Landmarks & History
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Largest repository of LGBTQ+ historical materials in the world.
Gallery showcasing local women artists, part of Santa Monica inclusion coverage.
Silver Lake has long been part of Los Angeles queer cultural life, with bars, restaurants, and creative spaces popular with LGBTQ+ locals.
The Broadway corridor is one of Long Beach's best-known LGBTQ+ nightlife areas, with bars and community venues along East Broadway.
The stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard between La Cienega and Doheny Drive in West Hollywood, home to the highest concentration of gay bars, clubs, and LGBTQ+ venues in Los Angeles. The historic heart of queer nightlife and community life in LA.
One of the world's most significant archives of lesbian history, art, and culture, housed in West Hollywood. Founded in 1981, the Mazer Archives preserves documents, photographs, periodicals, and ephemera from the lesbian community, and is open for research visits by appointment.
The former LA home of Finnish artist Touko Laaksonen (Tom of Finland), now preserved as a cultural landmark by the Tom of Finland Foundation. Tours available of the historic property, a living monument to queer art and erotic liberation.
The gallery and visitor space of the ONE Archives Foundation, affiliated with USC and housing the world's largest LGBTQ+ archive. Rotating exhibitions draw on a vast collection of LGBTQ+ history, art, and culture spanning decades.
A memorial in Los Angeles honouring Matthew Shepard and the cause of LGBTQ+ human rights.