Pickle. Photo: Jordan Service
On July 15, 2025 join the LA LGBTQ+ Arts & Culture Coalition for its first convening to address the multiple crises impacting our sector including:
- Discriminatory executive orders targeting queer and trans communities
- Reckless dismantling of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
- Local and state budget cuts impacting arts and humanities funding
The convening will include:
- Presentation on the State of LGBTQ+ Arts in destructive times
- World Cafe roundtables to share stories and gather data about our communities’ critical needs at this time
- Networking
- Celebratory queer and trans arts performance!
- LUNCH PROVIDED
Panelists include Ricky Abilez, Badly Licked Bear, Álvaro D. Márquez and Paul Outlaw and will include a performance by Pickle The Drag Queen.
Convening details:
Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 10 am – 3 pm
Los Angeles LGBT Center/The Village at Ed Gould Plaza
1125 N McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA 90038
REGISTER HERE – NO LATER THAN JULY 9, 2025
