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Queer Creatives Happy Hour
Thursday July 30 • DTLA
Stop wasting time on LinkedIn and get connected in person & meaningfully! Meet other queer freelancers, entrepreneurs and go-getters. Sunset rooftop vibes included.
Sapphic Pottery Social
Saturday August 1 • South LA
Our last pottery social for a while. This workshop you’ll learn how to make all kinds of kitchen essentials, such as spoons, plates, chopsticks, or whatever else you can imagine!
The Margin Scribes is a space for queer and trans writers of color to come together for creativity, accountability, and community. Join us bi-weekly on Sunday mornings & monthly on Zoom!
100 pages of queer-owned businesses and brands. You’re welcome bestie.
Key: ↻ Weekly • ƒ Free • ⭐ Organized by Sapphic LA
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Unless otherwise noted, Sapphic LA is not affiliated with any of the events listed.
4520 E 23rd Street • Come play every Mon from 6pm-8pm at Stearns Champions Park! We use smaller foam dodgeballs and it’s free to play. $5 suggested donation.
6150 Piedmont Avenue • queer pick up 🏀💞
3040 Sunset Boulevard • Line dance lessons at 8:30pm and 10:00pm.
3459 McManus Avenue • Pride month might be over but we’re still running! As always, all paces welcome!
1411 Lincoln Boulevard • Trainer led group workouts / open gym hours
Virtual • HERstories is a gathering place for all LGBTQ+ feminine-identified folx who seek strong community connection and great conversation. It’s a weekly, facilitated social group with open discussion. This group meets every Monday from 8pm-10:00pm on Zoom.
6316 York Boulevard • The fun will never end its ADVENTURE TIME🗡️🤜🤛🏻🐉✨
TBA • Come join us in writing letters to the Prarieland Defendants (many of which are queer) and swapping clothes while eating vegan baked goods (proceeds go towards the defendants’ legal fees). We’ll also have plenty of zines about the ongoing case that you can fold and share with your circles too! Never written a letter before? Don’t worry! We will have writing (and drawing) prompts and are happy to help you. Learn more here.
8384 West 3rd Street • Dating Is Hard. We want to make it easier. At this event, we’ll match you with 8-12 of the most compatible people in the venue.
800 South Almansor Street • Whether you’re a seasoned rugby player or a beginner who has never played rugby before, we welcome all women and nonbinary people (18+) to join us at our weekly rugby practices. We provide a queer inclusive and close knit community that supports each other as we work to develop our rugby skills, general fitness, and self-confidence.
2701 North Broadway • Our classes are designed with queer people, respect, consent, and inclusivity at the heart of everything we do. It’s how we create a supportive environment full of wholesome people, who are here to dance, have fun, and build community.
TBA • Beginner/open level class! Salsa at 7:00 pm. Bachata at 7:45 pm. No experience or partner necessary, just the willingness to have fun and learn. DM for location!
1944 Riverside Drive • Weekly weird & queer’d live comedy show, featuring a diverse variety of stand up, clown, music & more!
1400 E. Olympic Boulevard • Every Tuesday at 6:30pm. Instructed by PackRat
TBA • Come skate and learn how to skate with other sapphics. (Skateboarding and rollerskating)
335 Nieto Avenue • Queer WTFNB and allies who love to cycle and drink coffee ☕️ Join us Tuesdays, and sometimes on other days for rides
603 South Brand Boulevard • In THE NOSTALGIC FUTURES BOOK CLUB — facilitated by Xueyou Wang (she/they) & Ray Carroll (they/them) — we explore a variety of literature — fiction, poetry, theory, memoir, and more — that asks us what part of our collective histories are worth carrying forward, and what change is required for a liberated future.
5275 Craner Avenue • Join us while we discuss the July book of the month, “The Heartbreak Hotel” by Emily Wright.
605 North West Knoll Drive • Grow your network and build new connections at our July mixer, hosted by Chamber member Clarity on Melrose.
