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Through collective stories, the LGBTQ+ community reveals a great diversity of perspectives and experiences that make it rich and inspiring. After decades of fighting for freedom to love, live and be, there are still challenges to individual expression and identity. And even though we still can’t gather, the LGBTQ+ experience also reveals a wide range of examples of progress, acceptance and reasons to celebrate Pride at home and around the world.

Gay Men’s Chorus of L.A.: Raising Voices of Joy
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Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration

Gay Men’s Chorus of L.A.: Raising Voices of Joy

American Experience Season 23
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American Experience

Stonewall Uprising

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Southland Sessions

Cumbiatón, a Safe Space for L.A.'s Queer and Latinx Communities, Grows Virtually

To Be Gay in L.A.

"PROBE Summer of 1980" float at Los Angeles Christopher Street West pride parade, 1980. | ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries
Lost LA
50 Years of L.A. Pride, The World’s First Permitted Gay Pride Parade, in Posters
Left to right: John Platonia, Jim Kepner (moustache), Howard Fox (standing), June Herrle, Jim-Ed Thompson, Ralph Schaeffer, Morris Kight, Don Kilhefner (far right) and another person at the Gay Community Services Center, 1971. | Pat Rocco/USC Libraries
Lost LA
Calm and Comfort: ‘Liberation Houses’ of the 1970s Gave Homeless LGBTQ in L.A. Refuge
The Liberation of Griffith Park
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Lost LA
The Liberation of Griffith Park
Black Cat protests, 1967
Lost LA
LGBTQ Activism Started Here: L.A. and the Black Cat Protests of 1967
Two dozen supporters stand in front of the Gay Community Services Center, circa 1974
Lost LA
Financing Gay Liberation: How Local Government Supported LGBT Rights in 1970s Los Angeles
Advertisement in the 1980 Los Angeles edition of the Damron Guide
Lost LA
A Guide to Gay Los Angeles, 1965
Griffith Observatory in construction | Courtesy of Dick Whittington Photography Collection,1924-1987, University of Southern California Libraries
Lost LA
Riots, Love Fests, Buried Secrets: Griffith Park's Hidden Histories
Dancing at Studio One in West Hollywood
Lost LA
The Birth of Gay Urbanism in 1970s West Hollywood
Frontiers magazine
Lost LA
From ONE to Frontiers, A Brief History of L.A.-Based LGBTQ Publications
Two streetcars pass at Sunset Junction, circa 1952. Courtesy of the Metro Transportation Library.
Lost LA
A Brief History of Sunset Junction: Street Cars, Gay Rights and its Namesake Festival
Hudson House residents, 1982. This photograph captures both the diversity and the emotional impact of the pro- gram. In addition to receiving economic aid, many Hudson House residents remarked on the familial atmosphere of the program. ONE National Lesbia
Lost LA
Rethinking the "Era of Limits": Equitable Housing and Gay Liberation, and the Opening of the American Family
ONE magazine, volume 6, number 8 (1958 August). | Dawn Frederic, cover, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries
Sexual Equality: Los Angeles, the Military Industrial Complex, and the Gay Liberation Movement

From the Archives

The First Gay Pride March
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American Experience
The First Gay Pride March
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Washington Week with The Atlantic
From the Vault: Gay Rights at the Supreme Court in 1996
The Legacy of the Stonewall Riots
1:29
American Experience
The Legacy of the Stonewall Riots
The Dangers of Drag
1:23
American Experience
The Dangers of Drag
Cover of ONE magazine, volume 5, number 5 (1957 May). | Elloree, Eve, cover, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries
Artbound
Exploring the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
When the government could destroy your life for being gay
2:46
PBS News Hour
When the government could destroy your life for being gay
Documenting gay rights activists at dawn of the movement
7:03
PBS News Hour
Documenting gay rights activists at dawn of the movement
What Was the Mattachine Society?
1:20
American Experience
What Was the Mattachine Society?
American Experience Season 23
1:20:50
Season 23 Episode 9
American Experience
Stonewall Uprising

