The ACLU of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) works to defend the civil liberties of all people as enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

AK/OK creates situations for public engagement with queer & feminist histories, archives, and contemporary politics. Overlapping the individual art and design practices of Kate Jarboe and M. Wright, we incorporate time-based media, web interventions, printed works, public installations, and artist’s books, in our research-based and socially engaged projects.

A neighborhood oasis.

APLA Health restores dignity and trust within underserved communities by providing world-class LGBTQ+ empowering healthcare, HIV specialty care, food, housing and other essential support services.

Aunt Reggie’s Records is an emerging music history project. It documents women and gender-expansive queers who use music as a connector and an agitator with the goal of fostering intergenerational connection and conversation.

BCC is an affirming, nurturing, and brave Jewish space for LGBTQIA+ people, our friends, and our families.

beTRUE is a creative space that allows anyone that walks through our doors to be true to who they are! It is a space that provides opportunities to create content, connect with like-minded people and feel inspired to be your authentic self no matter who you love or where you come from.

Cal State LA transforms lives and fosters thriving communities across greater Los Angeles. We cultivate and amplify our students' unique talents, diverse life experiences, and intellect through engaged teaching, learning, scholarship, research, and public service that support their overall success, well-being, and the greater good.

California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is a public university in Los Angeles. A part of the California State University System, the largest public university system in the world, CSUN is one of the largest comprehensive universities in the United States by enrollment. Today, it attracts students determined to create thriving careers, purposeful lives, and build a brighter and more equitable future for all.

Founded in 1982, Celebration Theatre is one of the nation’s oldest, continuously producing LGBTQIA+ theatres. Expressly organized as an institution to entertain, inspire, and empower with innovative productions that celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community, Celebration provides an inspiring and empowering forum for professional and emerging artists, giving voice to the evolving experience of queer culture.

Charachchi is a multimedia project by and for queer Armenians. Charachchi (cha·ra·chuh·chee) is an Armenian word meaning naughty/mischievous. Through photoshoots and interviews with our community members, we create a living archive of queer Armenians, centering and celebrating our authentic selves, exploring non-traditional, sex-positive and radically queer topics.

Formed in 1925, DCA promotes arts and culture as a way to ignite a powerful dialogue, engage LA’s residents and visitors, and ensure LA’s varied cultures are recognized, acknowledged, and experienced. DCA’s mission is to strengthen the quality of life in Los Angeles by stimulating and supporting arts and cultural activities, ensuring public access to the arts for residents and visitors alike.

A founding gallery at the Bergamot Station Arts Center in 1994, Craig Krull Gallery focuses on California painting, drawing, sculpture and photography. We represent major LA artists such as Peter Alexander, Don Bachardy, Astrid Preston and legendary Chicano artists, Carlos Almaraz, Gilbert Lujan, Gronk and Dora De Larios. Krull exhibited iconic LA photographers such as Julius Shulman and Julian Wasser for years, but recently he began to explore innovative mixed media, ceramics, textiles and installation art by Blue McRight, Brittany Mojo, and Lavialle Campbell, and bold, emerging artists such as Caroline Larsen and Kelly Berg. The gallery presents 16-20 exhibitions per year, with educational programs, artist talks and performances.

CRUISE LA is a space for queer people in the leather community to meet, play, and feel safe and free of judgment. Be kind, use consent, and have fun!

Dragkinghistory.com was created to showcase the extensive history of performers from breeches roles to en travesti, variety to vaudeville, male impersonation to drag kings, and drag kings to the gender free. It is our sincerest hopes that this site serves to preserve these art forms and to create community and unity. We hope you find this site informative, empowering and enlightening. This is our gift to all of the courageous performers who came before us and to those who will come after so they too may weave their influence onto the stages, films and literature for all to enjoy.

Eagle LA is Leather/Levi/Queer community bar in Silver Lake Los Angeles. Our door is open to everyone!

FFTwinz are Lex Vaughn and Beth Schindler, a long-distance art duo (California/Texas) that formed in 2017 with a mutual objective of making a good time for ourselves and those around us through parties, collaborations and immersive/interactive installations. FFTwinz create work that has an importance to the queer continuum, whether through community based direct actions, or faux-revisionist approaches to creating herstory that has never existed to maintain/revive certain language and visions that are important to our practice.

FLUX - aims to raise the profile of the trans* and non-binary community by leveraging social events, creating safe spaces, and innovative advocacy initiatives.

Gender Justice LA (GJLA), which is a grassroots social justice organization led by and for gender non-conforming, two spirit, Black, Indigenous, trans people of color in LA. Through organizing, leadership development, relational organizing, arts & culture, and policy advocacy we build collective power and come together in ways that feel brave & affirming.

The Getty Research Institute is dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts and their various histories through its expertise, active collecting program, public programs, institutional collaborations, exhibitions, publications, digital services, and residential scholars programs.

