Queer Diaspora presents L.A. A QUEER HISTORY — Screening + Q&A!

Celebrate our city's rich LGBTQ+ history with this award-winning documentary exploring the rise of groundbreaking L.A. based organizations! 7th House Screeings is proud to welcome Queer Diaspora, the screening series programmed and hosted by filmmaker Gregorio Davila (UNIDAD: GAY AND LESBIAN LATINOS UNIDOS), for a very special evening as Davila presents his award-winning, stirring, and vital documentary L.A. A QUEER HISTORY! Winner of multiple awards, including the 2022 MIPCOM Diversify Award at Cannes, Davila traces the rich, complex, and often overlooked LGBTQ+ history of Los Angeles, pre-Stonewall. From the hidden barrooms of the 1920s to the front lines of the AIDS crisis, L.A. A Queer History uncovers the untold stories of the LGBTQ+ individuals who shaped Los Angeles—and in doing so, helped shape the world. Through rare archival footage, intimate interviews, and powerful storytelling, L.A. A Queer History celebrates the resilience, creativity, and courage that transformed a city once known for silence into a beacon of progress. Don’t miss this moving chronicle of resistance, joy, and pride that reminds us how far we’ve come—and how much further we can go.