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.
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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.”
Events 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.
Events The Center to Celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month with Inaugural Golden Hour Night Market In honor of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, the Los Angeles LGBT Center is set to host the first-ever Golden Hour, a queer night market celebrating the AANHPI community in Los Angeles. Organized in partnership with the LA-based Mayumi Market, Golden Hour celebrates the unique intersection of queer identity and heritage […]
Events The Center Gala 2024: Honorees Announced Cynthia Erivo, Mickalene Thomas, and MUNA will each be recognized for their contributions to the LGBTQ+ movement.
Events Donatella Versace Named Global Ambassador of the Los Angeles LGBT Center Ms. Versace was joined by basketball legend Dwyane Wade to co-host an event raising funds for the Center’s life-saving services.
Events The Center’s Inaugural Highly Favored Mini-Ball Honors Raven-Symoné at Black History Month Celebration Formerly known as The Future Is Black, Highly Favored is a bold spotlight on everything Black and queer in Los Angeles.
