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.
Center Stories Our People, Our City: Read the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s 2024 Zine When I tell people that Los Angeles is home to the world’s largest LGBTQ+ organization, I’m often met with surprise. Many assume that title belongs to one of our national partners. What is it that sets the Los Angeles LGBT Center apart? Our people and our city. From the Cooper Do-nuts Riot of the 1960s, […]
Center Stories, Events 5th Annual Intergenerational Thanksgiving Feeds More Than 500 LGBTQ+ Youth and Seniors Presented by Comcast-NBCUniversal-Telemundo and Waymo For the fifth year in a row, the Los Angeles LGBT Center bought together our youth and senior clients for an Intergenerational Thanksgiving celebration at the Anita May Rosenstein Campus. “This is my favorite event that we host each year because it gives us the opportunity to bring our whole […]
Center Stories, Events Center Youth Thanksgiving Transforms into a World of Wonder (Photos) On Saturday, Nov. 16, the Los Angeles LGBT Center once again teamed up with queer TV giant World of Wonder to host the annual Thanksgiving Lunch for LGBTQ+ youth. Guests were joined by the team behind MTV’s RuPaul’s Drag Race, as well as the iconic queens LaDon Amour Rochè and Symone for show stopping performances […]
Uncategorized ‘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 […]
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.
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
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
