I just keep thinking about the shoes. Brown suede and spanking new, they were sitting inside a “professional clothing office”—essentially a lending library for job interview clothes—in the career center of the L.A. LGBT Center’s new $141 million Anita May Rosenstein Campus. Would-be borrowers could slip the shoes on in relative privacy, without worrying that […]
How the L.A. LGBT Center Became the Most Impactful Queer Services Org Ever
Lorri Jean, CEO of the Los Angeles LGBT Center, has been an activist since junior high, when she led a petition drive to allow girls at her school to wear pants. Later, at Georgetown University Law Center, she sued the school’s administration for not allowing LGBT groups on campus. In the midst of the suit, […]
The L.A. LGBT Center’s New Campus Is Like a Miniature Queer City
A coterie of celebrities, public officials, and high-powered donors attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony and block party for the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s new digs in Hollywood on Sunday. The $141 million Anita May Rosenstein Campus is practically a miniature queer city, with 100 beds for homeless youth, a new senior center, and an academy. It […]