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The City of West Hollywood recognizes April 22, 2024 through April 28, 2024 as Lesbian and Queer Women's Visibility Week. The city will display the lesbian pride flag on medians along Santa Monica Boulevard and West Hollywood City Hall, and lanterns above Santa Monica Boulevard will be lit in pink, orange, white and red to reflect the shades of the lesbian pride flag.

The week's events will include a variety of gatherings made with the help of the Project L And Fan Girls Cafe including:

• Next generation Coffee and conversation, featuring a panel on queer activism, challenges faced by LGBTQ women in business, and advocating for nonbinary and gender nonconforming identities with panelists Marquita Thomas, Chanel Lumière, and Melanie Vesey. This free event will take place at Fan Girl Cafe, located at 8157 Santa Monica Boulevard, the Wednesday April 24, 2024 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.and will also provide community members with the opportunity to network and meet one another.

• Lesbian Speaker Series Film screening from the award-winning documentary Ahead of the curve and Q&A with Franco Stevens and filmmakers Jen Rainin (Franco's wife) and Rivkah Beth Medow. Ahead of the curve captures the story of Franco Stevens, founder of the world's most popular lesbian magazine, and her fight to keep Curve living magazine. This free event takes place on Saturday April 27, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers/Public Meeting Room located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard. This event will begin with a reception with light snacks and refreshments at 5:30 p.m. The screening will begin at 6:00 p.m. A question-and-answer session will follow the film.

• The City invites community members to spend an afternoon at West Hollywood Park, located at 647 N. San Vicente Boulevard, for a Queer art in the park gathering on Sunday April 28, 2024 Since 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature lawn games, music and queer arts and crafts vendors. Free entry. Feel free to bring a blanket, yoga mat, lawn chair, sunscreen, and picnic accessories and meet new and old friends in the park. For more information, please visit www.weho.org/lgbtq.

Since its incorporation in 1984, the city of West Hollywood has become one of the most influential cities in the country thanks to its outspoken support for LGBTQ issues. No other city of its size has had a greater impact on the national political discourse on LGBTQ equity and inclusion. More than 40% of West Hollywood residents identify as LGBTQ, and three of the five West Hollywood City Council members are openly LGBTQ. The City has advocated for measures to support LGBTQ people for more than three decades and has been at the forefront of efforts to achieve and protect equality for all at the state, national and international levels.

For more information about the City of West Hollywood's Lesbian and Queer Women of Visibility Week, please visit www.weho.org/lgbtq or contact Moya Mrquez, Community Programs Coordinator for the City of West Hollywood, at [email protected] or at (323) 848-6574. For those who are deaf or hard of hearing, please call TTY (323) 848-6496.

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