The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institute. We promote the study of German abroad and encourage international cultural exchange. Working with our partners, we look at global opportunities and challenges, bringing different perspectives into a trustful dialogue. We are committed to the principles of openness, diversity, and sustainability.

A fixture of the Culver City arts district for over 16 years, Honor Fraser is a contemporary art gallery and cultural hub examining our entangled relationships with art, science, and technology.

Junior High is a non-profit 501(c)3 community arts space prioritizing the safety and expression of female, queer, nonbinary, and artists of color. Our physical space, publication, podcast, and other ventures function on principles of radical empathy, equity, and mutual aid.

LMNOP: Lesbian Movie Night Ongoing Project has been showcasing films by or about lesbians(+) since 2011. A film series conceived in solidarity with the broader DEEP LEZ cultural campaign (coined by Allyson Mitchell) to promote UNAPOLOGETIC LESBIAN TRIUMPH, HEARTBREAK, AND WEIRDNESS in film and media.

LACE both champions and challenges the art of our time by fostering artists who innovate, explore, and risk. We move within and beyond our four walls to provide opportunities for diverse publics to engage deeply with contemporary art. In doing so, we further dialogue and participation between artists and audiences.

For over 30 years, Lambda Literary has championed LGBTQ books and authors. No other organization in the world serves LGBTQ writers and readers more comprehensively than Lambda Literary. We believe that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer literature is fundamental to the preservation of our culture, and that LGBTQ lives are affirmed when our stories are written, published, and read.

The Los Angeles LGBT Center is a safe and welcoming place where the LGBTQ+ community finds help, hope, and support when it is needed the most.

The Los Angeles Public Library provides free and easy access to information, ideas, books and technology that enrich, educate and empower every individual in our city's diverse communities.

Located in the heart of West Hollywood, Micky’s Weho is one of the most iconic and oldest gay bars in Los Angeles. Micky’s WeHo is also known not just for its live entertainment, go-go boys and longest running drag show, but for its community based events and fundraisers. Such as AIDS organization fundraisers, sports club fundraisers, Red Dress Party and many, many, more…representing the true heartbeat of West Hollywood.

The Museum of Neon Art (MONA) exhibits and collects cutting-edge electric, kinetic, and light- based artworks and historic neon signs to illuminate the past, present, and future through permanent and rotating exhibitions. We spark curiosity through demonstrations, classes, tours, neighborhood-based walks, and bus rides. All neon signs are handmade. By teaching this craft we build human connections to science and technology. We forge bridges between history, science, and creative expression to foster dialogue across diverse communities. The Museum MONA is dedicated to expanding the field of the museum to encourage critical thinking, preservation, and community engagement.

ONE Archives at the USC Libraries is the largest repository of LGBTQ materials in the world. Its mission is to collect, preserve, and make accessible LGBTQ historical materials while promoting new scholarship on and public awareness of queer histories.

Under the banner of OutlawPlay, Paul Outlaw has created an evolving series of solo theater works and performances including BERSERKER (published by Duke University Press in the anthology BLACKTINO QUEER PERFORMANCE); WHAT DID I DO TO BE SO BLACK AND…; THE LATE, LATE SHOW; BIRTHDAY SUITe; SHINE; READING VENTRILOQUIST SCRIPTS: THE TALKING AT MONEY; and the upcoming BBC (BIG BLACK COCKROACH).

Power Blossoms is a Southern California-based abolitionist collective connecting queer and trans people on both sides of prison walls in resistance to State oppression and violence. Through our letter-writing program, we refuse the boundaries forcibly erected between us and open lines of contact that guide the rest of our work.

We connect queer poets with the public at events to write custom poems! Our mission is to promote queer dialogue and writing using storytelling, glitter & typewriters.

Queer Studies at CSUN provides an academic home for those studying the intellectual, cultural, and material conditions that shape our current understandings of sexuality and gender variation, and those who wish to generate new, resistant theories and practices. The program offers an undergraduate minor, courses, and lecture series, and brings interested students, faculty, and broader communities into conversation about sexuality and gender.

QUEER UNIVERSITY is an online educational platform that foregrounds queer perspectives and identities in its teaching, structure, and ideology. We re-imagine what education can look like in an environment of care, acceptance, and inclusion.

Rock Paper Scissors Collective currently realizes its mission through low-cost creative workshops, a variety of community events, curated and open-call gallery exhibitions, retail of independently produced goods, and youth involvement.

The SGV LGBTQ Center was founded in 2011. To promote a safe and inclusive SGV for people of all orientations and gender identities our organization enriches the lives of LGBTQ+ residents by fostering advocacy, education, and respect for individuals through encouraging cultural diversity, healthy living, and full achievement of our communities personal potential.

Since 1975, we've been sharing the rich, diverse history of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Bay area. We are committed to serving the community by providing access to dynamic exhibitions highlighting the depth and historical complexity of the westside; as well as our extensive collections of historical objects and images. With programmatic events, interactive features and pop-up exhibits SMHM is the preeminent venue for exploring Santa Monica Bay area history and culture.

