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Long Beach LGBTQ+ Center Hosts Community Picnic for Queer Families

October 29, 2018

October 29, 2018

Coming Out Community Picnic provides an inclusive setting for LGBTQ+ people. By Jorge Paniagua For Christopher Koontz and Bobby Duong,...

GAY L.A. – How Lesbian Filmmaker Dorothy Arzner Transformed Filmmaking

October 29, 2018

October 29, 2018

During a time when filmmaking was all about grit, the all-but-out Arzner rose to the top. Early Hollywood was full...

Lesbian Veteran Seeks Equal Benefits for Wife in DTLA Film Festival Documentary

October 19, 2018

October 19, 2018

After serving in the U.S. Army for 12 years, there was still another fight for Tracey Cooper-Harris to face.  An...

When Flowers BLOOM; WeHo Selects Queer Publication Founder as Poet Laureate

October 17, 2018

October 17, 2018

Founder and editor of LGBT literary magazine BLOOM, Charles Flowers is the new City of West Hollywood Poet Laureate. The...

Assless Chaps and other Leather Paraphernalia; How a WWII Era Biker Club Revolutionized the Gay Community

October 16, 2018

October 16, 2018

A group of mostly gay veterans who remained in Los Angeles after WWII created the Satyrs Motorcycle Club in 1954....

COLUMN: Gay L.A. – Decades Later, Matthew Shepard Lives On in the Heart of the LGBTQ+ Community

October 14, 2018

October 14, 2018

The hate crime that got the world talking about tragic queer lives and deaths turns 20 this year. The late...

COLUMN: Living in the Safest LGBTQ+ City in the United States

October 12, 2018

October 12, 2018

By Elijah Root-Sanchez Waking up and watching the news each morning can be exhausting. There is a constant battle  for...

The Radicalized foundation of PRIDE for the LGBTQ+ Community

October 12, 2018

October 12, 2018

Considered a more radical LGBTQ+ activist group, Personal Rights in Defense and Education (PRIDE), was founded in 1966 and paved...

From “Sociopathic” to “Sexual Deviation,” Dr. Hooker Fought for the L.A. LGBTQ+ Community

October 9, 2018

October 9, 2018

One of the larger, uphill battles for the LGBTQ+ community has been fighting the classification of “criminal” or “crazy.” One...

Remembering an Unjustly Forgotten LGBTQ+ Author

October 4, 2018

October 4, 2018

Richard Hall’s stories are unflinching about gay life. So why isn’t he remembered more widely? It’s no secret that during...