📣 Events: Week of MAY 4, 2026
volume iv • issue 18 ~ here's your rundown of queer, sapphic-friendly events happening in Los Angeles this week.
🌟 Subscribers Only: Tickets to the Next Sapphic Pottery Social
Get tickets to our May 23rd workshop before anyone else! QTBIPOC discounts available.
✍🏾 NEXT SUNDAY: Our Free QTBIPOC Writer’s Meetup
The Margin Scribes is a space for queer and trans writers of color to come together for creativity, accountability, and community. It’s free to join.
🖤 QTBIPOC Baddies: Don’t Miss this New Festival
Get tickets to the first-ever Girls Love Girls Fest on May 31!
🧪 Get tested for free with REACH LA
You may also be eligible to receive a $25 gift card. Mention ‘Sapphic LA’ as your referrer.
📱 STAY TAPPED IN
Key: ↻ Weekly • ƒ Free • ⭐ Organized by Sapphic LA
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Unless otherwise noted, Sapphic LA is not affiliated with any of the events listed.
May 4
↻ƒ Queer Run Club
90027 • Bringing the joy of running to different LA neighborhoods 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️👟 all skill levels 💖
Queer Crush Climbing
90232 • 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.
↻ƒ Herstories: LGBTQ+ Women’s Group
Virtual • 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.
Queer Game Night
90012 • Be gay. Play games. Created by and for queer, trans, and NB folks. We play a variety of games from social party games to competitive strategy games. Bring your own or just bring yourself!
↻ƒ luv x basketball
90042 • queer pick up 🏀💞
Mermaid Comedy Hour
90046 • Originally from East Tennessee, Alexis Bradby started her stand-up journey after moving to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California.
Facial Recognition Comedy
90028 • Facial Recognition Comedy is a nationally touring stand-up show featuring some of the funniest comics of South and West Asian descent. Founded by comedians Fizaa Dosani, Zahra Ali, and Pallavi Gunalan, each show presents a new lineup of hilarious comedians who are NOT the same person.
↻ Queerchata: Beginner Classes
90031 • Dance with us this Spring! 🌷🌼
↻ Stud Country
90026 • Line dance lessons at 8:30pm and 10:00pm.
ƒ KICK: Work-in-Progress Screening & Conversation
90038 • An exclusive Work In Progress screening of KICK, an upcoming documentary about trans nonbinary Olympic runner, Nikki Hiltz.
↻ Virtual Scene Study
Zoom • Actnow is LA's first & ONLY all Queer Acting & Creative Arts Studio. ActNOW Scene Study is for All Queer Creatives, regardless of experience level. Four classes total!
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May 5
↻ƒ KISO Karaoke
90013 • Queer karaoke night every Tuesday 9pm-1am! HAPPY HOUR ALL NIGHT! FREE SHOTS EVERY HOUR
↻ƒ Beats n Babes - DJ Workshop
90026 • Free event - Beats n Babes is an event series and DJ collective with the mission of creating more queer spaces within the EDM scene.
Los Feliz Queer Book Club
90027 • Come join us for a sapphically-inclined queer book club focused on queer reads of all genres that meets the first Tuesday of every month. All are welcome (even if you haven’t read the book)! For May, we’re reading On Earth, We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong.
↻ Queerchata: Intro to Bachata
90031 • Learn rhythm and movement
↻ƒ Queer Latin Dance LA
TBA • Beginner/open level class! Salsa at 7:00 pm. Bachata at 7:45 pm. No experience or partner necessary, just the willingness to have fun and learn. DM for location!
Lasercut Jewelry Design
90039 • In this workshop you will design your own statement jewelry or keychain, to be cut and engraved in our Glowforge laser cutter. No prior lasercutting or digital design experience needed!
ƒ Lavender Literary Society LA: Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects
90021 • Special Los Angeles book club edition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, featuring the editors of MOTHA's Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects.
↻ƒ Pasadena Women’s Rugby Practice
91801 • 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.
Queer Crush Climbing
90025 • Whether you're a seasoned climber or just starting out, Queer Crush meetups are for anyone who identifies as diverse in their gender, romantic, or sexual orientations. Our goal with meetups is to create safe and inclusive spaces, empowering 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 Queercicles
90814 • Queer WTFNB and allies who love to cycle and drink coffee ☕️ Join us Tuesdays, and sometimes on other days for rides…
↻ƒ Sapphic Skate LA
91030 • Come skate and learn how to skate with other sapphics. (Skateboarding and rollerskating)
ƒ Drunk On Stage!
