking strength, softness, or a moment of stillness These classes are free of charge and open to all […]

Statement: Governor Newsom Betrays Queer and Transgender Californians With Health Budget Cuts, Says Los Angeles LGBT Center

Statement: Governor Newsom Betrays Queer and Transgender Californians With Health Budget Cuts, Says Los Angeles LGBT Center LOS ANGELES, CA–MAY 19, 2025– Following Governor Newsom’s decision to cut over $17 million in dedicated funding for LBTQ+ women and non-binary health programs, the Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO, Joe Hollendoner, issued the following statement:    “The Los […]

Events
Golden Hour: Inside the Center’s 2nd Annual Queer AANHPI Night Market (Photos)

Presented by Gilead Sciences and organized in partnership with the LA-based Mayumi Market, the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Hollywood campus was transformed into a glowing, high-energy night market for the 2nd annual Golden Hour: A Queer AANHPI Night Market—celebrating the unique intersection of queer identity and heritage in commemoration of AANHPI Heritage Month. This year’s event […]

Pickle on the Courtyard

Pickle and her pianist, Victor Buccellato sing some of their original music at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. This program is part of the City of West Hollywood’s free 2025 WeHo Pride Arts Festival taking place May 23-25. For more information visit www.wehopride.com/artsfestival.

Live Model Drawing Workshop

This uninstructed, modest figure- and costume-drawing event is open to all levels. Several models are scheduled to pose for 5-10min each; draw with us or just watch others draw! Please bring your own dry materials or drawing tablet (no wet media, please). Arrive 15-30min early for a good seat and to access limited materials. This […]

Friday, May 23

WeHo Pride Arts Festival Day One: Friday, May 23 Click the “Learn More” button below the photo for more info about each project!

Sunday, May 25

WeHo Pride Arts Festival Day Three: Sunday, May 25 Click the “Learn More” button below the photo for more info about each project!

Saturday, May 24

WeHo Pride Arts Festival Day Two: Saturday, May 24 Click the “Learn More” button below the photo for more info about each project!

REBOOT

REBOOT is set in a world where fires rage after an explosion. A group of queer friends take cover and stay together indoors. Trapped in the middle of a catastrophe they begin to question their existence, identities as artists, and ultimately their relationships with each other. This dystopian tale turns a fun “queer brunch” into […]

Singing with Pride

Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) presents an exciting and interactive choral music program focused on finding community through song. GMCLA Music Director, Dr. Ernest Harrison will lead a small ensemble of GMCLA singers in songs that speak to building a greater sense of community, in addition to engaging the audience with musical exercises, […]

sweet lorraine

By Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj West Coast Premiere Reading PresentationPresented by Celebration Theatre Directed by five-time Tony Award nominated director/choreographer Camille A. Brown** After sold-out performances at the 2024 Off-Broadway Downtown Urban Arts Festival, Celebration Theatre presents a one-night-only, West Coast Premiere reading of Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj’s sweet lorraine, a play inspired by the enduring friendship of Black, […]

Patch-Making Workshop (with Martha Carrillo)

Inspired by the long history of patches and buttons used in the LGBTQ+ rights movement, learn how to create custom fabric patches that can transform and upcycle your garments using a variety of materials such as sequins, fabric markers, embroidery floss, and more. In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore creative techniques to craft unique […]

Queering Creative Flow with Play

Jen Cheng, West Hollywood City Poet Laureate, leads participants with playful exercises to discover characters and a poetic point of view. Exercises derived from improvisation put through the queer lens will unleash new creative flow and a collaborative poem. Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes to move in, bring your writing tools, and a joyful curiosity! Class […]

Everyone Deserves a Poem: Get a Custom Poem

What do you need a poem about? Over the last 6 years, Pride Poets has written over 3,000 poems celebrating and honoring the stories of our LGBTQ+ community. Each writer interviews participants, one-on-one, to hear your story, and creates an original, one-of-a-kind artwork on a manual typewriter for you to take home! Everyone Deserves a […]

Acts of Coeurage: Pride Edition

Acts of Coeurage celebrates queer joy and love and community. This ridiculous and immersive cabaret includes song, dance, stand-up, drag, sing-a-longs, experiential bingo, dance, and generally wild and wonderful connections. In hard times, let’s come together and sing and dance and remember that we have each other. This program is part of the City of West […]

homo-centric: BANNED Camp

Thousands of books were banned from libraries across the nation in 2024, and the majority were LGBTQI+ books written by queer writers featuring queer characters.  homo-centric: BANNED Camp is a one-hour event featuring award-winning authors Francesca Lia Block (Baby BeBop) and Abdi Nazemian (Like A Love Story) reading selections from their banned books.  They will be joined […]

Mantras of Love: A Healing Painting Workshop

Mantras of Love: A Healing Painting Workshop is all about slowing down, getting creative, and reconnecting with yourself through words and art. Hosted by the queer art non-profit, Classroom of Compassion, this workshop invites you to come up with a personal mantra—something loving, honest, and true—and paint it on a canvas to take home with […]

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