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    Events

    Performance

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    Oct. 31, 2026, 7 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

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

    Oct. 30, 2026, 4–5 p.m.
    Party / Social Gathering

    Circa Closing Night

    Oct. 29, 2026, 6:30–9 p.m.
    Performance

    The Queer History Mixtape: A Concert-Conversation

    Oct. 28, 2026, 7–9 p.m.
    Workshop

    Mix and Swap: Trans Mutual Aid Mixer and Clothing Swap

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

    Sally! – A Documentary Film About Sally Gearhart

    Oct. 27, 2026, 6:30-8 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    Printed Matter as Queer Method: Tracing Stains, Ruins, and Utopian Shadows

    Oct. 27, 2026, 5–6:30 p.m. PST
    Speaking Engagement

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

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

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

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

    An Intergenerational Dialogue with the LA Black Trans Community

    Oct. 25, 2026, 3–5 p.m.
    Screening

    Pia Davis, Working Girls 

    Oct. 24, 2026, 7–9 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    Drag King History

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

    Queer (Porn) Histories from Rural California – A Wohler Films Double Feature 

    Oct. 24, 2026, 12–4:30 p.m.
    Workshop

    Drum Wellness Circle: Our Queer Lineage

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

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

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

    Public Spirits

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

    Saving Face & Nowhere (Everything in This House is Gay (And Asian): Contemporary Queer History Through Cinema)

    Oct. 22, 2026, 7-11:00 p.m.
    Performance

    Passing the Torch: Queer and Trans Voices Across Generations

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

    Scissor Siblings: Cut Collage Zine Making Workshop

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

    Queer Jewish Poetics

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

    Potent Histories: Cultivating Queer Cannabis Narratives in the Digital-Analog Archive

    Oct. 20, 2026, 7–8:30 p.m.
    Performance

    Stripper Co-op Presents: Glory Hoes

    Oct. 20, 2026, 7–11:59 p.m.
    Performance

    The Incredible True Story Of Jacques LaFargue, The 18th Century Transgender Jewish Ancestor You’ve Never Heard Of!

    Oct. 19, 2026, 7–8:30 p.m.
    Screening

    Angels Body Temperature (天使の体温, 2001)

    Oct. 18, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
    Performance

    In(ti)mate Lives: Laundry Days After the Jailhouse Ball

    Oct. 17, 2026, 6–8 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

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

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

    Dancefloor to Lifeline: Fundraging for Trans Healthcare, Then and Now

    Oct. 17, 2026, 2–3:30 p.m.
    Performance

    Blue

    Oct. 16, 2026, 7–9 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

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

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

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

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

    The Wedding Banquet (Everything in This House is Gay (And Asian): Contemporary Queer History Through Cinema)

    Oct. 15, 2026, 7–9 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    Between Revolutions

    Oct. 14, 2026, 8-9:30 p.m.
    Workshop

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

    Oct. 14, 2026, 7–8:30 p.m. PST
    Collage
    Workshop

    Finding Transcestors

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

    Art in the Revolution: Queer Theatre in 1982 and Today

    Oct. 11, 2026, 7–8:30 p.m.
    Performance

    Queerstory: A Queer Comedy Night

    Oct. 10, 2026, 8–10 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    Remembering Reno – The Rodeo Finals That Never Happened

    Oct. 10, 2026, 2–3:30 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

    The Beginning of the Queer Outdoors Recreation Movement

    Oct. 10, 2026, 10–11:30 a.m. PST
    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

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

    Oct. 09, 2026, 4–5 p.m.
    Screening

    Chocolate Babies

    Oct. 07, 2026, 7:30 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

    Curatorial Walkthrough with Umi Hsu

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

    ACTION = LIFE

    Oct. 02, 2026, 6–8 p.m.
    Speaking Engagement

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

    Oct. 02, 2026, 4–5 p.m.
    Jules Gill Peterson
    Speaking Engagement

    Circa Opening Plenary with Jules Gill-Peterson

    Oct. 01, 2026, 7:30–9 p.m.
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