LGBTQ+ Pride

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.

American Experience Season 23

American Experience Season 23

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American Experience

Stonewall Uprising

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Artbound

Julio Salgado's Art Uplifts UndocuQueer Existence and Joy

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Cubiaton 2 Year Anniversary_1.jpeg

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Southland Sessions

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

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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

"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

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

The Liberation of Griffith Park

Lost LA

The Liberation of Griffith Park

Black Cat protests, 1967

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

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

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

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

Dancing at Studio One in West Hollywood

Lost LA

The Birth of Gay Urbanism in 1970s West Hollywood

Frontiers magazine

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.

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

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

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

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The First Gay Pride March

The First Gay Pride March

American Experience

The First Gay Pride March