Organizers for LGBTQ equality showing up at City Hall, community parades, and rallies-around-town. Organizers for LGBTQ equality showing up at City Hall, community parades, and rallies-around-town. Emotions the Poet, a member of Gender Justice L.A., performs a fierce spoken-word riff on an essential training. Emotions the Poet, a member of Gender Justice L.A., performs a fierce spoken-word riff on an essential training. Lunar New Year festivities are never complete without a contingent of marchers from API Equality-LA. Lunar New Year festivities are never complete without a contingent of marchers from API Equality-LA. The Martin Luther King Day Parade in L.A. is a joyful opportunity for LGBTQ organizers of color to connect with the Black community. Photo by Jeanette Bronson. The Martin Luther King Day Parade in L.A. is a joyful opportunity for LGBTQ organizers of color to connect with the Black community. Photo by Jeanette Bronson. Immigrant Youth Coalition organizer Myisha Arellano and other young activists bring a message of "Undocumented and Unafraid" to a rally in the San Fernando Valley. Immigrant Youth Coalition organizer Myisha Arellano and other young activists bring a message of "Undocumented and Unafraid" to a rally in the San Fernando Valley. Liberty Hill's CEO Shane Murphy Goldsmith was part of Mayor Eric Garcetti's 2015 press conference to celebrate the Supreme Court decision in support of same-sex marriage. Shane spoke of how, in 2008, then acting Mayor Garcetti made her and her wife Monica the first gay couple to get married in the city of Los Angeles. Liberty Hill's CEO Shane Murphy Goldsmith was part of Mayor Eric Garcetti's 2015 press conference to celebrate the Supreme Court decision in support of same-sex marriage. Shane spoke of how, in 2008, then acting Mayor Garcetti made her and her wife Monica the first gay couple to get married in the city of Los Angeles.