Creative Expressions

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Heidi Ewing Merges Narrative Film and Documentary in 'I Carry You With Me'
LGBTQ Masters
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Season 35 Episode 8
American Masters
Ballerina Boys
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Artbound
Tom of Finland in Los Angeles
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Link Voices
These Artists Reflect the Voices, Challenges, and Resiliency of Trans and Detained Immigrants
Cathedral City in the era of the Sven-Ska art colony with Mt. San Jacinto in background. | Courtesy of the Cathedral City Historical Society
Artbound
The Lost Colony of Sven-Ska: Christina Lillian and the Cathedral City Artists
Aubrey Longley-Cook's "RuPaul Cross-Stitch Animation Frame 27" | Courtesy of the artist Queer Threads
Artbound
This Isn't Your Grandma's Doiley: Queer Artists Work in Fiber
Cover of One magazine featuring "The homosexual villain" by Norman Mailer, 1955. | ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries
Lost LA
How 1950s LGBTQ Found Hope and Community in a Pioneering L.A. Magazine
Acid Betty | Courtesy of Voss Events
Southland Sessions
How Drag Became a Modern Pop Art Movement
Felipe Baeza Honors the Queer and Immigrant
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Artbound
Felipe Baeza Honors the Queer and Immigrant
Gay Beiruti musician: Islamophobia harms the LGBT community
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PBS News Hour
Gay Beiruti musician: Islamophobia harms the LGBT community
How gay male dancers are preserving a Cambodian tradition
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PBS News Hour
How gay male dancers are preserving a Cambodian tradition
Sharon Hayes performs “In the Near Future” in 2009. | Courtesy of UCLA
Southland Sessions
Words of Love and Protest with Artist Sharon Hayes
Jim Kepner | Courtesy of the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries.
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Artbound
Monomania L.A.: Jim Kepner and the Sanctuary of Sci-Fi
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Artbound
Double Portraits: Kate Moldauer's Paintings of Lesbian Couples
The final toss during “D-Man in the Waters” performance. | Courtesy of Rosalynde LeBlanc
Southland Sessions
What A 30-Year-Old Dance Can Teach Us About Coping with a Pandemic
Julio Salgado is wearing a floral print shirt and a black jacket while holding up two pieces of his art on each hand. The artwork on his left features the side profile of a woman with multicolored hair and statements like, "Black Lives Matter," "#MeToo," "Make Love Not War," and "Thank Black and Brown Trans Women for Pride." The artwork on the right reads, "No Longer Interested in Convincing You of My Humanity," with a graduation cap at the bottom. Salgado is standing in front of a pink background.
Artbound
Julio Salgado's Art Uplifts UndocuQueer Existence and Joy

Community Love

The Shahadah(Declaration of Islam): There is no God but God. And Muhammad is God's Messenger I Photo: Jonathan Olivares
Departures
Embracing Ramadan in the LGBTQ Muslim Community
Two Spirits: The Changing Ones
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Independent Lens
Two Spirits: The Changing Ones
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Departures
From Me to You: Dyke Day Builds Community in L.A.'s Eastside
A Vigilant Love rally gathers in the shape of a peace sign in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.
Artbound
Vigilant Love Bonds Muslim and Japanese American Activists Together Through Art
Photo by Dino Dinco, from the series "Chico." (featured)
Artbound
Loving and Partying at Chico: 'The Best Latino Gay Bar' in Montebello
Spotlighting the black lesbian experience in South Africa
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PBS News Hour
Spotlighting the black lesbian experience in South Africa
A Chicago Women's Health Center gala. The signs are words associated with CWHC's approach to health care | Courtesy of CWHC
Artbound
This Radical Model of Health Care Empowers Women and Trans People
Growing Up Trans
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Season 2015 Episode 11
Frontline
Growing Up Trans
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Southland Sessions
Cumbiatón, a Safe Space for L.A.'s Queer and Latinx Communities, Grows Virtually

Latest

Dodgers re-invite drag group to Pride Night after backlash
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Dodgers re-invite drag group to Pride Night after backlash
Los Angeles Dodgers re-invite satirical drag group to Pride Night after backlash
LGBTQ community works to bring acceptance amid threats
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LGBTQ community works to bring acceptance amid threats
LGBTQ community works to bring acceptance and joy amid increasing threats
Lawmakers pass Respect for Marriage Act
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Lawmakers pass Respect for Marriage Act
Lawmakers pass landmark legislation aimed at protecting same-sex marriages
Record number of LGBTQ candidates win in midterms
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Record number of LGBTQ candidates win in midterms
More LGBTQ candidates win office than ever before in midterm elections
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How Mustache Mondays Built an Inclusive Queer Nightlife Scene and Influenced the Arts in L.A.
The cultural impact of Mustache Mondays, a weekly event held at nightclubs throughout downtown, continues to reverberate through the worlds of fashion, photography, performance art, visual art, music and choreography in Los Angeles and beyond.
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