📣 Events: Week of JUN 9, 2025
volume iii • issue 24 ~ here's your rundown of queer, sapphic-friendly events happening in Los Angeles this week.
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↻ = WEEKLY ✏️ = Sapphic LA Event
June 9
↻ 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 💖
Virtual Speed Dating for Black Lesbians
Flirty event for Black monogamous lesbians to find a boo and build community
On Swift Horses Screening
Celebrate PRIDE 2025 Through Cinema! Join us for a FREE screening of “ON SWIFT HORSES.”
Silent Book Club of Death: Queer Night
Join us at Studio DDLA this Pride Month for a queer-centered evening of reflection, curiosity, and connection. Settle in with fellow death-curious bookworms for an hour of silent reading, followed by space for thoughtful conversation and communal gathering.
Mermaid Comedy Hour Pride Show
Mermaid Comedy Hour is an all woman & non-binary comedy show that's been running for 10 years! On June 9th we will be having our Pride edition at the Hollywood Improv!
June 10
THE DUMB TOUR - EMM
"Rumored as 'The Next Gaga,' EMM is redefining live shows with powerhouse vocals, electrifying performances, and her signature blend of singing, dancing, and playing five instruments live. Don’t miss your chance to witness this rising star's one-of-a-kind show — it's an experience you’ll be bragging about."
↻ 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.
↻ 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.
↻ Sapphic Skate LA
Come skate and learn how to skate with other sapphics. (Skateboarding and rollerskating)
↻ LGBTQIA+ Support Group
Connect, share, and find community.
Pride Friendship Bracelets
Come join us for a fun evening of making friendship bracelets to celebrate Pride! No experience necessary - just come ready to have a good time! See you there!
On Swift Horses
Celebrate PRIDE 2025 Through Cinema! Join us for a FREE screening of ON SWIFT HORSES.
Bootleg Line Dance Class
Come have a beer, cider, or NA beverage and line dance with us! 8pm-10:30pm. Lessons at 8:30 and 9:30. See y'all there!
Literary Wonders Figure Drawing
Literary-inspired figure drawing run by a queer model. Come draw with us!
June 11
↻ COMMUNITY CARE WEDNESDAYS
🍊Free fruit, veg, eggs, milk & more 🛍️ Bring at least 3 of your own bags to carry what you gather
↻ 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.
↻ 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
↻ Rainbow Skate
LA's premier LGBTQ+ skate night!
↻ Full Moon Celebration
Celebrate the completion of this lunar cycle with the Celestial Collective under the stars, and at the Moonlight Rollerway!
On Swift Horses Screening
Celebrate PRIDE 2025 Through Cinema! Join us for a FREE screening of ON SWIFT HORSES.
Hermosa Beach Pride Run
Join HB Run Club for their weekly pier run in honor of Pride!
Working Queers: An NLGJA LA Coworking Meetup
Get your work done, diva!
The Lusty Kitten Pride Special
LKP welcomes you into our queer little home and brings you The Lusty Kitten Pride Special!
🌈 Show your Pride year-round and become a paid subscriber for $5/mo (or less) to support this QTBIPOC-owned org! You’ll get sweet perks like discounts and freebies, and you’ll help us grow and reach more of our queer community.
June 12
↻ 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
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.
↻ Sapphic Skate LA
Come skate and learn how to skate with other sapphics. (Skateboarding and rollerskating)
↻ Queer Art Hang: Riso Printing for the Trans Community
Using the beloved flow pink and mint riso inks similar to the trans flag, we will each make a beautifully unique edition of risograph prints that explore themes of transness, joy, gender euphoria, and expression, as a radical act of resistance to the ever increasing hostility and violence our community faces.
↻ Stud Country
🏳️🌈 Queer Church of Line Dance 🏳️🌈
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.
deadbeat.
deadbeat. is a chaotic, vignette-style comedy show that combines live sketches, digital performances, and drag to embrace the absurdity of our lived experiences as queer, mixed-race women in America — because what better way to shame colonizers than with a good laugh? Shows on June 9, 12, 17, 19, 21, 22, and 25.
On Swift Horses Screening
Celebrate PRIDE 2025 Through Cinema! Join us for a FREE screening of ON SWIFT HORSES.
Pride & Drinks - Queer South Asian/Desi & Latinx Social Meetup
Join us for our monthly social meetup to connect and engage with members of the Desi/South Asian & Latinx queer community and allies.
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.
Made to Move
Pride Edition
LYNX Lez Movie & Mingle Night
Join us for a night of lesbian mingling, lesbian film, and lesbian fun at the LYNX Lez Movie & Mingle Night!
