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Policy & Advocacy

The Center Joins LGBTQ+ Groups Demanding Return of Wrongfully Deported Venezuelan Man

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles LGBT Center joined a coalition of California-based LGBTQ+ advocacy groups and community members at a press conference demanding the safe return of Andry José Hernández Romero—a 31-year-old Venezuelan asylum-seeker who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration earlier this year. “Andry came to this country believing in […]
  ·  Reid Nakamura
Policy & Advocacy

Los Angeles LGBT Center Mobilizes Statewide Advocacy Day to Defend LGBTQ+ Rights and Healthcare Access

Amid the smoldering aftermath of the Los Angeles Fires and growing fears over future funding losses, the Center’s Advocacy Day is shining a spotlight on the very real consequences of political inaction—from shuttered clinics to the silencing of queer and trans voices across the country. Through legislative meetings, public rallies, and visible grassroots engagement, the […]
  ·  Reid Nakamura
Sacramento California outside the capital building
Policy & Advocacy

“Trans Youth Deserve Care”: Hundreds Rally Against CHLA Decision to Halt Gender-Affirming Care

Not even rain could stop hundreds from gathering outside Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) on Thursday evening in a powerful demonstration against the hospital’s decision to halt gender-affirming care for new patients under 19. LA city councilmembers, advocates, medical professionals, parents, and community leaders stood together to send a clear message: Transgender youth deserve access […]
  ·  Reid Nakamura
U.S. Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove and Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Joe Hollendoner.
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 […]
  ·  Reid Nakamura
Asylum Law Clinic
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LA County on Human Relations and The TransLatin@ Coalition Press Conference Condemning Bomb Threats and Hate Mail received.
Sacramento California outside the capital building
U.S. Senate candidates at the Los Angeles LGBT Center for a forum on LGBTQ+ issues
Glendale Teachers Association press conference
State AG Visit - Los Angeles LGBT Center
School classroom in blur background without young student. Blurry view of elementary class room no kid or teacher with chairs and tables in campus. Back to school concept
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
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