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The Center Teams with Southwestern Law School to Launch Legal Clinic Assisting LGBTQ+ Asylum-Seekers

The Los Angeles LGBT Center has teamed with Southwestern Law School to launch the Asylum Law Clinic, a new initiative to train the next generation of lawyers to dismantle barriers to asylum. The program will enlist four Southwestern Law School students to assist with asylum applications and other legal matters, including employment authorization documents, travel […]

Asylum Law Clinic
Statement: The Los Angeles LGBT Center Condemns President Biden’s Executive Order on Immigration

Statement: The Los Angeles LGBT Center Condemns President Biden’s Executive Order on Immigration LOS ANGELES, June 4, 2024—In response to President Biden’s executive order that will shut down asylum requests at the southern border starting tonight, Terra Russell-Slavin, Chief Impact Officer for the Los Angeles LGBT Center, issued the following statement:  “Just days after acknowledging […]

The Center Launches ‘We Are Family’ Pride PSA Featuring Jennifer Garner

“Why fall for the hate when you could fall in love?” asks the Center’s “We Are Family” 2024 Pride campaign.

We Are Family PSA
Symone, Mo Heart Dazzle at Center Gala After Party (Photos)

Photographer Carlos Guevara captures the Center Gala After Party, featuring performances by Symone and Mo Heart.

Symone Center Gala After Party
Inside the Los Angeles LGBT Center Gala with Cynthia Erivo, MUNA, and More (Photos)

Photographer Hunter Abrams shot the star-studded 2024 Center Gala, featuring Cynthia Erivo, Jada Pinkett Smith, and more.

Cynthia Erivo, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mickalene Thomas Center Gala 2024
Queer Joy Radiates at the Center Gala 2024: ‘Why Fall for Hate When You Could Fall in Love?’

Honorees Cynthia Erivo, Mickalene Thomas, and MUNA help raise more than $1.6 million at the annual Center Gala.

Joe Hollendoner Center Gala 2024
Cynthia Erivo, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lena Waithe, Zaya Wade, Jewel, MUNA, and More Help Los Angeles LGBT Center Raise $1.6M for Life-Saving Services

Cynthia Erivo, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lena Waithe, Zaya Wade, Jewel, MUNA, and More Help Los Angeles LGBT Center Raise $1.6M for Life-Saving Services –Mickalene Thomas and MUNA were also honored during the organization’s annual fundraising Gala.– Event Images | Getty for Los Angeles LGBT Center Arrivals | Photo Credit: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Inside | Photo Credit: Araya Doheny/GettyVideo […]

MUNA Performs with Jewel, Accepts Leslie Jordan Award at Center Gala

Center Gala 2024: The power pop trio MUNA was presented their award for achievement in the arts by singer-songwriter Jewel.

MUNA, Jewel Center Gala 2025
Cynthia Erivo Embraces Her Queerness at Center Gala: LGBTQ+ Youth ‘Need to See Me Speak Out’

Center Gala 2024: Wicked star Cynthia Erivo accepts the Schrader Award.

The Los Angeles LGBT Center
Mickalene Thomas Accepts Vanguard Award at Center Gala: ‘We All Have a Responsibility to Create Change’

Center Gala 2024: Thomas was honored alongside Wicked star Cynthia Erivo and pop trio MUNA.

Mickalene Thomas Center Gala
CEO Joe Hollendoner Shares LGBTQ+ Family Values at Center Gala

Center Gala 2024: “The love within our beautiful queer and trans family will ALWAYS blaze the trail forward.”

The Los Angeles LGBT Center
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Golden Hour: Inside the Center’s First Queer AANHPI Night Market (Photos)

In partnership with Mayumi Market, Golden Hour celebrates AANHPI Heritage Month at the Los Angeles LGBT Center.

Los Angeles LGBT Center Golden Hour
The MisMatch Game: 20th Anniversary Celebration

Though it doesn’t look a day over 18, Dennis Hensley’s The MisMatch Game turns twenty this year…which is five years older than Snatch Game but who’s counting? Be there as we celebrate two decades of shameless celebrity-skewering and insatiable fundraising with a jam-packed, extra-special, one-night-only laugh-stravaganza! Featuring a super-sized celebrity panel, surprise guests, musical numbers […]

The MisMatch Game: 20th Anniversary Celebration
VOICES: A Summer Cabaret

The Trans Chorus of Los Angeles presents VOICES: A Summer Cabaret! Join us for a mesmerizing night of cabaret performances, featuring original and classic selections, poetry, and dance — all delivered in the distinct style that TCLA is known for within the TGI+ community.

Happy Fall: A Queer Stunt Spectacular

Happy Fall: A Queer Stunt Spectacular is an original theatrical experience about a queer closeted stuntman’s journey to discover himself in a world of faux masculinity, unmasking the importance and danger of being true to oneself. HAPPY FALL is based on true-life stories and direct testimonies, and illuminates issues of racial and cultural identity in […]

Tierra Indígena – Indigenous Land

Celebrating 10 years of bringing Mexican folklore to the L.A. LGBTQIA+ scene, Mariachi Arco•Iris de Los Angeles presents a new album and repertoire dedicated to the indigenous people of Mexico.

Mariachi Arco•Iris
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