John Birdsall in Conversation: What is “Queer Food?”
John Birdsall in converesation with Meghan McCarron for What is Queer Food? Book signing and meet and greet to follow.
Beyond June: Queerness in Art and the Politics of Visibility
Join us for a conversation with the queer and allied voices behind Darkness and Light. This evening brings together three queer artists and a devoted ally for a candid exploration of how identity informs practice. From formative experiences to the politics of visibility, the conversation will trace the role of queerness and womanhood in shaping artistic voice and visual language.
Perspectives on Local Drag
Join us at the One Gallery in West Hollywood for Perspectives on Local Drag, a panel conversation moderated by Mo B. Dick. Continuing West Hollywood's 40th anniversary celebration, Perspectives on Local Drag unites performers across the WeHo and LA drag scene to share their experiences and discuss the past, present, and future state of drag.
June 13
↻ Fangirl Central Co-Work
Come co-work every Friday at a queer, Latina, and woman-owned café in WeHo! Everyone welcome!
↻ 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
For Gays by Gays
BLACK & BROWN GAYS TO THE FRONT⭐️This one’s for us. No watered-down Pride. No fake love. Just bass, bodies, and community that goes off!
𝑫𝑶𝑼𝑩𝑳𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑬 🏳️🌈 𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑫𝑬 🏳️🌈 𝑫𝑶𝑼𝑩𝑳𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑶𝑷𝑬𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮
Don’t miss our summer openings for “Fairy Prince” by ONE Archives artist in residence Halo Starling and a new collections show, “The Space We Take: Portraits from the Archive” 💀🥵 6 - 9 PM!
Swing Set Open Mic
An affirming, inclusive open mic for poets and storytellers of all kinds. Hosted by queer and trans people of color.
Atardeceres Con La Lucha: Orgullo
Join us for a regenetive pride celebration centering the queer, trans, and gender non-conforming community of the Eastside of Los Angeles!
Hermosa Beach Pride Kickoff Party
Mix and mingle with other South Bay queers and allies at our Hermosa Pride Kickoff Party! Bring your dancing shoes and come early if you want to participate in some meet & greet games. 21+
TGI JOB READINESS FAIR
Resume help, mock interviews, headshots, and employer meet & greets for our TGI community. Free with RSVP
Bootleg Boogie Whorror Pride Party
👻 Friday June 13th Queer Line Dance Party. 8pm-midnight. Costumes encouraged. Whorrifying song swaps. Vendors. Food truck. We’re dying to see y’all there!
BAILE PRIDE
🌈 We’re not playing games on the dance floor!! With sounds by dance music legends
Lez B Honest Stand- Up Comedy Show
Are you ready to laugh your ass off at the Lez B Honest Stand-Up Comedy Show? Where queer comedians take the stage to spill the tea!
MUSTACHE MONDAYS (2021)
Screening, Panel & Dance Party Celebration! Queer Diaspora celebrates the legendary roving club night that shaped the Queer cultural fabric of LA!
Lez Croix
Celebrating 8 years of refreshingly different parties 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 14
Lez Brunch!
Brunch event catered to sapphic community. Bottomless mimosas, Dj's, dance performers, and fun games. Portion of proceeds to benefit Baby Gay.
✏️ 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!
↻ 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.
PRIDE RUN
We’re turning up the community vibes this June with a very special PRIDE RUN in collaboration with our friends at Queer Woman Run Club!
Sit & Share
Let's get back to basics: just sitting in nature, sharing our perspectives on life, with some snacks.
Trans Pride LA 2025
Trans Pride LA 2025 is a celebration of our vibrant TGNBI+ community, filled with love, support, and visibility for all us!
Pride Outside: San Gay-briel Mountains
Join us to celebrate the expansion of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument! Featuring speakers, drag, and a hike!
¡Jotería! - A Cultural Pride Event
Celebrate Pride Month with Salvies Who Lunch and LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes! Join us for a vibrant day-long celebration of Latinx LGBTQ+
Hermosa Beach Pride Parade
Come celebrate love, inclusivity, and Pride at the Hermosa Beach Pride Parade! Join us for a lively, family-friendly event filled with lots of community spirit.
PERSONAL BEST
Come ready to sweat + smooch + don’t forget to bring CASH to tip your dancers!
Joint Track & Field Day
a day of bracket sports tournaments, field day relay races, & track events! there will be food, drinks, and prizes! as well as some arts & crafts for any cuties who just wanna chill 🤍
Parallel Play: An Introverted Queer Park Day
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.
