Meet Ginny Venton... Ginny began transitioning in 2019 at the age of 70. She is a musician, writer, and sometimes school crossing guard. She has 2 children, 3 step children, and 3 grandchildren. She spent many years hosting a popular radio show in Omaha, Nebraska.

Drïan Juarez is a global consultant on diversity and inclusion and is the Vice President of Programing for Trans Can Work. She works to build inclusive company cultures where gender diverse people can thrive. She has served as the Global Partnerships Manager for Grindr’s Grinder for Equality program where she promoted health, justice, and equality for the global LGBTQI community. She is the founder and former Program Manager of the LA LGBT Center’s Transgender Economic Empowerment Project (TEEP). Building a solid foundation for TEEP, Juarez established cross-organizational/ cross-functional teams to assist in the mission of developing substantive employment and business opportunities for the Los Angeles Transgender community. Under her direction, TEEP worked with thousands of Transgender and gender nonconforming people by assisting with basic housing and helping Transgender and gender nonconforming people move from the street economy to assisting with more complex job skills like resume writing and job searches for Transgender people who transitioned after establishing professional careers. In her role, Juarez developed a coalition of grass-roots organizations to help meet the specific needs of the LGBTQI+ community. She has collaborated with homeless shelters to provide housing and basic living needs, coordinated with non-profits and schools to offer basic job training and has taught over 700 employers in law enforcement, government entities and businesses on the unique issues faced by gender diverse communities.

Meet Joe and Victor... The modern family father duo just celebrated their 4 year wedding anniversary this past December with their 5 year old daughter, Miranda and 3 year old twin sons, Noah and Nathaniel.

Victor opened up with Amare Magazine to share, "I am humbled to tell you a little bit of my story, and why I am interested in sharing it with the world. I never thought I would be a father. I was almost 40 years old, working a stressful career, and had no partner to share the parental duties with. I felt like the entire idea of conceiving a child on my own was a false reality, but nonetheless, it remained in my dream."

With special guest, Puppett!  She has been passionate about performing since childhood. They started out in bands, first as a drummer and later a lead singer, before moving into drag performance. As a drag king, Puppett was a core member of Liberty City Kings Drag & Burlesque Troupe in Philadelphia for two years until 2011, when […]

Craig Cooley with News and Commentary!

OLIVER MAYER Serving the LA Theater community for over 3 decades, the son of an Eastern European Jewish father and Mexican American mother, Mayer continuously excels at delivering socially-engaged artistic creations that ultimately represent a rich historical record of the multicultural landscape of our society and the very socio-politico-economic issues affecting it. Mayer is readying […]

With special guests filmmaker, Billy Clift and Emmy nominated producer David Millbern as they will share their thoughts about the relevance, timeliness, and significance of their documentary of “The Advocate”.

DAVINA KOTULSKI  Former Executive Director of Marriage Equality USA, Davina wrote a seminal book on marriage equality called “Why You Should Give A Damn About Gay Marriage” (2004). Her most recent book “It’s Never Too Late to Be Yourself” a self-help book was just released on Tuesday of this week. As a psychologist and life coach, the book helps […]

ADRIAN CHRISTIAN His new EP represents the beginning of Adrian’s life as a singer when he was a 7-year-old boy singing in church and school in the South Bronx. The music video clip, below, for the single “All Consuming Fire”, was directed by Christian (in his directorial debut), drawing on his experience as an actor, writer, and producer […]