The June L Mazer Lesbian Archives is hosting a Lesbian Short Film Festival - April 25, 2026 at the Pacific Design Center for Lesbian Visibility Week. Tickets on sale now!
Join us for an intimate conversation with lesbian photographer Angela Brinskele as she walks us through the stories behind her work.
Dr. Marie Cartier — local artist, writer, and scholar — leads dialogue, drawing out the memories, the moments, and the meaning woven into Angela’s images.
The June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives, in partnership with the City of West Hollywood, invites the community to celebrate Women’s Herstory Month with Off the Page: The Power of Poetry. Moderated by Jen Cheng, Poet Laureate of West Hollywood the event includes featured guest Eloise Klein Healy, the inaugural Poet Laureate for the City of Los Angeles, reading from her own acclaimed body of work. The event also includes special guests Ashley Vargas, Poet Laureate of Clark County, Nevada; Camille Hernandez, Poet Laureate of Anaheim; Simone Wallace, Co-founder of Sisterhood Bookstore; and Lisa Freeman, Author, Artist, and Teacher reading original poetry and selected poems from the Mazer Lesbian Archives.
Free Ticketed Admission & Parking
The June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives proudly presents PROOF: We Have Always Been Here, a new photography exhibition by Angela Brinskele co-presented by One Institute. The exhibit will open Saturday, March 21st at the One Gallery in West Hollywood and run through April 19th. Brinskele, a Los Angeles–based lesbian photographer and long-time LGBTQ+ activist has dedicated her career to capturing the vibrancy and authenticity of queer life. In PROOF, she turns her lens toward the invisible and enduring histories that shape contemporary queer experience. Reaffirming that lesbian and gender-diverse communities have always existed, seen or unseen.
Exhibition Details:
Dates: March 21st – April 19th
Thursday-Sunday 1-7pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 21st 2pm
Location: One Gallery, 626 North Robertson Blvd, West Hollywood, CA
Admission: Free and open to the public
With Alana’s Coffee Roasters in West Hollywood, we are hosting a Zine and Collage Night.
Join us for fun cafe drinks, crafts, and new friends. All crafting material will be provided including duplicates from the Archive!
Join us in person on Sunday, February 1st 2pm-3:30pm to celebrate the release of the Mazer’s newest online exhibit Sisterhood Bookstore: A Place for Feminist Culture and Activism featuring materials from the Simone Wallace Sisterhood Bookstore collection. You can view the exhibit HERE.
The iconic Sisterhood Bookstore is a cherished space in history. Come hear about it firsthand. The event will include:
- Fireside Chat with Simone Wallace & Phranc
- Story Sharing Panel with Special Guests
- Archival Materials from the Collection
- Sisterhood Memories Story Capture Station
This is a free ticketed event. Seating is limited. Please reserve your space HERE
This is hosted in the San Vicente and La Cienega Rooms in the West Hollywood Recreation and Aquatic Center: 8750 El Tovar Place West Hollywood, CA 90069
Join us for our Open House to celebrate the opening of our new community room, highlights from the collection including new donations, a silent auction and snacks! We are also bringing back our button making station - get here early to snag an Open House exclusive button!
Join the June L Mazer Lesbian Archives at our free book fair. We are giving away free Lesbian and feminist books and publications from our archive.
We will have exclusive buttons and bookmarks for attendees as well as raffle giveaways! Plus coffee from Alana’s in West Hollywood and chocolate!
Based on hundreds of oral interviews, The Lesbians of San Diego have created a powerful play that highlights the resilience and vibrance of the lesbian community in San Diego.
Join the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives for our panel on queer comic artists! We will be hosting artists Sarah Webb, Christine Lêsantos, Mo McMasters and Leigh Luna to answer questions about and discuss their creative work.
Join us for the world premiere of Betsy Kalin’s now finished film.
Join the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives for our May Movie Night! We will be showing The Incredibly True Adventure of 2 Girls in Love which is celebrating it's 30th anniversary!
Join us at our next event! We will be hosting a spin on the classic book club - participants will be able to choose from a lesbian focused comic book, graphic novel, manga series or zine and discuss it at our event.
Join us at the Mazer for an archivist meet & greet, collections tour, button making, and more!
Celebrating 35 years of black lesbian organizing in LA: United Lesbians of African Heritage & Black Lesbians United
It's 50 years since the founding of Olivia Records, the lesbian recording company that launched the women's music movement.
Join us while we share the Betsy York Collection with Betsy York herself and Sandy Ramsey. Both women were instrumental in the history of Women's Music.
Katherine V. Forrest will be reading from her newest Kate Delafield mystery, yet to be published!
McCabe's & June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives Presents: The Singing OUT Tour - the first ever VIRTUAL Pride Tour!
Please join us for this fantastic event featuring authors CB Lee, Jewelle Gomez, Verónica Reyes, Alicia Vogl Saenz and Suzette Zazueta (Moderator).
You are invited to this free landmark celebration for the 45th anniversary of LN Magazine!
Join us, The Mazer and the City of West Hollywood and the Los Angeles LGBT Center when we screen “SCWU (Southern California Women for Understanding) And Our Name Spells Lesbian.” We also invite former SCWU members to join us for a small reunion by attending this event. Time to be determined.
Please RSVP for this free event here —> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/breaking-barriers-tickets-55460540971
Long Beach you are cordially invited to Out of the Box: Rare or Unseen photos. This exhibit will be up until January 19, 2019.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives is hosting a gallery which is exhibiting 50 or more rarely seen or unseen photos. These photos will be beautifully mounted on metal throughout The Center Long Beach. Each photo will include a caption identifying its story.
Join us to share your thoughts, feelings and experiences with and about Jinx.
All at the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.
You are cordially invited to Out of the Box: Rare or Unseen photos.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives is hosting a gallery which is exhibiting 50 or more rarely seen or unseen photos. These photos will be beautifully mounted on metal throughout the Werle Building in West Hollywood. Each photo will include a caption identifying its story. This event is on exhibit at the LGBTQ Long Beach Center, January 19, 2019 at 5pm.
On September 30, 2018 starting at 1pm, The Mazer is sponsoring three events all in the Lambda Lit series. For more information visit https://lambdalitfest.org/
The Mazer is sponsoring three events all in the Lambda Lit series.
Guest Speakers:
Dr Marie Cartier
Ardy Tibby
Shawn Marie Bryan
You are cordially invited to the Grand Re-Opening of Mazer Lesbian Archives at the beautifully renovated Werle Building in West Hollywood, CA.
The Lambda LitFest and Boston Court Performing Arts Center are proud to present Giving Tongue, a reading that features a multi-cultural and multi-generational line-up of lesbian- and queer-identified poets.
