Events
Sindelly, 28, and her sister, Gracia, 10, stand in the parking lot of their grandpa's business with their mother as they're preparing to participate on a float representing Honduras for the Central American Independence Day Parade in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 17th, 2023.
Jose Vasquez proudly wears a traditional quinceañera dress, complete with a tiara, at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Queerceañera in Hollywood on September 29th, 2023.
Paulina Herrera, fashion designer of Paulina Clothing, dedicates her outfit to her late father, who always wanted to see her in a Mariachi suit. Herrera hosts an annual tour, visiting 25 cities in the U.S. and Mexico, giving people catrina makeovers and photoshoots.
Monique Barrios, 26, from Orange County, attends her first Día De Los Muertos celebration at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery dressed up as a catrina. For Barrios, this celebration is important to representing her Mexican culture, which is “full of life, full of color, and full of celebration.”
Valentina takes the stage at the Downey Pride Festival.
Emcee Salina EsTitties, left, escorts guest Jose Vasquez on stage as she calls for audience members who dressed up to come forward at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Queerceañera in Hollywood on September 29th, 2023.
Two young salvadoran girls stand on top of a float waving their flags at the Central American Independence Day Parade in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, September 17th, 2023.
Food vendors serve plates to customers at the Central American Independence Day Festival in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, September 17th, 2023.
Guests embrace on the dance floor during the first UHAUL, a lesbian dating party, at Honey's LA on May 16th, 2024.
Panamanian women in traditional dresses dance during the Central American Independence Day Parade in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, September 17th, 2023.
Community members gather to freely move and dance at Well:spring, a free wellness event hosted by Critical Mass Dance Company, in the El Sereno Communtiy Garden on June 17th, 2023.
Janie Acosta (she/her), left, and Jana Zimmelman (she/her), right, are both part of the Long Beach Christian Fellowship. The two hold up a ‘You are loved’ sign in front of protestors at the Downey Pride Festival on August 10th, 2024. Recognizing the damage that the church has done to people in the LGBTQIA+ community, they want their sign to offer a message of hope.
Valentina, 32, also known as The Princess of SELA (Southeast Los Angeles), gets ready before being honored at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Queerceañera in Hollywood on September 29th, 2023.
Women in traditional Panamanian garments help each other get ready for the Central American Independence Day Parade in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, September 17th, 2023.
Dancers enjoy CutiesLA Casual: A Queer Day Party on May 7th, 2023.
Ginger Alleyne performs a hula hoop dance at Well:spring.
Chrysalis DJs at the CutiesLA Night Market in October 2022.
A Guatemalan woman wearing traditional garments holds up a Guatemalan doll during the Central American Independence Day Parade in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, September 17th, 2023.
Elevate Angel Fashion Show, November 2022.
Brat Karaoke at Honey's LA on August 29th, 2024.
Participants embrace at Well:spring, a free wellness event hosted by Critical Mass Dance Company, in the El Sereno Communtiy Garden on June 17th, 2023.
DJ Novena Carmel plays a set CutiesLA Casual: A Queer Day Party on May 7th, 2023.
Amanda Martinez (she/her), operations director and instructor at My Comunidad, leads a yoga class in honor of Latine Heritage Month.
Patille Violeta conducts trauma-informed reiki sessions at Well:spring, a free wellness event hosted by Critical Mass Dance Company, in the El Sereno Communtiy Garden on June 17th, 2023.
Elevate Angel Fashion Show, November 2022.
UHAUL, a lesbian dating party, Honey's LA, May 2024.
QTBIPOC community members dance their Sunday away at CutiesLA Casual: A Queer Day Party May 7th, 2023.
Co-founders and partners, DeMarkus (left) and Ko (right) sell their candles that highlight BIPOC identities at the CutiesLA Night Market in October 2022.
Queer community members dance on the streets of San Vicente Blvd. at the WeHo Pride Street Fair on June 5th, 2022.
Guests take to the crowded dance floor at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Queerceañera in Hollywood on September 29th, 2023.
Valentina is crowned the ‘Princess of SELA’ (Southeast Los Angeles) at the Downey Pride Festival on August 10th, 2024.
Guests sing along to their favorite pop songs during Brat Karaoke at Honey's LA on August 29th, 2024.
Blu Nyle shares a poem from her book, "Trauma Thriver," during the CutiesLA Readings at Sunset: A Queer Poetry Night on February 12th, 2023.
Safe spaces are hard to come by for members of the QTBIPOC community. Partners hold hands on the dance floor at CutiesLA Casual: A Queer Day Party on May 7th, 2023.
A queer couple joyously took to the dance floor at the West Hollywood Pride Street Fair on June 5th, 2022.
Lorena Velasquez of Maiz y Yoga offers yoga sessions at Well:spring, a free wellness event hosted by Critical Mass Dance Company, in the El Sereno Communtiy Garden on June 17th, 2023.
Community members shave their heads at de Vere’s Irish Pub in downtown Davis for "MaHellYeah," raising funds for the St. Baldrick's Foundation in honor of Mahalia White, UC Davis’ freshman outside hitter, on March 8th, 2018.
Teachers joined in the March for our Lives demonstration in Downtown Los Angeles on March 24th, 2018.
Following the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022, thousands of protestors gather in Downtown LA in opposition of the Iranian government in October 2022.
Protesters gather in front of the West Sacramento Police Department in solidarity with Black Lives Matter on May 29th, 2020.
"A quince is a kind of privilege to have," remarks Queerceañera emcee Salina EsTitties, who is also a competitor on the 15th season of "RuPaul’s Drag Race." She performs in drag at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Queerceañera in Hollywood on September 29th, 2023.
Amanda Martinez (she/her), operations director and instructor at My Comunidad, leads a vinyasa yoga flow to raise funds for the business’ permanent space. The studio aims to foster equitable access to yoga in Southeast Los Angeles.