The arqive is an online map of queer stories (histories, herstories, theirstories) and resources created and collected by and for queer people all around the world, providing the full range of queer stories from historical/archival to personal by geolocating them and digitally preserving them.

The City of West Hollywood is proactive in responding to the unique needs of our diverse community, creative in finding solutions to managing our urban environment, and dedicated to preserving and enhancing its well being. We strive for quality in all our actions, setting the highest goals and standards.

The Connie Norman Transgender Empowerment Center (CONOTEC) is the first facility of its kind nationwide serving Trans and Non-Binary individuals and communities of, by and for Trans and nonbinary people. Our unique model provides comprehensive resources, training, support, and medical services for transgender people living in Los Angeles. The Connie Norman Empowerment Center is a creation of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) whose mission is to provide cutting-edge medicine and advocacy regardless of ability to pay. The new center will help advance AHF’s mission by providing high-quality HIV care and functioning as a ‘WeWork’ space for Trans-led organizations to do their work, advocate for the community, and be affirmed.

The Francisco Homes provides housing and support services for people returning to South Los Angeles after being paroled from long-term incarceration. Founded in 2007, their program is rooted in principles of restorative justice. The homes offer hope as well as holistic support for residents as they reintegrate.

The Gay Freedom Band of Los Angeles promotes acceptance and celebrates diversity by bringing together musicians from across Southern California for performance and educational opportunities that embrace equality, inclusion, and the love of music.

The June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives in West Hollywood is a grassroots archive dedicated to collecting, protecting, and conserving lesbian and feminist women's history.

THE LAVENDER EFFECT® is a nonprofit project of Community Partners Advancing the Future of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Allied (LGBTQ+) Heritage & Culture! Our Oral Histories, Educational Seminars, PRIDE Explorer® app and Participatory Experiences reach a global audience to share authentic stories of diverse LGBTQ+ people.

The Outwords Archive (OUTWORDS) captures, preserves, and shares the stories of LGBTQIA2S+ elders, to build community and catalyze social change.

The Social Impact Center empowers the next generation of leaders in criminalized BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities through storytelling, education, culture & intergenerational healing. SIC helps thousands of systems-impacted people get a fresh start via legal empowerment, mental health, and mutual aid, while building intersectional creative & organizing spaces to sustain change.

The USC Dornsife Prison Education Project (PEP) Readers Circle creates opportunities for USC and incarcerated students to learn from each other in a rigorous and collaborative learning environment. PEP seeks to reinforce the idea of education as a fundamental human right and to facilitate connections that transcend walls both literal and figurative.

The USC Writing Program offers classes on writing and critical thinking to undergraduates at the university. For over a decade, professors in the program have taught classes focused on community engagement, bringing together students, local residents and non-profit partners.

The Williams Institute is dedicated to conducting rigorous, independent research on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. The Institute disseminates its research to policymakers, judges, the media, and other stakeholders to ensure that decisions impacting the lives of millions of LGBTQ people and families are based on data and facts.

Tom of Finland Foundation (ToFF) is dedicated to protect, preserve, document and educate the public about erotic art and erotic artists. ToFF shall continue to encourage the work of erotic visual artists regardless of race, creed, religion, gender, sexual identity, medium of expression or any other censoring criteria.One of the primary goals of the Foundation is to promote Tom’s work along with other erotic art so that it receives the academic attention it deserves.

Unique Woman’s Coalition (UWC) - is dedicated to being a collective voice centering on the narratives and needs of Black Trans culture. We're committed to fostering the next generation of black trans leadership from within the community through mentorship, scholarship, and community care engagement work.

The USC Libraries are an integral, inventive, and inspiring partner in the scholarly and artistic enterprises of USC faculty, students, and staff. In so doing, we actively contribute to the development of knowledge and advancement of the global human community.

Throughout the 20th century and now in the 21st, the School of Cinematic Arts has nurtured and inspired the writers, directors, scholars, entrepreneurs, producers, animators, interactive designers and others who have developed an unparalleled mastery in cinema, television and new media.

Anchored by innovative illusion making of panoramic paintings, the Velaslavasay Panorama is dedicated to multi-sensory, immersive experiences with a focus on contemporary artistic adaptations of visual amusements. This artist-run organization creates and exhibits underrepresented forms of art inviting insights into the ethereal, obscure and imagined realms of understanding.

A VHS store and microcinema located on Sunset in Los Angeles, specializing in rare, hard to find films, screenings, events and tape preservation.

Founded in 1977, William Grant Still Arts Center is a facility of the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs offering summer camp, creative workshops, music and art classes for adults and youth, an exhibition space, concerts, and places for community meetings and the neighborhood to come together.

Writers At Work offers a community in which individual voices are respected and nurtured. Through ongoing workshops and individual consultations, we work to achieve excellence in our craft; develop processes, skills, and networks to sustain creativity; and encourage participants to cultivate their readership through social media, readings, and publication.