Turning Pages: with Doctor Jon Paul Higgins
Join us as we welcome Doctor Jon Paul Higgins, educator, media critic, and author of Big. Fat. Femme.
Journal Club
Bouquet making, journaling and mindfulness for our one year anniversary! 🫶🏼🌷
HOT POT PRIDE Day Party
DON’T WANT TO BREAK THE BANK ON INFLATED RIDESHARE FEES TO WEHO OR DOWNTOWN JUST TO STAND IN LINE ALL NIGHT TRYING TO GET INTO THE CLUB??? CELEBRATE PRIDE WITH HOTPOT FOR OUR BIGGEST DAY PARTY OF THE YEAR ON A ROOFTOP IN KTOWN
“SOLO” — A Fringe Theater Experience
A sci-fi journey written & directed by Scottie-Jeanette Madden asking, “How far does a girl gotta go to escape mankind?” Reserve your seat now!
BREAK 4 LOVE
House, Disco Queer Event
Slay by the Bay: Drag Show & Fundraiser
Stunning performances from a fab line-up of drag queens, silent auction, live music and mingling all as part of the Hermosa Beach Pride Celebration. All proceeds go towards the nonprofit. If ticket costs are a barrier, please DM us.
Showgirls
Fresh to Las Vegas with no connections, Nomi Malone takes a job as an exotic dancer. Her talents are quickly noticed by Cristal, a headlining dancer who senses an opportunity to bolster her own act. But Nomi won’t play second fiddle and soon begins her venomous path to the top, ruthlessly backstabbing anyone who gets in her way.
Home Is Her
Home Is Her is more than a concert - it's proof that trans and queer people are some of the most resilient people on Earth. Join us for a night of collective healing in support of a mother fighting cancer.
Hot Glue Homo
A Queer Community Craft Day that’s joyfully hands-on.
Big Deck Energy: Pride Comedy Show
Our queer-produced pride comedy show features an all-queer lineup to celebrate pride! We’re happy to share that we’re partnering with the Trevor Project and all profits are going to preventing LGBTQ+ youth suicide. Laugh, eat sushi, drink, and play games with us for a cause! Benefits go toward the Trevor Project.
trans.ties
A space for transgender and nonbinary people to learn shibari in a welcoming, low-pressure, covid-conscious, and trans-only environment. Come for a PRIDE PLAY PARTY!
LGBTQ+ Self Defense & Empowerment Training
Self-defense training for the LGBTQ+ community with a trauma-informed, empowering, and practical approach to personal safety.
Beach Club: Pride Edition
Join us at the beach for a pride celebration featuring DJs, performances, workshops, local vendors, & conscious queer community.
What Queers Do in the Shadows: Pride Show!
Join us for a fabulous Pride show celebrating all the amazing things queer folks do in the shadows!
Beehive Block Party
catch your fresh & exhilarating start of summer vibe at the beehive block party, igniting june 14th. indulge in good music, great food, tooth gems, and exclusive flash tats by flo tats, all with the illustrious pawpaw rod headlining and incredible artists supporting the sounds 🐝✨
Hermosa Beach Pride After Party
Continue the pride festivities all night long! 21+
Intro to Screen Printing
Create your own custom pride shirt and learn the full process of screen printing: bring your own design, draw one in the studio, or choose from ours. You’ll also learn how to print a gradient rainbow!
Mile 9
Guided creative field research -- Exploring art, culture, and place along the LA River/Paayme Paxaayt.
June 15
HARAM Salon
Celebrating SWANA LGBTQ+ spirits and allies while raising funds for Palestine. This event we collab with @byefarah for a special t-shirt release to raise funds for Heal Palestine.
↻ 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 🏳️🌈
Hermosa Beach Pride Yoga & Wellness
Surf ,Sun, Swim, Sand…. Join us at the beach near the Pride Tower for a fun-filled beach day! Families welcome.
Sapphic Joy!
Celebrate pride with us by testing your sapphic knowledge and playing games infused with karaoke where you’re eligible to win silly prizes just by participating!
GeminAurus Season - That Astrology Comedy Show
Enjoy an astrology themed comedy show Sunday June 15th with an incredible line up of comedians from all over Los Angeles!
BOOK LAUNCH: MARSHA w/ Tourmaline
Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson' with author Tourmaline
FOLX Comedy Show
Join us for a night of queer joy, jokes and community. Featuring an amazing lineup of LGBTQIA+ talent. Proceeds benefit the FOLX Health + Point of Pride Care Fund, supporting trans adults with financial assistance for gender-affirming care.
TNG LA’s 1 Year Anniversary Play Party & Class
This party is exclusively for kinksters who are ages 18-35 😉