📣 Events: Week of APR 14, 2025

volume iii • issue 16 ~ here's your rundown of queer, sapphic-friendly events happening in Los Angeles this week.

Apr 14, 2025

🎪 OUR NEXT EVENT IS SAT APRIL 19.

🗺️ Cop a city guide.

🗓️ Want your event in here? Send it to us.

📱 We’re on: Instagram | TikTok | Discord

If this newsletter is shortened or clipped in length, click ‘View in Browser’ at the top left of your window to expand it. Please note that many of these events may be subject to cancellation without notice. Make sure to check their pages for the most up-to-date information. Unless otherwise noted, Sapphic LA is not affiliated with any of the events listed.

↻ = WEEKLY 🎪 = Sapphic LA Event

April 14

↻ Herstories: LGBTQ+ Women's Group

HERstories is a gathering place for all LGBTQ+ feminine-identified folx who seek strong community connection and great conversation. It's a weekly, facilitated social group with open discussion. This group meets every Monday from 8pm-10:00pm on Zoom.

↻ luv x basketball

queer pick up 🏀💞

↻ Queer Run Club

Bringing the joy of running to different LA neighborhoods 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️👟 all skill levels 💖

Double Feature Sound Bath on the Sand

A relaxing evening of sound baths on the beach! Donation based. LGBTQ+ safe space. If your heart aligns with equality, you are welcome here!

DIY Bolo Tie

Get crafty and DIY a unique bolo tie! Bring items from home or use ours. Have fun and learn jewelry-making skills for your future wardrobe!

Queer Crush Climbing

We aim to create safe and inclusive spaces for those who are diverse in their gender, romantic, and sexual orientations. We empower Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color of all abilities to seek healing, health, community, and connection with the land through the art and sport of climbing.

April 15

↻ Women's Coming Out Workshop

A support space for feminine-identified folx to help you navigate your journey towards finding a healthier relationship with yourself.

↻ Pasadena Women's Rugby Practice

Whether you're a seasoned rugby player or a beginner who has never played rugby before, we welcome all women and nonbinary people (18+) to join us at our weekly rugby practices. We provide a queer inclusive and close knit community that support each other as we work to develop our rugby skills, general fitness, and self-confidence.

↻ “RUN THE WORLD” Tuesdays

We have free parking, WiFi, plenty of outlets, comfortable seating, delicious food and drinks and if you need to take your headphones off & unplug, we have coloring books, games and of course we are always playing the best music videos to vibe out to! 💃🏻🕺🏻

↻ Art Workshop

Join our creative art workshops for teens! Build skills, make friends, and boost confidence in a fun, inclusive environment!

↻ ACT III QUEER OPEN MIC

Get ready for a night of queer poetry & music at ACT III QUEER OPEN MIC

↻ Skin Tag | Comedy Open Mic

Skin Tag is a queer-run open mic established in 2021 and hosted by Cigi Farmer, Chelsea Morgan, Jessy Morner-Ritt and Taylor Ortega.

↻ DRILLED

DRILLED is a 4 week GoGo Bootcamp and Competition

MINGLE: Win Sexy Prizes!

Imagine a scavenger hunt for people meets bingo, and the prizes are kinky / sexy!

Beats n Babes - Open Decks & DJ Workshop

Beats n Babes is an event series and DJ collective with the mission of creating more queer spaces within the EDM scene.

April 16

↻ Queer Catch LA

Join us for a no pressure, no commitment game of catch! We don’t play full-on games, we just play catch and sometimes bat and always talk queer life.

↻ Free Queer Candlelit Yoga

Join us for a serene and grounding hour of Queer Candlelit Vinyasa Yoga, held in a cozy, sober, affirming space.

↻ Rainbow Skate

LA's premier LGBTQ+ skate night!

↻ Cinema Therapy

Join us for Cinema Therapy every Wednesday at the Greater Whittier LGBTQ+ Center! Enjoy snacks and a community-chosen movie each week.

↻ Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting

Join us Wednesdays 5–6pm. All are welcome!

Reading Rainbow

Discover Reading Rainbow: an inclusive space to explore LGBTQIA+ literature, share favorites, and engage in meaningful community discussions

Firmly Rooted Sapphic Yoga

A monthly gathering that empowers the sapphic community w/breath & embodiment, and a safe space to get grounded in queer joy!

Beg/Int Hip-Hop Class

Beginner/Intermediate Hip-Hop Class to "My Humps" by the Black Eyed Peas from 8:30-10 PM. Come let your inner child live, train your party grooves, foundation, and learn choreography!

