SATURDAY: Meet Me In The Park event celebrates Lesbian and Queer women

The City of West Hollywood invites community members to spend the day at West Hollywood Park as part of this year’s Lesbian and Queer Women Visibility Week’s Meet Me in the Park gathering on Saturday, April 30, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be a full schedule of programming taking place in and around the Great Lawn at West Hollywood Park, located at 647 N. San Vicente Boulevard. The day’s programming will include:

• 10 a.m. – Sound Bath Meditation
• 11 a.m. – Welcoming Remarks from members of the City of West Hollywood’s City Council immediately followed by “You Want Me to Call You What?” a Lesbian Speakers Series panel discussion featuring gender non-confirming, nonbinary, and masculine presenting persons who have created welcoming workspaces for lesbian and queer women of all presentations. Panelists will include: Dr. Diandra Bremond (she/her) Adjunct Professor at USC; Kim Fuentecilla (she/her/they/them) Assistant Principal at Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High School; Madin Lopez (they/them) Executive Director of ProjectQ); and Kalela McNeil (she/her) Actor, Comedian, and Entrepreneur).
• 12:30 p.m. – Pup Meet Up and Contest including prizes for Best Butch, Best Femme, Best Costume, Best Dog/Human Look-Alike, Best Trick, Cutest Queer dog.
• 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. – Field Day in the Park featuring games like Cornhole, Giant Jenga, Interactive Bingo, and Tug of War, along with some team sports.

Meet Me in the Park will also include a guest DJ and other fun activities with community! Don’t forget a blanket, yoga mat, lawn chair, sunscreen, and all your picnic accoutrements!

For more information and to RSVP, please visit Eventbrite. For additional information, please visit www.weho.org/lgbtq.

On Monday, April 18, 2022, at its regular meeting, the City Council of the City of West Hollywood issued a Proclamationto commemorate April 25, 2022 through May 1, 2022 as Lesbian and Queer Women Visibility Week. The City is displaying the Lesbian Pride flag in medians on Santa Monica Boulevard; West Hollywood City Hall and lanterns over Santa Monica Boulevard between Hancock Avenue and N. Robertson Boulevard is lit in pink, orange, white, and red to reflect the shades of the Lesbian Pride flag.

Since incorporation in 1984, the City of West Hollywood has become one of the most influential cities in the nation for its outspoken advocacy on LGBTQ issues. No other city of its size has had a greater impact on the national public policy discourse on fairness and inclusiveness for LGBTQ people. More than 40 percent of residents in West Hollywood identify as LGBTQ and three of the five members of the West Hollywood City Council are openly LGBTQ. The City has advocated for more than three decades for measures to support LGBTQ individuals and has been in the vanguard on efforts to gain and protect equality for all people on a state, national, and international level.

For more information about the City of West Hollywood’s Lesbian and Queer Women Visibility Week or the City’s Lesbian and Gay Advisory Board or its Transgender Advisory Board, please contact Moya Márquez, the City of West Hollywood’s Community Programs Coordinator, at mmarquez@weho.org or at (323) 848-6574. For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing, please call TTY (323) 848-6496.

The City of West Hollywood remains in a declared local emergency in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. West Hollywood City Hall is open for in-person transactions by appointment; to make an appointment, visit www.weho.org/appointments. City Hall services remain accessible by phone at (323) 848-6400 and via the City’s website at www.weho.org. City of West Hollywood coronavirus updates are available at www.weho.org/coronavirus. For up-to-date news and events, follow the City of West Hollywood @wehocity on social media, sign up for news updates at www.weho.org/email, and visit the City’s calendar of meetings and events at www.weho.org/calendar.

For reporters and members of the media seeking additional information about the City of West Hollywood, please contact the City of West Hollywood’s Public Information Officer, Sheri A. Lunn, at (323) 848-6391 or slunn@weho.org.