“Our Struggle for Marriage Equality” exhibition

A ground-breaking event which will feature marriage memorabilia, photographs, videos, and art work representing the ongoing activism of Gay/Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender people to achieve the right to marry.

Opening Ceremony and Community Welcoming Event
May 30 - Municipal Building from 4:00-7:00 p.m.

Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl; The Reverend Susan Russell of All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena; Brad Sears, Executive Director of the Williams Institute; Robin Tyler, activist and comedian; other community gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender leaders will be speaking at the opening ceremony.

West Los Angeles Municipal Building
1645 Corinth Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025.

 

 

Through the ONE Archives Gallery & Museum, the ONE organization aims to provide greater access to queer history in an effort to preserve the past and secure the future of LGBT peoples.

Exhibits will explore a range of important topics in local, national, and global LGBT history and culture.

 

ONE Archives Gallery & Museum presents

Pat Rocco:
Enlightened Enthusiast

An exhibition, on the life and art of Pat Rocco, documentarian, humanitarian and entrepreneur.  Mr. Rocco’s contributions to LGBT history are noteworthy and include documenting gay life in Los Angeles from the 1960’s through the 1980’s on film and in photographs, which will be a part of the exhibit. The Society of Pat Rocco Enlightened Enthusiasts (SPREE) was founded to honor his work as one of the first filmmakers of specifically gay erotic motion pictures. Mr. Rocco used money from SPREE's theatrical productions to fund the US Mission which houses homeless LGBT people among others. Pat revived the Los Angeles Christopher Street West parade after its hiatus in 1973. He was the originator of the festival that now accompanies that parade and others like it all over the country.  Pat is not only a crucial member of the history of Los Angeles but a great humanitarian and activist known all over the world.  Please come see him in person. 

Opening Event
June 6 - ONE Archives Gallery & Museum from 5:00-8:00 p.m.

ONE Archives Gallery & Museum
626 N. Robertson Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90069
The entrance to the gallery is on El Tovar.

Exhibit runs June 6 to August 28, 2009
Open Fri 4:30-8:30pm, Sat & Sun 1-5pm

 

GenderPlay
in lesbian culture

Exhibit opening Saturday March 14th, 3pm-6pm with singer Phranc,
emcee Marie Cartier and Latina Butchlalis de Panochtitlan.

Discover cross-dressers and tobacco-chewers of the American Civil War and the Wild West, stone butches, high femmes, and kikis of the 1950s, through to the dykes of the Lesbian Feminist 1970s to bois, trans people, and genderqueers today. All re-mixed with vintage photos, archival docs, film clips, and historic first person accounts.

Produced by ONE Archives Gallery & Museum and LEX - the Lesbian Exploratorium. Co-sponsored by the City of West Hollywood & LA Pride/Christopher Street West.

Exhibit runs March 14 to May 23, 2009
Open Fri 4:30-8:30pm, Sat & Sun 1-5pm

626 N. Robertson Ave.
West Hollywood, CA 90069

 

 

ONE Spring/Summer Culture Series

All events take place at 2pm and are FREE

909 W. Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
3rd Sunday of every month

 

May 17: Why Gay and Lesbian History and Preservation is Important to American Society with Jeffrey B. Samudio, founder of The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian History Project.

June 21: Caffe Cino The Birthplace of Gay Theatre. Playwright Robert Patrick,who was there, will show and tell about his unique collection of Caffe Cino photos and posters.

July 19: Eyewitness account of the Stonewall Rebellion and events that followed, with John O’Brien, one of the three original founders of the Gay Liberation Front. John will separate out some myths and offer lessons from that era’s militant activism which can be used in today’s Gay & Lesbian Movements.

Aug 16: A Lesbian Feminist Happening Our Lives on the Page with poet and author, Judy Grahn, who will speak about her poetry and lesbian feminism. Also, publisher and journalist Jeanne Cordova will celebrate the unveiling of a new permanent art installation, The Lesbian Legacy Wall; a collage of historic covers of 40 lesbian publications from around the world.