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Jack Dunn The Los Angeles LGBT Center, the world’s largest queer-serving nonprofit organization, has announced that “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo as well as artist Mickalene Thomas and Muna will be honored at the Center Gala on May 18. The annual benefit, taking place at the Shrine Auditorium, is held to celebrate LGBTQ+ voices as well as to raise crucial funds for community services.

Drag March LA will take place Sunday in West Hollywood to protest the more than 400 pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation lawmakers have proposed or passed in 2023. Photo: Provided

A missing trans woman has unfortunately been found dead, but the circumstances surrounding her death remain a mystery.

EJ Panaligan editor The Los Angeles LGBT Center has announced the hire of Phillip Picardi as the organization’s chief marketing and communications officer. “I am so excited to be joining The Los Angeles LGBT Center at this urgent moment in our community’s history,” Picardi said in a statement Thursday morning. “After working for over a decade in the media, I know how powerful storytelling can be as a cultural salve. I’m thrilled to take the Center’s marketing and communications initiatives to new heights.” Picardi joins as a member of the Center’s executive team, working alongside newly-appointed CEO Joe Hollendoner, chief impact officers Terra Russell-Slavin and Sharon Brown, chief financial officer Ricardo DeLeon, chief development officer Saurabh Bajaj and chief health officer Dr. Ward Carpenter.