This Pride season, the Los Angeles LGBT Center is proud to launch “Love Lives Here”—a campaign celebrating the power of chosen family and belonging, as well as the Center’s nearly 60-year history of providing shelter, housing, and other life-saving care for the LGBTQ+ community.
Founded in 1969, the Los Angeles LGBT Center has its roots in the first Liberation House, a small home in Hollywood offering LGBTQ+ people a place to sleep for one dollar a night. What began as a single refuge for the community has evolved into the world’s largest direct-service LGBTQ+ organization, serving hundreds of thousands of people each year through healthcare, housing, advocacy, cultural programs, and more.
In a moment when so many face uncertainty, “Love Lives Here” is both a rallying cry and a promise. “At a time when LGBTQ+ people feel targeted, isolated, or uncertain about what the future holds, the Los Angeles LGBT Center is centering this Pride season on love, belonging and chosen family,” said Joe Hollendoner, CEO. “As we show up at Pride events across Los Angeles, we’re also reaffirming our commitment to providing the care our community relies on every day.”
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Find Us at Pride
- WeHo Pride | June 6-7
Visit the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s booth at the WeHo Pride Street Fair, a free community celebration along Santa Monica Boulevard, to connect with Center staff and learn more about our community programs and services.
- Dyke Day | June 13
The Center is proud to participate in Dyke Day LA, a volunteer-led community gathering that celebrates dykes, queers, allies, and LGBTQ+ people of all genders and ages.
- LA Pride Parade | June 14
The Center will join thousands of community members at the 56th Annual LA Pride Parade on Hollywood Boulevard, marching alongside our Pride partner OUAI in one of the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations. The parade brings together community organizations, performers, advocates, and allies in celebration of LGBTQ+ visibility and joy.
- Trans Pride Los Angeles | June 20
Trans Pride Los Angeles (TPLA), the country’s longest-running Pride celebration dedicated to TGNBI+ folks, is back! Hosted by the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Trans* Lounge & Trans Wellness Center, enjoy a day of performances, wellness workshops, market vendors, and a resource fair dedicated to serving Los Angeles’ trans and gender expansive community. This free festival is open to all. Join us as we celebrate Trans Joy everywhere—RSVP HERE.
*Additional event details will be announced throughout Pride Month.
Our Limited Edition Pride Merch
Visit us at one of the Pride events listed above to take home some exclusive Los Angeles LGBT Center Pride merchandise.
Under the theme “The Place We Call Home,” this collection celebrates the Center’s locations across Los Angeles: Mi Centro in Boyle Heights, Center South in South LA, Trans Wellness Center in Koreatown, and the Anita May Rosenstein Campus and McDonald/Wright Health Services Building in Hollywood.
The collection also features an archival drawing of one of the original Liberation Houses by illustrator John Coffland as a reminder of the Center’s long history as a source of shelter and care for the LGBTQ+ community when they had nowhere else to turn.
See the full collection:
Support the Center
This Pride season, the Center is inviting supporters to celebrate “Love Lives Here” both online and in community through the Center’s Pride Hub. Explore community events across Los Angeles, support our Pride partners, make a donation, or participate in peer-to-peer fundraising to help sustain the life-saving, affirming services our community relies on every day.
Supporters who raise $250 or more will receive a limited-edition 2026 Pride merch box featuring exclusive Center-branded items inspired by this year’s Pride season.