90029 • A fun LGBTQ+ venue, that hosts a fun, gay, workout room for LGBTQ+ (and Allies) comedians, produced and hosted by Bruce Daniels.
GLR x Flexx: Cinco de Mayo
91766 • Your Cinco De Mayo 2026 Plans are HERE 🤭
May 6
↻ƒ Butch Basketball
Long Beach • Join us for butch basketball in long beach! pick-up games every wednesday 5:30pm-7:30pm. RSVP required!
LOVE IN A TIME OF DYSTOPIA Writing Workshop
90232 • LOVE IN A TIME OF DYSTOPIA: An interactive writing workshop on Wednesday, May 6th with Erik Patterson. Using exercises from the craft books Write a Romantasy and Write a Dystopian Novel, writers will explore what happens when love emerges from darkness and destruction. Come prepared to write!
↻ƒ QT Open Mic
90029 • Come laugh with the queer comedians of LA, and if ur up to it, you can perform too. Great place to make friends, take a date, or find one.
Queer Crush Climbing
90813 • Whether you're a seasoned climber or just starting out, Queer Crush meetups are for anyone who identifies as diverse in their gender, romantic, or sexual orientations. Our goal with meetups is to create safe and inclusive spaces, empowering 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 Queer Catch LA
90042 • No experience needed. No expectations. No fees. No screens. Just you, outside, in the company of fellow queers✨
↻ƒ Free Queer Candlelit Yoga
90026 • Join us for a serene and grounding hour of Queer Candlelit Vinyasa Yoga, held in a cozy, sober, affirming space
↻ƒ Pasadena Women & Non-Binary Soccer
91104 • For women, GNC & trans who want to play friendly and casual soccer
↻ COMMUNITY CARE WEDNESDAYS
90032 • COMMUNITY CARE WEDNESDAYS ARE BACK! Just in time to nourish the revolutionary roots of Pride 🤩🏳️🌈🥰
Friend or Flame Lesbian Speed Dating
90026 • Did you just fall in love or find your new best friend? Come speed date with us.
Elements of Drag
90027 • Elements of Drag is a series of classes focused on the art form of Drag. We will dive deep into the history, face, movement, look, and the business of drag.
✍🏾 We now offer our QTBIPOC writer’s group on Zoom every month!
May 7
↻ OUTCLOSE: Sapphic Dinner Connections
RSVP for address • Dinner with 4 LGBTQ+ strangers. Every Week. A place to belong shouldn’t be left to chance. Your table is intentionally matched for real connection.
Heated Rivalry Trivia Night
90803 • Long Beach Pride Month is almost upon us! We’ve gotcha covered all month long from parades to trivia to comedy night to line dancing. Spots are almost full for Heated Rivalry trivia so sign up quick to reserve your seat!
Queer + Kinky Crafting SFV Munch
91411 • We will be crafting with a different theme each month - Bring your own crafting projects!
↻ƒ Sapphic Skate LA
90026 • Come skate and learn how to skate with other sapphics. (Skateboarding and rollerskating)
Queer Crush Climbing
Multiple Locations • Whether you're a seasoned climber or just starting out, Queer Crush meetups are for anyone who identifies as diverse in their gender, romantic, or sexual orientations. Our goal with meetups is to create safe and inclusive spaces, empowering 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 Dyke Soccer
Culver City • 👾 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
90042 • queer pick up 🏀💞
↻ƒ Pasadena Women’s Rugby Practice
91801 • 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.
Rivet
90065 • Ready to make some play quality gear? Join me for the next edition of RIVET, our leather gear/social where you’ll learn how to make a collar or a simple pair of cuffs with guidance.
Netflix Is A Joke: Kristin Key
90404 • Kristin Key is an internationally headlining, queer, musical comedian with sold-out shows worldwide.
Netflix Is a Joke: Hayden Johnson
90027 • Hayden Johnson is a trans queer woman comedian, writer, and actress based in Los Angeles.
↻ Stud Country
90033 • Line dance lessons at 8:30pm and 10:00pm.
ƒ Chanel Tres Pop Up
DTLA • WELCOME TO ENIGMA
