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SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING

The Center’s annual Senior Prom, hosted by the Center’s Senior Services Department, is the subject of a short documentary that premiered on PBS Voices’ YouTube platform during Pride month. Produced by a queer, female-led production company, the 14-minute film follows a cast of trailblazing older adults—all of whom are residents of the Center’s Triangle Square apartments in Hollywood. Senior Prom was filmed at the Pickwick Gardens in Burbank at the 2017 and 2019 proms.

YES, WE COUNT!

The Center is one of five Federally Qualified Health Centers to have launched a nationwide study analyzing COVID-19’s impact on LGBT people, including infection rates and outcomes. Known as The We Count Collaborative, the study collects data to capture the unique circumstances and distinct needs of LGBT people and to guide future public health policy recommendations impacting the LGBT community. The study is being conducted in partnership with The PRIDE Study, the first large-scale, long-term national health study of LGBTQ+ people.

For more information about The We Count Collaborative, visit bit.ly/thewecount

CAN’T STOP PRIDE

VIRTUAL

Trans Pride Los Angeles—one of the nation’s oldest and largest celebrations of the Trans, Gender Non-Conforming, Intersex, Non-Binary (TGI/ENBY+) community—took place virtually for the second consecutive year. Expanded from two to three days, TPLA’s full schedule included workshops, panel discussions, a Community Gallery, the always popular VarieTy Show, and a Big Queer Convo with ACLU Deputy Director for Transgender Justice Chase Strangio, who is the first trans individual to argue—and win—a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

For more information about Trans Pride Los Angeles, visit lalgbtcenter.org/transpride

The Center received an $80,000 grant from Health Net, one of California’s largest and most experienced managed care plans, to help enroll and educate LGBT individuals in Medi-Cal in Los Angeles. Part of Health Net's broader commitment to support communities during the national pandemic, the Center was one of 24 organizations statewide that received funding totaling $1.95 million. Health Net also awarded the Center a $100,000 grant at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which enabled the Center to expand its telehealth capacity, ensure safe continuity of care, and meet patient needs.

For more information about the Center’s Health Services, visit lalgbtcenter.org/health

SCORE!

LA Galaxy honored the Center during its eighth-consecutive Pride Night, one of the longest-running Pride Night celebrations in professional sports. In addition to a portion of ticket proceeds benefiting the Center, the soccer club raised nearly $1,100 for the Center in an Instagram fundraiser and honored Health Services employee Mar Marqusee, LVN (above), as the Hero of the Game. America’s Got Talent Season 15 semifinalist and Center supporter Celina Graves sang the National Anthem during the pregame ceremonies.