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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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.
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.
Center Stories, Events 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.
Center Stories, Events 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.
Center Stories, Events 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.
Center Stories, Events 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.
Center Stories, Events 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.
Center Stories, Events 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.”
Center Stories Lesbian Visibility Week: The Women Who Fought (and Climbed) to Make the Center More Inclusive Revisiting a piece of Los Angeles LGBT Center history for Lesbian Visibility week.
Center Stories, Transgender Stories Trans Day of Visibility 2024: Amplifying TGI Voices at the Los Angeles LGBT Center Today, on International Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate the lives and achievements of our transgender, gender-diverse, and intersex (TGI) siblings, acknowledging their collective strength and resilience while uplifting their voices and stories. The kaleidoscopic lens of visibility is both a celebration and an urgent call to action. It’s an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment […]
Center Stories Nancy Valverde, Lesbian Activist, Has Passed Away at 92 The queer and Chicana icon was a pillar of the Los Angeles LGBTQ+ movement.
Center Stories Chief Equity Officer Giovanna Fischer on Creating Change Through Imagination The Center’s Chief Equity Officer talks Black History Month, her inspirations, and the upcoming Highly Favored.
Center Stories Happy Valentine’s Day from Our LGBTQ+ Seniors! “I’m welcoming this opportunity to reflect on the importance of celebrating love,” writes Center CEO Joe Hollendoner.
Center Stories “Small But Mighty”: Eastside’s Mi Centro Shaping Up as One-Stop Shop for LGBTQ+ Refugees “We’re making sure we do our best to make them feel at home,” says program manager Caín Andrade.
Center Stories, Health & Wellness “Our Lives Matter”: Our Elders Raise Their Voices for Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day “We need to educate people. We need to help them understand that we are important, our lives matter.”
