📣 Events: Week of JUN 23, 2025
volume iii • issue 26 ~ here's your rundown of queer, sapphic-friendly events happening in Los Angeles this week.
🎉 ICYMI…We’re throwing a free, all-ages festival on August 2. We’re also looking for food vendors and volunteers—learn more at negritudefest.com and follow the journey on Instagram!
🎰 Sapphic LA’s Instagram hit 15,000 followers last week and we want to celebrate with you! Stay tuned for a giveaway this week.
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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.
⭐ Sapphic LA Event · ↻ WEEKLY · ƒ Free Event
June 23
↻ 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 💖
Pride Month Film Screening: “Tangerine”
Come for a screening of a film that is incredibly important as an authentic representation of the trans community!
The Feels Queer Edition 3
A conscious dating event for those in search of deeper connection.
Queer Crush Climbing
Queer Crush Climbing is about creating 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.
June 24
↻ 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 support each other as we work to develop our rugby skills, general fitness, and self-confidence.
↻ ƒ Art Workshop
Join our creative art workshops for teens! Build skills, make friends, and boost confidence in a fun, inclusive environment!
↻ ƒ ACT III QUEER OPEN MIC
Get ready for a night of queer poetry & music at ACT III QUEER OPEN MIC
↻ 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 LGBTQIA+ Support Group
Connect, share, and find community.
↻ ƒ Sapphic Skate LA
Come skate and learn how to skate with other sapphics. (Skateboarding and rollerskating)
Out for Business: LGBTQ Networking
Come for an LGBTQ Networking Mixer! Whether you're looking to expand your professional circle, explore potential collaborations, or simply unwind after work, this event promises an evening of camaraderie and empowerment.
Trans Rights and Communities Workshop + Meeting
In observation of Pride Month, NABJLA presents a workshop on best practices and standards for covering trans rights and communities.
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 PRIDE at RPA
Join us for a happy hour and panel discussion centered around resilience through queer art and history, followed by a live drag performance.
ƒ Making Friends When You're Surrounded By Bots
Technology can be great, but with algorithms, AI, and bots everywhere, it can also interrupt our ability to connect meaningfully with each other. Join this month's #CultureFix Chat to learn more about how to improve communication and form connections in today's online world.
The Juice Box
IYKYK.... I promise y'all ain't never had Sapphic Taco Tuesday like this!
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June 25
↻ 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 Reading Rainbow
Discover Reading Rainbow: an inclusive space to explore LGBTQIA+ literature, share favorites, and engage in meaningful community discussions
BIPOC Silent Book Club
A chill hangout where you can read, socialize, make new friends, & enjoy a chill dinner/snack/non-alcoholic drink.
Queering Dreams: Closing & Queer Ultimatum Watch Party
Join us for one last chance to experience Queering Dreams before we gather to scream, cry, and analyze sapphic drama together.
We AR Queer’s Proud Out Loud: Queer Stories of Becoming
Join us for a night of heartfelt connection, reflection, and celebration through guided small group warm-ups and open storytelling, hosted by We AR Queer—a space for LGBTQ+ folks to deepen connection, practice authentic relating, and build community. Whether you share, witness, or both, you’ll walk away feeling seen, grounded, and more connected to yourself and others.
ƒ “Ponyboi” Early Screening
Come watch “Ponyboi” before anyone else and help support Pandion Music Foundation!
new moon chill pride gathering
an intimate pride gathering in a cozy cloud themed room where we gather to set intentions, connect, & honor this new moon in cancer by sharing space & listening to each other’s needs. let's celebrate the new moon, make intentions, connect with each other, and do some rituals!
WLWW: WOMEN LOVE WOMEN WEDNESDAYS
A midweek mixer for the women who love women ! A new sapphic space for the ladies!
June 26
↻ ƒ 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.
↻ 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 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.
↻ ƒ Sapphic Skate LA
Come skate and learn how to skate with other sapphics. (Skateboarding and rollerskating)
↻ Queer Art Hang: LGBTQ+ Life Drawing
Every Thursday is Queer Art Hang, a workshop series exclusively for the LGBTQ+ community. Sketchbooks and a variety of mediums will be provided but attendees are welcome to bring their own supplies. 18+
↻ Stud Country
🏳️🌈 Queer Church of Line Dance 🏳️🌈
ƒ C.A.R.E. - Substance Use Disorder and Risks Program
CARE is an educational series raising awareness on substance use disorders, prevention, harm reduction, and safe binding/tucking practices.
