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Center Stories, Transgender Stories

Trans Awareness Week Is Not Enough

Two trans activists sound off on their lifelong fight for trans liberation—and what you can do to help.

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‘We Will Get Through This’: Rep. Kamlager-Dove Energizes Center Community in Post-Election Gathering

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 […]

U.S. Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove and Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Joe Hollendoner.

Health & Wellness

‘We’ve Always Existed’: Amplifying Intersex Voices on Intersex Awareness Day

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 […]

Events

Bretman Rock, VINCINT, and Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Youth Shine at 32nd Annual Models of Pride

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 […]

Center Stories, Policy & Advocacy

LGBTQ+ Seniors Share Why They Vote in Center PSA ‘Love Is an Action’

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 […]

Events

Drag Superstars Salina EsTitties, Kandy Muse Honored at Second Annual Queerceañera

On October 5, the Los Angeles LGBT Center celebrated Latinx Heritage Month in larger-than-life style, honoring drag superstar Kandy Muse and LA icon Salina EsTitties at the second annual Queerceañera. Spotlighting LA’s queer Latinx community, Queerceañera offers a gender- and expression-inclusive reimagining of the quinceañera tradition. “Quinceañeras have origins dating back to strict, heteronormative—and often […]

Center Stories

This Fall: McDonald/Wright Renovations to Add More Exam Rooms, Improve Patient Experience

The Los Angeles LGBT Center’s McDonald/Wright building will be undergoing renovations to create new patient areas, set to reopen in early 2025. The improvements to the historic building—which now houses the majority of the Center’s health care services—are funded by two capital improvement grants. The project will add four new exam rooms and two lab […]

Center Stories

LGBTQ+ Youth and Seniors Celebrate Completion of Education and Vocational Programs

Elated friends and family gathered at the Los Angeles LGBT Center to cheer on dozens of LGBTQ+ youth and senior clients as they marked their completion of education and vocational training programs to ready them to enter the workforce with valuable skills. “This graduation is a celebration,” said Kevin McCloskey, Director of Community-Based Programs. “We’re […]

Policy & Advocacy

TurnOut & Vote: 2024 Center Voting Guide

This Voter Information Guide highlights the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s positions on important ballot measures.

Health & Wellness

Mpox Was Just Declared a Global Emergency

There’s no increased risk to the U.S. population, but a deadlier strain of the virus is currently impacting countries in Africa.

Center Stories

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

Health & Wellness

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.

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

Events, Transgender Stories

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

Events, Transgender Stories

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

Events, Transgender Stories

‘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

Center Stories, Events

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

Policy & Advocacy

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

Center Stories

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

Center Stories, Events

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