Bootleg Dance Class

🍻Come have a beer, cider, or NA beverage and challenge yourself with our Bootleg Advanced Level Dance Class rom 8:00pm-10:30pm at Boomtown Brewery in Little Tokyo! Lessons: 8:30 “Chill Factor” with Kira 9:30 “Get Ugly” with Abi and DJ Chill Factor Aja playing your requests between lessons! See y’all there.🌈

Lez Hang Out: Gay Movie Night

We are throwing it back to the original L Word circa 2006. We are on Season 1 episode 2 now. We have a few chairs, floor chairs and yoga pads but you may want to bring a pillow/ blanket as we will be on the floor. BYOB!

Laugh Out Proud Comedy Show

Get ready to laugh out loud and out proud at our next uproarious comedy night hosted by the magnetic Everett Roberts!

Sexy Dance Meditation & Flow

*For female and non-binary folx only* A QBIPOC-led dance mystical journey through

Out For Business LGBTQ+ Networking Event

The ultimate LGBTQ+ networking event where you can connect, collaborate, and celebrate with like-minded professionals & entrepreneurs

Yoga with Trippy Hippie

Wellness classes are open to all, with a special focus on creating a safe, inclusive space for the LGBT community. Join us!

❤️ Love what we do? Want to help sustain this resource? Upgrade for less than $5 a month.

UPGRADE!

April 17

↻ Parent + Baby Meet Up

Stay out of isolation & bring baby to this laid back hangout where parents and carers of all kinds are welcomed & celebrated.

↻ Dyke Soccer

👾 DM for our discord for schedule & locations! healing ur inner child one pickup game at a time. for gender-expansive dykes of all stripes

↻ luv x basketball

queer pick up 🏀💞

↻ Pasadena Women's Rugby Practice

↻ Queer Art Hang: Intro to Oil Painting

Have you ever wanted to learn how to oil paint but not sure where to start? In this beginners class (but all levels welcome) Jason will guide you through the techniques needed for painting a still life with a queer twist (adult toys will be present). The goal of this class will not be to complete a perfect painting but to learn techniques and play around with materials to create comfort with the medium. All materials will be provided however if you have any supplies in your possession that you would like to use or learn more about feel free to bring!

↻ Stud Country

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Church of Line Dance 🏳️‍🌈

Queer Racquet Society

🌈 A queer racquet club in Los Angeles for players of all levels 🌈

Queer Crush Climbing

Queer South Asian/Desi Social Meetup

Join us for our monthly social meetup to connect and engage with members of the Desi/South Asian queer community and allies.

Lez Hang Out: Morning Walking Group

We are bringing back Thursday coffee but with some exercise. Let's get some steps in! This walking group will meet every other Thursday morning from 7:30-8:30am. Arrive early to grab a coffee and then we will head down to the boardwalk to walk along the beach and catch up.

Underworld

Tom of Finland Foundation is proud to present Underworld, a new exhibition of work by current Artists-in-Residence Rachel Britton and Orpheus. While their artistic practices are vastly different—Britton making vibrant digital photographic collages and Orpheus creating traditional oil paintings in the style of European painters of the seventeenth century—they both share a fascination with the dark and visceral underbelly of contemporary Queer sexuality.

A BIPOC and Queer Improv Jam

Come jam with Favorite Cousin! You’ll warm up, do a mix-up of scenes with your new play cousins, and end with a big family showdown.

Pasadena 30+ Monthly Meetup

Making adult friends can be so hard! We are here to help! We are creating a space to help community find each other in the Pasadena area!

April 18

TERAΣ

TERAΣ is a new play written by emerging non binary playwright, Giorgis Despotakis. The play takes place in 2025, when Tom comes home to the Greek Island of Teras for the first time in 20 years. The play jumps between 2004, when all of Greece is aglow with the prestige of the Athens Olympics. On Teras island, the young Barbara chooses to send her little brother, Tom, far away from their dangerously homophobic homeland as she can - staying on in his place to take care of their fathers soon-to-be born illegitimate child.

↻ TOXICA

Latin Party for Queer Womxn + Friends in Los Angeles. Every Friday Night Dinner & Dance Party

↻ Pop My Cherry Fridays

Queer ladies night

↻ Lotería Libre

Join us for Lotería Nights at the Greater Whittier LGBTQ+ Community Center! This fun and interactive support group meets every Friday!

The Gay Agenda: Trans Music and Comedy Showcase

Queer Music and Comedy Showcase presented by Trans Dudes of LA. A night of music and comedy featuring all local trans bands, song writers, comedians, and drag performers.

Earth Day Queer Ecology Walk

Challenging western cultural botanical expectations and how we can reimagine our relationship w/ nature in the wake of climate chang.

April Grief Sound Bath

Join Cosmic Return and Adelitas Revenge for a collective space to share and release grief!

