Lgbtq museum la
We’re proud that, in assembling this list of Queer landmarks, Los Angeles can boast so many meaningful historical sites, supportive organizations and impactful archives. Of course, we’ve also made room for some straight-up entertainment on our list—though still with a side of history—including a world-famous gay bar, a legendary Black disco club and a notoriously naughty bookstore. Whether you’re celebrating Pride or paying respect to the city’s gender non-conforming legends, fill your itinerary with these 10 LGBTQ+ landmarks.
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It may sound like a typical, polished Silver Lake gastropub but accept a close look at the historical marker adjacent the entrance when you walk in: This was the site of the very first LGBTQ+ civil rights demonstration in the country.
After undercover officers began to beat and
We’re no stranger to the Met or a MOMA or two, but when looking for a place solely dedicated to showing LGBTQ art and history, it’s easy to reach up short, particularly if you’re travelling in a new city. So, from Stonewall archives to contemporary gay art exhibitions, we’ve put together a list of the top 10 LGBTQ museums in the world offering up same-sex attracted culture and insight into all things queer, wherever you are in the world.
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Explore in luxury1. Leslie+Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York, USA
Named after their New Yorker founders Fritz Lohman and Charles Leslie, the Leslie+Lohman Museum of Gay and Female homosexual Art is the fallout of decades of struggles and opposition, start
"On the Side of Angels: Latina Womxn loving womxn Activism" Opens at the Vincent Price Art Museum
Presented by Latina Futures 2050 Lab at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, the new installation captures social justice movements from the 1980s to the slow 2000s. The exhibition runs June 21- August 30, 2025
June 5, 2025 (Los Angeles, CA) —   A new exhibition showcasing archival collections of prominent Latina lesbians and narrating their involvement in LGBTQ+, immigrant, labor, and housing justice movements, will be presented at the Vincent Price Art Museum (VPAM) at East Los Angeles College (ELAC).
Opening June 21, 2025, On the Side of Angels: Latina Dyke Activism, is a collaboration between VPAM and Latina Futures 2050 Lab, an initiative spearheaded by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC). The exhibition features original material from theCSRC Libraryarchives, highlighting movements from the 1980s through the late 2000s.
The exhibition runs June 21- Aug. 30 and features photography, posters, magazines, and video footage from the collections of policy and civil rights advocate Laura Esquivel, tenant rights attorney Elena Popp, and archivi
Sci-fi, Magick, Queer LA: Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation considers the importance of science fiction fandom and occult interests to LGBTQ history. Science fiction and occult communities helped pave the way for the LGBTQ movement by providing a place for individuals to meet and visualize spaces less restricted by societal norms. The exhibition focuses on Los Angeles from the late 1930s through 1960s and looks both forward and backward to follow the lives of writers, publishers, and early sci-fi enthusiasts, including progressive communities such as the LA Science Fantasy Society, the Ordo Templi Orientis at the Agape Lodge, and ONE Inc. Spanning fandom, aerospace study, queer history, and the occult, Sci-fi, Magick, Gay LA: Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation reveals how artists, scientists, and idealistic thinkers like Kenneth Wrath, Lisa Ben, Margaret Brundage, Marjorie Cameron, Morris Scott Dollens, Renate Druks, Curtis Harrington, and Jim Kepner worked together to envision and create a society of their own making through films, photographs, tune, illustrations, costumes, and writing. Programming includes film screenings, panel discussions, and a Halloween cosplay ev
Detail of: Anna Klumpke, Rosa Bonheur, 1898. Oil on canvas
(117.2 x 98.1 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York:
acquisition number 22.222. Source: Wikipedia.
Queer Heritage and Collections Network
'The project aims to launch a UK-wide network, providing workout, networking and peer support to people working with Gay collections and histories.'
Trans-Inclusive Culture: Guidance on Advancing Trans Inclusion for Museums, Galleries, Archives and Heritage Organisations.
From the University of Leicester's Research Centre for Museums and Galleries. To access, either complete the Please inform us about your interest in this resource form, or simply select Skip. See also the Research Centre's Museums and the Transgender Tipping Point.
LGBTQ+ museums
American Diverse Museum
Project launched 2024.
ArQuives
Canada's LGBTQ2+ archives in Toronto.
Australian Gay Archives
Brighton Beach House
Two permanent collections: the Brighton Beacon Collection, guest curated by queer art specialist Gemma Rolls-Bentley, and the Local Collection featuring artists born