Renée Zellweger, Gina Gershon, Heart Headline ‘An Evening with Women’
Welcome to the Center
Since 1971 the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center has been building the health, advocating for the rights and enriching the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
The Center's wide array of services includes: free HIV/AIDS care and medications for those most in need; housing, food, clothing and support for homeless LGBT youth; support and advocacy services for LGBT seniors and LGBT-parented families.
The Center also offers low-cost counseling and addiction-recovery services; legal services; health education and HIV prevention programs; transgender services; a cultural arts program and much more.
Your Heart will race and you’ll be Bound to your seat at the Center’s “An Evening with Women: Celebrating Music, Art & Equality” on Saturday, May 1 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The glamorous event –L.A.’s premiere event for lesbians, bisexual women and their supporters—will feature silver screen stars Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones's Diary, Chicago) and Gina Gershon (Showgirls) and giants from the music industry, including Heart and songwriter/producer Linda Perry.
The star-studded evening includes dinner, a show and a large silent auction featuring incredible travel and entertainment packages and much more.
Community Awards
If you haven’t submitted your nominations for the lesbian or bisexual woman you think deserves props for her tireless work on behalf of the LGBT community, now is the time! Nominations are due on Wednesday, March 10!
Q&A: The Case Against Prop. 8
Sky Johnson, the Center’s Senior Policy Counsel, has been working for equal rights and social justice for more than 25 years. He oversees the Center’sVote for EqualityProject, which works to advance marriage equality through canvasses, phone banks and other actions. Johnson recently shared his thoughts about the federal trial challenging Prop. 8.
What is likely to happen?
Johnson: Walker’s decision seems likely to be favorable. Either way, it will almost certainly be appealed, first to the Ninth Circuit and then in all probability to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A final decision is likely two or more years away.
A Supreme Court victory could strike down all marriage bans across the country and allow for same-sex marriage everywhere in the U.S.A.; a defeat would establish an adverse federal precedent, but it would not affect marriage equality in the states where it already exists.
And although such an adverse ruling could well make some ongoing state-by-state efforts for marriage equality more challenging, it would not in any way stop those efforts from going forward.
Youth in the Los Angeles area can now earn a high school diploma in a safe and welcoming environment for LGBT people, thanks to a new, accredited satellite school at the Center.
A recent study shows that nearly 90% of LGBT students reported being harassed at school because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, and three-fifths felt unsafe at school.
“A bright future begins with a solid education, but it’s impossible to learn in an unsafe environment,” said Michael Ferrera, director of LifeWorks.
“Our goal is to provide a safe space where these students will have access to all of the resources they need to have a healthy, happy and full high school life.” For more information or to enroll, visit www.emsofl.com or call 323-860-7373. Read the L.A. Times story. Read the L.A. Times story. Watch theCBS 2/KCAL 9 news story.
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