Ticklemuff & Friends

Join Ticklemuff (LA's hottest muppet) and their funniest friends for a comedy and variety show. Expect...the unexpected.

TGI-Fri-Theys

Empowering TGI individuals to navigate politics, advocate for rights, and build connection through inclusive programming and support.

DIY Workshops

Unlock your creativity at our DIY workshops! From tie-dye to gender-affirming fashion, there's fun for everyone. Can't wait!

Out & Abt LA: Queer Prom Edition

We're throwing a queer prom!! There will be DJ's, Drag, Dancing and competitions for the best promposal and outfits!

April 19

🎪 The Road to NEGRITUDE

Our 1st event leading up to our inaugural NEGRITUDE Fest, exploring the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality within the Black experience; because liberation must include all of us.

↻ LA Queer Yoga

A weekly queer yoga experience, with hangouts after! Opportunities for free spots available in each class.

↻ Sugar Saturdays

Saturday Night! 🏳️‍🌈 Best Lesbian Night in the LBC!

↻ QUEER VALLEY BRUNCH

THE QUEER VALLEY BRUNCH (818) Brought to you by Dj Les Ortiz. Located at SVF’s newest LESBIAN owned Mexican Restaurant.

↻ Free Queer Yin Yoga

Join us for Free Queer Yin Yoga, a space for deep rest. This gentle, meditative practice invites you to slow down, release tension.

Poetry Scrabble

Come play + write with an interactive poetry sculpture designed by your local sapphic Poet Laureate and help create a community poem for April National Poetry Month.

Tea Over Tea

A daytime, alcohol free event to build community and meet new friends

Parallel Play: A Park Day for Introverted Queers

Come out and soak up some sun, find community, and enjoy some low-stress, no-convo-required, parallel play vibes for the easily overstimulated.

Gear Me Out: Queers & Friends Outdoor Gear Swap

Gear Me Out is a queer-centered outdoor gear swap focused on making adventure more accessible for all. Bring or take gently used gear and clothing for hiking, camping, climbing, and more—friends and allies welcome.

NELA Queer Family Meetup

Come hang out with other queer families! We're meeting up at 3:00 (or come by whenever nap time's over).

Free Sound Bath

Free Sound Bath for LGBTQ+ & BIPOC individuals

Queerchata

Queerchata is an international community of wholesome, queer people who are here to have fun and dance without judgement. We’re degendering dance and welcoming queer people of all skill levels to lead, follow, or switch in our bachata and salsa classes! Class time is at 4:00pm and social dancing is from 5:30-8:30pm.

Queer gathering at Rosie’s dog beach

Queers Connect! Outdoor Games! Vegan food potluck! PUPPPIES🐶! Nature & Cuties🥰

Bass n Babes n Blaze

Bass n Babes n Blaze is queer 420 rave paradise! Ring in the holidaze with an immersive night of dope production, low-end bass music, an epic 420 night market, and a euphoric, inclusive queer space to dance your heart out!

Queer Book Club

Join us for our Queer Book Club hosted monthly by LogansLovelyLibrary!

Vintage Pride Senior Social

The Vintage Pride Social Group is a welcoming community dedicated to fostering connections among LGBTQ+ individuals of older generations.

2025 LGBTQ+ Youth Convening

A free one-day conference organized and led by LGBTQIA+ youth leaders from the LGBTQ Center OC's Youth Leadership Program

April 20

↻ Dyke Soccer

👾 DM for our discord for schedule & locations! healing ur inner child one pickup game at a time. for gender-expansive dykes of all stripes

↻ Pasadena Women's Pick Up Soccer

This group serves women and non-binary people who want to learn to play excruciatingly slow, non-competitive, friendly soccer. We have players of all ages, (although you must be 18+ plus to join).

↻ Stud Country: Beginner Line Dance

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Church of Line Dance 🏳️‍🌈

HIGHLY FAVORED: A 420 Function

We rollin’ deep this Easter Sunday — with good weed, good people, and real good energy. Presented by Queer Aunties

Queer Music + Arts Fest

Beargarden is teaming up with Townhaus Eight to flip the script on the classic music and arts fest. Bears, boys & all queer bodies welcome.

QPS 2Yr Anniversary: A 420 Kinky Stoner Event

QPlaySpace is celebrating our 2Yr anniversary of hosting QTBIPOC & Anti Fascist centered Play Parties! Join us this 420 for a kinky queer time! Musical Performance by Boy Bowser & DJ set by Plushi! We will have Vendors, Kink Play Space, & Cozy area! You’ll love to check out 420 goodies from our Vendor Jazzy Zaddy! This QPlaySpace event venue is sponsored by ThePrintShopLA!