ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives

ONE Archives Gallery and Museum is thrilled to exhibit the exciting, provocative and truly important historical works of this witness to QUEER CULTURE. A.J. Epstein worked as a professional photographer (Rolling Stone, Crawdaddy and the Chicago Reader) and graphic designer (Regent Publications) and as a gay man he bea...rs witness to many of the most important people, events and moments in the 20th and 21st century queer culture movements. From Grace Jones, to Edmund White; from porn productions to lesbian domestic life, A.J.'s images tell the stories of who we are and remind us all about where we have been in this journey of equality.

OPENING RECEPTION September 26th 2009 From 5-8 PM

Exhibit runs from September 26th to December 31st 2009.
Open Fri 4-8 PM, Sat and Sun 1-5 PMRead More

A special screening of the work in progress of "Two Spirits", a documentary interweaving the tragic story of a mother's loss of her son with a revealing look at a time when Native American cultures held places of honor for people of integrated genders. Filmmakers Lydia Nibley and Russell Martin and special guests will ...be in attendance.

"Two Spirits" interweaves the tragic story of a mother’s loss of her son with a revealing look at the largely unknown history of a time when the world wasn’t simply divided into male and female and many Native American cultures held places of honor for people of integrated genders.

Fred Martinez was nádleehí, a male-bodied person with a feminine nature, a special gift according to his ancient Navajo culture. He was one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at sixteen by a young man who bragged to friends that he had “bug-smashed a fag.” Two Spirits explores the life and death of a boy who was also a girl and the essentially spiritual nature of gender and sexuality. The film makes the case that in the twenty-first century we need to return to traditional values.

The official trailer for TWO SPIRITS is on the TWO SPIRITS YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/TwoSpiritsOrg.
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Presented by ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives and Councilman Bill Rosendahl

Our Struggle for Marriage Equality, an exhibition organized by ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Councilman Rosendahl's office, features marriage memorabilia, photographs, videos, and art work; and is perhaps the City's most ambitious ma...rriage equality collaborative work to date organized in West Los Angeles. The exhibit continues at the West Los Angeles Municipal Building, located at 1645 Corinth Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025.

Our Struggle for Marriage Equality celebrates the 18,000 marriages that occurred in California in 2008; as well as, honors domestic partnerships, civil unions, and all long-term relationships LGBTQ couples who persevere in love in spite of misunderstanding, persecution or alienation by family, church and society.

For more info contact:
Rev. Raedorah C. Stewart Deanna Stevenson
ONEpr@ONEarchives.org 310.415.1676Read More

WHAT: “Pat Rocco: Enlightened Enthusiast” exhibition, on the life and art of Pat Rocco, documentarian, humanitarian and entrepreneur. Mr. Rocco’s contributions to LGBT history are noteworthy and include documenting gay life in Los Angeles from the 1960’s through the 1980’s on film and in photographs, which are part o...f the exhibit. The Society of Pat Rocco Enlightened Enthusiasts (SPREE) was founded to honor his work as one of the first filmmakers of specifically gay erotic motion pictures. Mr. Rocco used money from SPREE's theatrical productions to fund the US Mission which houses homeless LGBT people among others. Pat revived the Los Angeles Christopher Street West parade after its hiatus in 1973. He was the originator of the festival that now accompanies that parade and others like it all over the country. Pat is not only a crucial member of the history of Los Angeles but a great humanitarian and activist known all over the world.

WHERE: The exhibition is taking place at the ONE Archives Gallery & Museum, located at 626 N. Robertson Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90069. The entrance to the gallery is on El Tovar. Parking is available in the lot on La Peer.

WHEN: The exhibit runs through August 28th. The regular hours at the gallery are Fridays 4:30pm-8:30pm, Saturday and Sunday from 1pm-5pm.

WHO: Pat RoccoRead More