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    All Ages

    Exhibition

    Hold Each Other’s Hands

    Sept 1 – Dec 5
    Jules Gill Peterson
    Speaking Engagement

    Circa Opening Plenary with Jules Gill-Peterson

    Oct. 01, 2026, 7:30–9 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    Visible and Vibrant: LGBTQ+ Artists in LACMA’s Collection

    Oct. 02, 2026, 4–5 p.m.
    Performance

    ACTION = LIFE

    Oct. 02, 2026, 6–8 p.m.
    Exhibition

    50+ Years of Gay Rodeo Archives – Exhibition Opening

    Oct 3 - Nov. 1
    Speaking Engagement

    Curatorial Walkthrough with Umi Hsu

    Oct. 03, 2026, 4–5 p.m.
    Performance

    Archivos Vivos / Living Archives: The 1990s T-Party Legacy in L.A.

    Oct. 04, 2026, 6:30–8 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    Visible and Vibrant: LGBTQ+ Artists in LACMA’s Collection

    Oct. 09, 2026, 4–5 p.m.
    Collage of Carolyn Weathers
    Speaking Engagement

    LA Queer History: A Conversation Gay Liberation Front Activist Carolyn Weathers

    Oct. 09, 2026, 7–8:30 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    Remembering Reno – The Rodeo Finals That Never Happened

    Oct. 10, 2026, 2–3:30 p.m.
    Collage
    Workshop

    Finding Transcestors

    Oct. 13, 2026, 7–8:30 p.m.
    Workshop

    Queer History is Everywhere: Cultivating Queer Spaces as Stewards of LGBTQ+ History

    Oct. 14, 2026, 7–8:30 p.m. PST
    Speaking Engagement

    Spirit in the Dark Body: Black Queer Expressions of the Im/material

    Oct. 15, 2026, 7–8:30 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    Visible and Vibrant: LGBTQ+ Artists in LACMA’s Collection

    Oct. 16, 2026, 4–5 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    In Them We All Exist: Zines Making Black Lesbian Histories Visible

    Oct. 16, 2026, 5–6:30 p.m. PST
    Speaking Engagement

    Boots, Chaps, and Cowboy Hats: The History of Gay Rodeo

    Oct. 17, 2026, 3–4:30 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    Queer Jewish Poetics

    Oct. 21, 2026, 7–8:30 p.m.
    Performance

    Passing the Torch: Queer and Trans Voices Across Generations

    Oct. 22, 2026, 7–8:30 p.m.
    Performance

    Public Spirits

    Oct. 23, 2026, 9:30 a.m.–11:59 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    Visible and Vibrant: LGBTQ+ Artists in LACMA’s Collection

    Oct. 23, 2026, 4-5 p.m.
    Workshop

    Drum Wellness Circle: Our Queer Lineage

    Oct. 24, 2026, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    Drag King History

    Oct. 24, 2026, 2–3:30 p.m. PST
    Exhibition

    Millie Wilson: The Museum of Lesbian Dreams Exhibition Opening

    Oct. 24
    Workshop

    An Intergenerational Dialogue with the LA Black Trans Community

    Oct. 25, 2026, 3–5 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    We Are Family: A Conversation with Trans Youth and Supportive Parents

    Oct. 26, 2026, 7–8:30 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    Cooper Do-nuts: A Living Archive of Los Angeles After Dark

    Oct. 26, 2026, 8–9:30 p.m. PST
    Workshop

    Mix and Swap: Trans Mutual Aid Mixer and Clothing Swap

    Oct. 27, 2026, 7–8:30 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    Visible and Vibrant: LGBTQ+ Artists in LACMA’s Collection

    Oct. 30, 2026, 4–5 p.m.
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    About Circa

    One Institute is proud to present Circa, the first and only LGBTQ+ histories festival in the United States, held each October during LGBTQ+ History Month.

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