ƒ Queer Yoga
With Love Projects joined us in creating space for queer and trans folks to move, breathe, and unwind.
2nd Annual Liberation for Trans & Queers Drag Show Fundraiser
Join us for radical drag performances from Trans & Queer performers! 21+
ƒ June Grief Sound Bath
Join Cosmic Return and Adelitas Revenge for a collective space to share and release grief!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Pride Fundraiser
“Celebrate this Pride with absolute pleasure!” Join us for Pride to support & protect LGBTQ+ rights!
ƒ Pride Month Educators' Social
Join One Institute to network with local educators and explore our new lesson plans for teaching K-12 LGBTQ+ history!
Mas Fuego: NOHO Pride Party
A free sapphic centered pride event with a Latinx flare featuring burlesque, drag, food, drinks and a DJ.
Monthly BIPOC Support Group
The group chat you deserve 🤎A monthly online support group for people of color to check in, feel seen, and be held — in community.
Natural Form
Natural Form is a figure drawing workshop that highlights and celebrates the human experience.
TAC Comedy Show
The Ally Coalition and Lyric Hyperion present the first ever TAC Comedy Show! Proceeds will go towards TAC and support LGBTQ+ youth.
ƒ Pride Month Open Mic
An affirming, inclusive open mic for poets and storytellers of all kinds. Hosted by queer and trans people of color.
June 27
↻ TOXICA
Latin Party for Queer Womxn + Friends in Los Angeles. Every Friday Night Dinner & Dance Party
↻ Lotería Libre
Join us for Lotería Nights at the Greater Whittier LGBTQ+ Community Center! This fun and interactive support group meets every Friday!
↻ Pop My Cherry Fridays
Queer ladies night
Queer Crush Climbing: Send with Pride
We host events in effort 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.
ƒ LA LGBT Center Market Volunteering
Join us to provide food relief through a free farmer's market while offering a range of other services.
ƒ Friends, Family, Allies Meeting
FFA creates a safe space for loved ones of the queer community, offering support, resources, and connection with LGBTQIA+ allies. This group provides individuals seeking support with resources to deepen their allyship and engage meaningfully with their LGBTQIA+ loved ones.
BBGRL Pride Wrap-Up Party
A celebration of every queer, loud, hot, and holy version of you. For the babes. 21+
Party Girl + Bae Rave: Pride Edition
Come for a night full of party girl anthems!
ƒ OUT WEST: Queer Western Movie Night
👻 Come join OUT WEST for a night of queer western joy!
URTV: Passion Mansion
Do you love LOVE ISLAND, TOO HOT TO HANDLE, and the legendary SEASON 8 of ARE YOU THE ONE? Then you'll LOVE this fully live, interactive show created by a team of 40 award-winning QTBIPOC immersive theatremakers and emerging, talented artists! Showings on 6/27 and 6/28
June 28
ƒ 4th Annual Queer Fair
For 4 years, Queer Fair has provided a FREE, all-ages event that celebrates the radical and communal origins of Pride. Featuring performances, vendors, mutual aid organizations, tattooists, piercings, food, and crafts!
⭐ ƒ Margin Scribes: A QTBIPOC Writers' Collective
We provide a supportive space for writers at all levels to cultivate creativity, accountability, and community through shared storytelling.
↻ 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!
↻ 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.
This Better Be Funny
Get ready for a Black queer comedy showcase featuring an all-Black, queer and trans lineup of comedians. This Pride Month celebration centers Black joy, creativity, and resilience through the healing power of laughter. A night designed to uplift voices often marginalized even within LGBTQ+ spaces, creating a vibrant, affirming atmosphere that honors the intersection of Blackness and queerness through comedy.
LGBTQ+ Reduction Lino Printmaking
Celebrate queer creativity and bold self-expression in this 3-hour, hands-on printmaking workshop. Using the reduction linocut technique, you’ll explore the power of color, layering, and storytelling. We’ll carve, ink, and print together in an inclusive space where all skill levels are welcomed.
