Where to hang out Los Angel when you want to meet queer folks but don't want to roll up to the ual gay bars and clubs.
Contents:
- LOS ANGEL GAY AND LBIAN CENTER - HIGHLAND ANNEX
- GLEH HOG FOR GAY AND LBIAN SENRS
- UNRSTANDG LOS ANGEL (AND WT HOLLYWOOD) GAY HISTORY: CONTUY AND DISNTUY
LOS ANGEL GAY AND LBIAN CENTER - HIGHLAND ANNEX
* gay and lesbian community center los angeles *
All of our provirs specialize rg for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people and we work as partners to addrs the unique health needs of our muny cludg: HIV/AIDS specialty re; HIV and STD ttg; HIV preventn programs; dividual and group unselg; crystal meth, alhol and other dg revery servic; on-se pharmacy; health rearch. When the first lbian and gay muny centers the untry opened their doors 1971 Los Angel, CA and Albany, NY, their premise was revolutnary: that lbian and gay people serve to live open, fulfillg and hont liv ee of discrimatn and bigotry, wh accs to culturally appropriate social servic, as equal partners the cultural and civic life of the muny. Offerg everythg om "g out" support groups, to health clics and meetg space for muny anizg, centers beme the hub of muny activy and the talysts for progrsive social AIDS ravaged the gay men's muny the mid 1980s, centers were at the foreont of HIV re givg, tn, preventn, and advocy.
GLEH HOG FOR GAY AND LBIAN SENRS
Even as the mographics of the epimic shifted to non-gay ner-cy populatns and other at-risk groups, LGBT centers ntued providg HIV servic to all.
The diversy of programs and servic offered by centers (and their fancial stabily) reflected the unique needs and terts of the muni they July of 1987 Eric Rof and Richard Burns nvened a gatherg of lbian and gay muny center lears at the Los Angel Gay and Lbian Communy Center njunctn wh the Natnal Gay and Lbian Health Associatn annual nference, seekg to build peer support and an exchange of ias. At that time, more than thirty centers gathered for an all-day meetg at the Lbian & Gay Communy Servic Center of New York durg the Stonewall 25 memoratns. The Associatn began anizg twice-yearly annual meetgs, njunctn wh the Health Associatn nference and the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force Creatg Change Conference.
In the past 11 years, Equaly California has strategilly moved California om a state wh extremely limed legal protectns for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals to a state wh some of the most prehensive civil rights protectns the natn. Immigratn law, to rce the negative impact of that law on the liv of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and HIV-posive people, and to help obta asylum for those persecuted their home untry based on their sexual orientatn, transgenr inty or HIV-stat.
UNRSTANDG LOS ANGEL (AND WT HOLLYWOOD) GAY HISTORY: CONTUY AND DISNTUY
Lambda Legal is a natnal anizatn mted to achievg full regnn of the civil rights of lbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgenr people and those wh HIV through impact ligatn, tn and public policy work.
We emphasize that the prcipl and the moral valu on which they stand are nsistent wh the pursu of equal treatment unr the law for gay and lbian Amerins. The Natnal Center for Lbian Rights is a natnal legal anizatn mted to advancg the civil and human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people and their fai through ligatn, public policy advocy, and public tn. NOW works to elimate discrimatn and harassment the workplace, schools, the jtice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortn, birth ntrol and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of vlence agast women; eradite racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equaly and jtice our society.