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Barrier Breakers: Mario Novoa, LAFS Alumni and Producer, Documentary – L.A. A Queer History
October 7, 2021 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Barrier Breakers: Mario Novoa, LAFS Alumni and Producer, Documentary – L.A. A Queer History | Thursday, October 7, 2021 | 4:00pm PT
Join us for a virtual panel highlighting Hispanic + Latinx alumni and Producer Mario Novoa and Director Gregorio Davila discussing his documentary, L.A. A Queer History A feature film documenting the rich LGBTQ+ history of Los Angeles.
Most consider the NY Stonewall Riots of 1969 to be the birth of the Gay civil rights movement. But there have been activists, artists and innovators in L.A. since the turn of the 20th century. These pioneers paved the way for the SW Riots and for us all. There would be no Hollywood if it wasn’t for the Gays and Lesbians who helped create it. L.A. sprouted the first long standing Gay rights organization: The Mattachine Society, the first openly Gay positive magazine: ONE Magazine, the first Gay school: the ONE Institute of Homophile studies, the first Gay church: The Metropolitan Community Church, the first ever organized
protest against police injustice towards Homosexuals at the Black Cat Tavern in 1967 (two years prior to Stonewall), the first Gay Community Services Center, and the first ever Gay pride parade, just to name a few! Los Angeles has always been at the forefront of LGBTQ liberation, preservation and culture. It’s time these people were recognized for their contribution to not only our community, and our city but to the world.
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