ƒ Meditation for Trans, GNC, NB, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Folx
Practice meditation and connection with other trans, GNC, NB, genderqueer, and other gender expansive folx. Hybrid event!
ƒ Iranian LGBTQ Beach Pride Gathering
Celebrate Iranian LGBTQ Pride month! Expect food, drinks, music, and a vibe so good you’ll forget about your dating apps and that one ghoster from last week.
ƒ Gaymer Night
Embark on an exhilarating journey into the world of gaming with our inclusive and vibrant Gaymer Night event! Designed for LGBTQ+ gamer
The Constellations Project Exhibition - Opening Reception
The Constellations Project is a Queer, Intergenerational art and storytelling project. The exhibition will feature painted portraits and recorded stories of LGBTQ+ elders accompanied by youth and young adult paintings in response to the elder's stories. Reception from 2-5 pm, artist talk at 3 pm.
Queer Aunties Rooftop Pool Party
It isn't a summer if we ain't in the pool! So let's do just that! Join us for a Rooftop Pool Party that's sure to welcome the summer correctly! We will be at Godfrey at the top and we want to see you there!
ƒ CULVEER CITY PRIDE RIDE
The Pride Ride is a community-led ride that heads to the PRIDE FESTIVAL.
Queer Ecology Walk and Mixer
Join us in the TPF gardens for this interpretative walk connecting California Native ecosystems to queer themes that abound in nature.
ƒ Break the Game Documentary Screening
Join us for a screening of Break the Game as part of our programming for One Book, One Glendale selection.
ƒ Pride AF: Alcohol Free
Join us for a free sober summer concert overlooking the park! We'll have mocktails, queer performers, and a fabulous view. RVSP now!
ƒ SAN FERNANDO VALLEY PRIDE 2025
Get ready to celebrate love and diversity at San Fernando Valley Pride!
Indie Pride
Calling all lovers of indie music; all queers looking to celebrate the last weekend of pride in style! Join your new favorite queer bands of LA for a shimmering night of INDIE PRIDE. 18+
June 29
↻ 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).
↻ Stud Country: Beginner Line Dance
🏳️🌈 Queer Church of Line Dance 🏳️🌈
Queer Arts & Crafts
Join Avril Heals’ for crafting, pastries, thrifting and karaoke at this outdoor, sapphic centered pride celebration!
DANA'S LAST NIGHT OF PRIDE PARTY
BETTEr see you for dinner, drinks, & dancing at DANA'S end of PRIDE month celebration!
PRIDE Tennis Pop Up Party
Get ready to serve fierce looks and fabulous shots at our PRIDE Tennis Pop Up Party - a celebration of love, tennis, and Pride.
ƒ OG PRIDE ART MARKET
The OG ART MARKET is back! And this month we are celebrating PRIDE at our LGBTQ+ WOC owned outdoor community space!
ƒ Queer Book Club
Q.U.A.C.K.'s Queer Book Club: “Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert” by Bob the Drag Queen
Sunday Funday Party - L.A. Black PRIDE Edition
LamLou Entertainment presents Sunday Funday Party - L.A. Black PRIDE Edition, Celebrating PRIDE like only we know how...
Afternoon Delight Comedy Show
Leave your Sunday Scaries at the door and enjoy this Afternoon Delight! An interactive comedy show by Kiki Andersen.
Goddexx of Alxhemy
A QTBIPOC Ceremonial Ritual to embrace the Goddexx Archetype. Honoring the Ancestors of Earth and Water, Activating and Aligning the Heart.
Ticklemuff & Friends: Rainbow Edition
A rainbow themed variety show produced by the most adorable muppet, Ticklemuff, that will warm your heart and make you laugh till you cry.
ƒ Satrang's 3rd Annual South Asian Pride Celebration
Come join us for Satrang's 3rd Annual South Asian Pride Celebration - a colorful and vibrant event celebrating our community!
5th Annual South Bay Pride Paddle & Lunch
This is a different kind of Pride Parade, one that takes place in the water—South Bay style. Celebratory lunch to follow.
ƒ Gundo Pride 2025
Celebrate love & inclusion at Gundo Pride 2025! Pride Walk + picnic with music, art, games & more. All are welcome!