Silver Lake • A novice walk. Join us for a morning walk around the Silverlake Reservoir. Then we have to the option to visit Friends and Family for a post-walk snack and hang out. Please RSVP in the Discord.
5466 Huntington Drive South • 🍊Free fruit, veg, eggs, milk & more 🛍️ Bring at least 3 of your own bags to carry what you gather.
1000 East Mountain Street • For women, GNC & trans who want to play friendly and casual soccer
6150 Piedmont Avenue • No experience needed. No expectations. No fees. No screens. Just you, outside, in the company of fellow queers✨
Long Beach • Join us for butch basketball in Long Beach! pick-up games every Wednesday 5:30pm-7:30pm. RSVP required!
5176 Santa Monica Boulevard • Come laugh with the queer comedians of LA, and if ur up to it, you can perform too. Great place to make friends, take a date, or find one.
1773 Griffith Park Boulevard • Join us for a serene and grounding hour of Queer Candlelit Vinyasa Yoga, held in a cozy, sober, affirming space.
357 South Broadway • Food and drinks served all night! Come make it rain on the dancers this month!
10852 Burbank Boulevard • A safe, sexy, and healing space for all dance levels and body types. In this dance class you’ll stretch and strengthen your entire body, amp up your body confidence, and cultivate your personal sensuality through combos and drills.
2106 Hyperion Avenue • A queer mic for everyone.
1411 Lincoln Boulevard • Different movies each week. Free parking behind the building in the lot with the blue wall. Entrance is in the drive through of El Pollo loco. We will be upstairs and will try to start the show by 7:15pm 🌈🌈
800 South La Brea Avenue • Come join us for our monthly night of networking with queer female and nonbinary film industry professionals!! Meet some really cool people and while also making new friends and collaborators.
130 Cherry Avenue • Donation based event to build community, enjoy company and release what no longer suits us! Hosted by Mere of Belle Spells at Bixby Park!
Online • A new unscripted series about queers renovating homes!
1060 South Broadway • Stop wasting time “connecting” on Linkedin and meet other queer go-getters in person. Join Sapphic LA for a relaxed networking mixer built for authentic connection, not conversion. Show up, grab a bite and a drink (alcoholic or not), and find your people.
Culver City • 👾 DM for our discord for schedule & locations! healing ur inner child one pickup game at a time. for gender-expansive dykes of all stripes
RSVP for address • Dinner with 4 LGBTQ+ strangers. Every Week. A place to belong shouldn’t be left to chance. Your table is intentionally matched for real connection.
800 South Almansor Street • Whether you’re a seasoned rugby player or a beginner who has never played rugby before, we welcome all women and nonbinary people (18+) to join us at our weekly rugby practices. We provide a queer inclusive and close-knit community that support each other as we work to develop our rugby skills, general fitness, and self-confidence.
TBA • Come skate and learn how to skate with other sapphics. (Skateboarding and rollerskating)
3421 Glendale Boulevard • Every Thursday is Queer Art Hang, a series of workshops exclusively for the LBGTQ+ community. This Thursday we’ll be learning water marbling!
6150 Piedmont Avenue • queer pick up 🏀💞
2708 East Cesar E Chavez Avenue • Line dance lessons at 8:30pm and 10:00pm. Come get your ya-ya’s out!
7336 Fountain Avenue • 🌈 A queer racquet club in Los Angeles for players of all levels 🌈
9300 Culver Boulevard • Featuring Mariachi Arco-Iris de Los Angeles, The World’s First LGBTQ+ Mariachi Band
626 North Robertson Boulevard • Artist Toria Maldonado will lead a DIY screen printing workshop exploring printmaking as a tool for activism, accessibility, and collective organizing. Participants will learn foundational screen printing techniques while engaging movements rooted in queerness, liberation, and abolition.
2106 Hyperion Avenue • Comedian/infamous water bug Lily Marotta comes to LA to dive into the mystery of summer w/local comedians for a night of secrets/sand/laughs
1532 North Western Avenue • Will you find a friend or flame?
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