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Social Groups and Sororities United the L.A. Trans Community of the 1960s

October 24, 2018

October 24, 2018

Imagine body dysphoria prior to the 1950s and ‘60s – No support, no rights. Heck, the term “transgender” didn’t even...

Mayors Against LGBT Discrimination “Denounce” HHS Memo Against Trans Community

October 24, 2018

October 24, 2018

In response to the Dept. of Health and Human Service’s considered proposal to narrowly define “sex” – and subsequently eviscerate...

CALL TO ACTION: Trans Right Rally in DTLA Monday Night in Response to Trump’s Administration

October 22, 2018

October 22, 2018

In response to the Trump Administration’s latest consideration to repeal basic civil rights for the trans community, the TransLatina Coalition...

CALENDAR: 10/20 – 11/4: The best LGBTQ+ goings-on around and about SoCal, period.

October 20, 2018

October 20, 2018

WeHo Dodgeball Annual Charity Halloween Tourney When: Saturday, Oct. 20 Where: 7600 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles What: Dress in silly...

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...

One of Four of Hollywood Trans Woman’s Attackers Walks Free Five Years Later

October 18, 2018

October 18, 2018

Nicol Shakhnazaryan gets zero jail time. Five years ago, Vivian Diego was walking to the Metro along Ivar Avenue. in...

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....

A War on Cross-Dressing: Los Angeles’ Anti-Masquerading Ordinance of 1889 Targeted the Growing Queer Population of Los Angeles

October 15, 2018

October 15, 2018

A little over a hundred years after the City of Los Angeles was founded, the Anti-Masquerading Ordinance of 1889 was...

What L.A. is doing for National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day

October 15, 2018

October 15, 2018

The LGBTQ+ Latinx community is at higher risk for HIV than the rest of the Latinx community, and the Latino...