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VOICES: A Winter Cabaret

It’s Trans Chorus LA’s second holiday show! Join TCLA for VOICES: A WINTER CABARET, a show of old holiday classics and new winter standards that are sure to bring audiences joys of mirth and merriment.

2nd Annual Rainbow Navidad Concert

The sounds of Mariachi Arco•Iris de Los Angeles, the world’s first LGBTQ+ mariachi, come in full festive glory during a program of beautiful Navidad music. Join us for a joyous mariachi performance of traditional, modern, and classic Christmas and sacred music. Enjoy an offering of celebrated Navidad tunes by the incomparable Los Angeles Rainbow Mariachi.

2nd Annual Rainbow Navidad Concert
Una Latina Christmas

From the creator of Latina Christmas Special, out comic Diana Yanez brings you her hilarious and personal first-generation American Christmas stories filled with quirky, spicy, and slightly scary holiday chaos. These entertaining tales of family quirks and festive mayhem will catapult you into the yuletide spirit!

AN UNEXPECTED COMMUNITY—Los Angeles Film Premiere

The Los Angeles premiere of AN UNEXPECTED COMMUNITY, a documentary about the creation and success of Andrea Meyerson’s Women On The Net by Kathryn L Beranich. Q&A and hosted reception following screening. Film Synopsis In the early days of the pandemic, Andrea Meyerson, founder of Women On A Roll, launched Women On The Net, an […]

Fauci and Kramer

Celebrating New Works (CNW) is Celebration’s long-running new play reading series designed to shine a light on new and emerging voices within the LGBTQ+ community and the stories about/for them. Up next? Fauci and Kramer, a West Coast Premiere, one-night-only Staged Reading and Conversation with the playwright, Drew Fornarola. ABOUT FAUCI AND KRAMER “America’s Doctor” […]

SORORITY: AGES

It’s been a minute. Ages, even. SORORITY explores age, aging, age gaps, the passage of time, what things were like when we were young, and what things are like as we get older. Founded, curated, and hosted by playwright and director Gina Young, SORORITY started in 2016, as a late night k-hole for new short […]

CASUAL: works in process by Los Angeles artists

CASUAL returns! Since 2019, CASUAL has created space for Los Angeles performing artists to show a work in process and engage in experimentation and critical exchange with audiences. The work can be loose, between the spark of an idea or an excerpt from a new performance in development. CASUAL aims to create a dialogue with […]

The Butterfly of Chula Vista

The Butterfly of Chula Vista by Giovanni Ortega follows Libertad, a Mexi-Pino (Mexican-Filipino American) as he embraces his many layers by performing at Divina’s BaranGay & Grill in Chula Vista. This heartfelt and fast-paced comedy touches on powerful themes about familial duty, identity, and acceptance. Libertad discovers freedom and belonging with a drag persona which […]

The Butterfly of Chula Vista
ARENA: A HOUSE MUSIC-al Concert

It’s the mid 1990s in Los Angeles, CA, where the skyline is picturesque with palm trees, the scent of pan dulce and smog fill the air, and the beat of nightlife is thumping with house music. At the center is a young Lucio Torres, who embarks on a journey of self-discovery and finds a vibrant […]

ARENA: A HOUSE MUSIC-al Concert
Statement: Gov. Newsom’s Executive Order on Homeless Encampments Will Endanger LGBTQ+ Young People

Statement: Gov. Newsom’s Executive Order on Homeless Encampments Will Endanger LGBTQ+ Young People LOS ANGELES, July 26, 2024—Responding to Gov. Newsom’s inhumane executive order to remove homeless encampments, the Los Angeles LGBT Center released the following statement from Lisa Phillips, the organization’s Chief Social Services Officer: “Last month, the conservative Supreme Court Justices decided on […]

Portraits of Pride: Center South

Our location in South LA offers primary care, mental health, sexual health, trans health, and general services—plus support groups to bond in community.

Center South Portraits
Events
Senior Prom Parties Under the Night Stars at L.A. Zoo

The celebration was made possible by Angel City Football Club and Charlotte’s Web

Senior Prom 2024
New Harm Reduction Vending Machine Provides Free Narcan and Fentanyl Test Strips

Free access to Narcan and fentanyl testing strips are now available at the Center’s McDonald/Wright location in Hollywood.

Statement: The Los Angeles LGBT Center Reacts to SCOTUS Ruling in City of Grants Pass vs. Johnson

Statement: The Los Angeles LGBT Center Reacts to SCOTUS Ruling in City of Grants Pass vs. Johnson LOS ANGELES, June 28, 2024–Responding to today’s highly contentious Supreme Court ruling that criminalizes homelessness, the Los Angeles LGBT Center released the following statement: “The Los Angeles LGBT Center condemns the recent Supreme Court decision in City of […]

Events
‘Juneteenth Is a Promise’: Patrisse Cullors on the Twin Goals of Queer Liberation and Abolition

On June 19, 1865, the last enslaved people in the United States were declared free. But according to Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and author of An Abolitionist’s Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World, that lofty goal—freedom for all people—still has not been met more than 150 years later. “Black […]

Patrisse Cullors Juneteenth 2024
Trans Town Hall Returns for Trans Pride LA’s 25th Anniversary With Gottmik, Love Bailey, and More

Trans Town Hall Returns for Trans Pride LA’s 25th Anniversary With Gottmik, Love Bailey, and More –TALENT IMAGES HERE EVENT IMAGES HERE– LOS ANGELES, June 17 — Over the weekend, the Los Angeles LGBT Center hosted the 25th anniversary celebration of Trans Pride LA (TPLA), including the return of the Trans Town Hall to the Renberg […]

Gottmik at ‘24 Trans Pride LA: ‘Trans People Are the Most Magical People in the World’

“I feel like I have been in this very room watching panels very similar to this for as long as I can remember,” Gottmik said.

Gottmik at Trans Pride LA
Trans Town Hall Takeover: Gottmik, Love Bailey, & Texas Isaiah Pack the Renberg Theatre 

“I think trans people are the most magical people in the world,” Gottmik said during the evening’s keynote conversation.

Trans Town Hall - Trans Pride 2024
‘Trans Pride Forever’: Celebrating 25 Years of Trans Pride LA

Trans Pride LA celebrated its 25th anniversary this year with a two-day celebration, including the second annual Trans Town Hall.

Trans Pride LA 2024
Sweet Honey Buckin’: LGBTQ+ Youth Celebrate Their ‘Rodeo Renaissance’ at Youth Pride Prom

Last month, the Center held its third annual Youth Pride Prom, giving its LGBTQ+ youth an opportunity to celebrate with friends and peers in a safe space.  This year’s event bore the theme Rodeo Renaissance, a nod to Beyoncé’s hit albums, Renaissance and Cowboy Carter. Youth and clients took to the dancefloor in their most […]

Youth Pride Prom 2024
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