Local Heroes
LGBT Pride Month

KCET celebrates LGBT Pride Month by honoring Local Heroes from the community. Major funding is generously provided by Union Bank.

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Local Hero: Kalil Cohen
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Local Hero: Kalil Cohen

LGBT Pride Month:
Kalil Cohen is an artist advocate who uses his creative talent to organize and empower the transgender community. His work as a nationally touring educator, speaker, filmmaker, performer and founder of the Los Angeles Transgender Film Festival (LATFF) has positioned the 30 year old as a preeminent voice that continues to break barriers.
Local Hero: Thomas T. Carpenter, Esq.
Local Heroes

Local Hero: Thomas T. Carpenter, Esq.

LGBT Pride Month:
The fight for equal treatment of the LGBT community in the military became a personal mission for Thomas T. Carpenter Esq. He served from 1970 to 1976 in the U.S. Marine Corps, piloted the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, protected the nation as a respected Captain, served in the Marine Reserves until 1982 and was forced to camouflage his sexual orientation.
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