GlendaleOUT

{{Lowercase title}} {{Short description|LGBTQIA+ rights non-governmental organization}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox organization | name = glendaleOUT | full_name = | native_name =  | native_name_lang = ISO 639-2 | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_alt =  | caption = | map =  | map_size =  | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 =  | map2_size = | map2_alt = | map2_caption = | abbreviation = | nickname = | pronunciation = | pronounce_ref = | pronounce_comment = | named_after = | predecessor = | merged_into =  | successor = | founder =  | founding_location = | dissolved =  | merger =  | type = Advocacy organization | tax_id =  | registration_id =  | founded = {{start date|2019}} | status = | professional_title =  | headquarters = Glendale, California | location = United States | coordinates =  | origins = | region_served = Glendale, California | services = | methods = {{hlist | Campaigning | advocacy}} | fields =  | membership =  | num_members_year =  | language =  | owner =  | secretary_general =  | leader_title = President | leader_name = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | board_of_directors = | key_people = | main_organ =  | parent_organization =  | subsidiaries = | secessions = | affiliations = | budget = | budget_year = | revenue = | revenue_year = | disbursements = | expenses = | expenses_year = | endowment = | endowment_year = | funding =  | awards = | website = {{URL|https://www.glendaleout.org/}} | remarks = | former_name =  | footnotes = | bodystyle = | focus =  {{hlist |LGBT activism}} }} '''glendaleOUT''' is a grassroots organization dedicated to LGBT+ advocacy in Glendale, California.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.glendaleout.org/|title=glendaleOUT|access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref>

==History==

glendaleOUT formed out of a 2019 multi-venue Pride Month event for art created by Glendale Unified School District students.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/news/la-tn-gnp-me-glendale-pride-crescenta-valley-20190514-story.html|work=Glendale News-Press|author=Andrew J. Campa|title=Several Glendale schools, students participate in Pride art showcase|date=May 14, 2019 |access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref> One of the organization's founders, local artist Grey James, later remarked, "Silver Lake, West Hollywood... why do I have to export my gay? Why can't I be gay where I live? So, I set about doing that." An inaugural LGBT Pride event was planned to be held in Glendale's Central Park in 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in its cancellation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thebluntpost.com/introducing-glendale-pride-glendales-first-ever-pride-celebration/|work=The Blunt Post|author=Vic Gerami|title=INTRODUCING GLENDALE PRIDE, GLENDALE'S FIRST EVER PRIDE CELEBRATION|date=February 19, 2020 |access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref>

In March 2022, glendaleOUT, alongside GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society, Pink Armenia, Right Side NGO and YWCA Glendale and Pasadena, cohosted a panel discussion entitled "Improving Allyship For Armenian LGBTQIA+ Communities".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25&v=vAte4NlYTwg&feature=emb_title|title=Improving Allyship For Armenian LGBTQIA+ Communities|website=YouTube |date=April 2022 |access-date=November 16, 2022}}</ref>

Following COVID-19-related issues in 2020 and 2021, the annual '''Glendale Pride in the Park''', a family-friendly picnic held in Adams Hill, came to fruition in June 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eglendalelac.org/pride-month-2022|title=Pride Month|access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eglendalelac.org/blog/art-spotlight-glendaleout|title=Spotlight on glendaleOUT|author=Jacqueline Hernandez|access-date=October 21, 2024|archive-date=December 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227145210/https://www.eglendalelac.org/blog/art-spotlight-glendaleout|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.losangelesblade.com/2024/05/31/southern-californias-lgbtq-2024-pride-events/|work=Los Angeles Blade|title=Southern California's LGBTQ+ 2024 Pride events|date=May 31, 2024|access-date=October 23, 2024}}</ref> Glendale Library, Arts & Culture joined the inaugural event as part of its effort to document the history of Glendale's LGBTQ community through audio and video testimonies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://outlooknewspapers.com/glendalenewspress/news/glendaleout-holds-pride-event/article_037061c3-5ea6-5c90-8816-7185591bf63b.html|work=Glendale News-Press|title=GlendaleOUT Holds Pride Event|date=June 17, 2022 |access-date=March 21, 2025}}</ref>

In December 2022, glendaleOUT hosted a candlelight vigil outside Glendale City Hall to mourn and remember LGBTQ+ deaths. The vigil raised funds for the Transgender Law Center and Pink Armenia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://glendalenewspress.outlooknewspapers.com/2023/01/04/glendaleout-mourns-victims-bolsters-lgbtq-representation/ |title=GlendaleOUT Mourns Victims, Bolsters LGBTQ+ Representation |work=Glendale News-Press|date=January 4, 2023 |access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref>

Following an anti-LGBT+ protest at the June 6, 2023 Glendale Unified School District Board of Education meeting, glendaleOUT took on a more active role in addressing hate in local schools, noting that the protest and uptick in hateful rhetoric resulted fewer students participating in gender-sexuality alliance events.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/california-anti-trans-movement_n_6601f8aae4b0269c5d2cfbf7|work=Huffington Post|title=The Anti-Trans Movement Is Coming For A Deep-Blue State|author=Lil Kalish|date=March 26, 2024|access-date=October 22, 2024}}</ref>

In October 2023, glendaleOUT joined the Museum of Neon Art's "Light in the Dark: Queen Narratives in Neon" exhibition,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://signsofthetimes.com/mona-presents-light-in-the-dark-queer-narratives-in-neon/|title=MONA Presents Light in the Dark: Queer Narratives in Neon|work=Signs of the Times Magazine|date=October 24, 2023|access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref> with member Paul Manchester participating in a panel discussion about LGBTQ+ connections to neon art and the Glendale, California community. Other panelists included museum trustee Eric Lynxwiler, filmmaker Rachel Mason, sex educator Buck Angel, neon artist Dani Bonnet, and activist Shant Jaltorossian of GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CzARaMSRVvN/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D|title=Thank you for helping us make history today as the last program of the Circa: Queer Histories festival organized by @oneinstitutela |date=October 29, 2023|access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref>

In 2024, glendaleOUT launched '''PROJECT:PRO+ECT''', a joint community project which provides support to Glendale Unified School District students.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.glendaleout.org/|title=glendaleOUT|access-date=February 1, 2025}}</ref>

==Programs and services== ===Crown Jewel Award=== glendaleOUT acknowledges allies with the Crown Jewel Award, its name referring to Glendale, California's nickname, "Jewel City".

Honorees include: * Anthony Portantino (2023), "for being the only elected official who showed up to our events throughout the year[.]"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sd25.senate.ca.gov/news/2023-08-09/glendaleout-honors-senator-anthony-portantino-crown-jewel-award|title=glendaleOUT Honors Senator Anthony Portantino with Crown Jewel Award|work=Senator Anthony Portantino |date=July 2, 2024|access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref> * GUSD Parents for Public Schools (2024), for "amass[ing] a thorough network of public education facts and resources systemically debunking the false hysteria from local Christian Nationalists."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C88BqHQyQV3/|title=2024 Crown Jewel|access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref>

===PROJECT:PRO+ECT=== {{See also|Anti-LGBT curriculum laws in the United States|2020s anti-LGBT movement in the United States|Censorship of school curricula in the United States}} PROJECT:PRO+ECT is a joint community project which provides support to queer and questioning Glendale Unified School District students.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.glendaleout.org/|title=glendaleOUT|access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.glendaleout.org/// glendaleOUT] official website

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