📣 Events: Week of JUL 28, 2025
volume iii • issue 31 ~ here's your rundown of queer, sapphic-friendly events happening in Los Angeles this week.
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↻ = Weekly ƒ = Free ⭐ = Organized by Sapphic LA
July 28
↻ƒ 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.
↻ƒ luv x basketball
queer pick up 🏀💞
↻ƒ Queer Run Club
Bringing the joy of running to different LA neighborhoods 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️👟 all skill levels 💖
Bare Aesthetic Nude Figure Drawing
Let's sketch a nude sapphic model in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. No experience required. 16+
Pancakes From the Edge
Sam Pancake brings you an hilarious evening of sketches, videos & stories inspired by his favorite movie, “Postcards From The Edge”
July 29
↻ƒ 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 supports each other as we work to develop our rugby skills, general fitness, and self-confidence.
↻ƒ ACT III QUEER OPEN MIC
Get ready for a night of queer poetry & music at ACT III QUEER OPEN MIC.
↻ƒ LGBTQIA+ Support Group
Connect, share, and find community.
↻ƒ 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.
↻ƒ Sapphic Skate LA
Come skate and learn how to skate with other sapphics. (Skateboarding and rollerskating)
↻ Queer Roast for the Straight Host!
3 queer comedians, 3 victim hosts, and one evil Master of Ceremonies running it all. Who knows, show up and even YOU might get roasted!
ƒ Sapphic Book and Social Club
Monthly sapphic book and social club that meets once a month
Out for Business: LGBTQ Networking Event
Your next big deal could be one convo away.
The Juice Box Taco Tuesday
IYKYK.... I promise y'all ain't never had Sapphic Taco Tuesday like this. 21+
QTPOC Connect: Liberation Lounge
Share your voice as we eat, play, and discuss what justice looks like for Queer and Trans People of Color and our allies.
Sound Bath with Danielle Lande of Soft Soul Healing
Join queer musician, sound healer and psychic Reiki Master Danielle Lande for a transformative sound bath meditation journey.
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July 30
↻ƒ 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.
↻ƒ Free Queer Candlelit Yoga
Join us for a serene and grounding hour of Queer Candlelit Vinyasa Yoga, held in a cozy, sober, affirming space.
↻ƒ Cinema Therapy
Join us for Cinema Therapy every Wednesday at the Greater Whittier LGBTQ+ Center! Enjoy snacks and a community-chosen movie each week.
↻ƒ Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting
Join us Wednesdays 5–6pm. All are welcome!
↻ƒ Queer Pickleball Club
Want to get some exercise in the AM? Want to make some friends? Come to queer pickleball Wednesday mornings!
Alternative Lifestyle: A FREE Queer Comedy Show
Comedy show featuring some of LA's best queer standups, comedic musicians, drag, and more! No cover or item minimum.
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July 31
↻ Queer Art Hang: Letterpress Cards
Every Thursday we have a Queer Art Hang night! In this class, students are led through 3 different types of contour drawing: the classic no-look contour (blind contour), non-dominant hand contour, and closed-eye contour.
↻ƒ 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
↻ƒ luv x basketball
queer pick up 🏀💞
↻ƒ Queer Yoga
Whether you’re craving deep rest, fiery flow, or community, we’ve got space for you. All classes are free/donation-based, queer-centered, and open to all identities.
↻ƒ Pasadena Women's Rugby Practice
With Love Projects joined us in creating space for queer and trans folks to move, breathe, and unwind.
↻ Stud Country
🏳️🌈 Queer Church of Line Dance 🏳️🌈
↻ƒ Sapphic Skate LA
Come skate and learn how to skate with other sapphics. (Skateboarding and rollerskating)
Sapphic Smash: A Golden Hour Pickleball Social
Sapphic Smash is a fun, flirty queer pickleball social event during golden hour, offering beginner lessons, competitive play, and a lounge area for mingling-all with a playful, inclusive vibe. We welcome all skill levels. Expect glittery awards, retro fashion prizes, and plenty of queer charm under the sunset! Tickets selling fast 🌈🥒
Queer + Kinky Crafting SFV Munch
You DON'T have to be Queer or Kinky, and you can come and craft with an open mind and heart wanting to learn about both spaces. 21+
Friend or Flame Speed Dating
Come speed date with us. Will you find a friend or flame?
Hot Gorls Walk & Skate
Walking & roller skating meet up for LGBTQ+ & Women. We walk along the beach path & center healing, joy, and community.
Laugh Out Proud Comedy Show at The Wild
2 drink minimum. Light bites menu available
Natural Form
An immersive figure drawing experience guided by multidisciplinary Artist JazzEra.
Love Her
A new R&B experience in LA for queer womxn 🌈✨🎉
August 1
↻ƒ Fangirl Central Co-Work
Come co-work every Friday at a queer, Latina, and woman-owned café in WeHo! Everyone is welcome!
↻ Pop My Cherry Fridays
Queer ladies night
PROM: Heavensent Hellbound
Come for PROM! A night filled with karaoke, photobooths, dancing, costume contests, icebreakers, tarot, matchmaking, kissing booths, and more!
Lesbian Goth Night: Hot Summer Nights
Join us for a night of 80s and New-Wave, as LGN returns for their second 80s dance night. August birthday free before 11PM, Go-Go Dancers.
Raw Honey: The Sticky Party
RNB Karaoke & Dance party featuring Sterling V and Jade Fox from Sapphic Singalong, and sounds by Atlanta based DJ Feevah and .Moonflower.
August 2
DOLLHOUSE
A Doll themed safe space, celebrating dolls of every size, shape, shade, and gender. BDSM & kink safe space!
⭐ƒ NEGRITUDE Fest 2025
A vibrant celebration of Afro-diasporic culture, music, art, and community in LA. Join us for a day of joy and connection! Free, all-ages.
↻ LA Queer Yoga
A weekly queer yoga experience, with hangouts after! Opportunities for free spots available in each class.
↻ƒ 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.
↻ƒ ZINE Workshop
The PVP Zine is a monthly series for queer creatives to collaborate, express themselves, and amplify LGBTQ+ voices through art and writing.
BBGRL PRESENTS: GOLDEN HOUR
The BBGRL Club is back. Tulum vibes. BBGRL energy. Expect tropical heat, queer femme magic, and Tulum coded chaos.
Never Been Misgendered By a Tree
A workshop geared towards trans and non-binary folx's searching for connection, process ecological grief, and building community.
DCOMs Night!
We're celebrating nostalgic DCOM favorites and deep cuts with trivia and games infused with karaoke!
CHICA BONITA • LESBIAN LOUNGE
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Parallel Play LA: Magnolia Park
Come out, soak up some sun, and find your neurodivergent and queer community. No-convo-requried, low-stress, parallel play vibes for the easily overstimulated.
August 3
↻ƒ 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).
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