THE FIGHT SOCAL'S LGBT MONTHLY PUBLICATION NOVEMBER 2015

THECITY
ARCHBISHOP
BEAN
LGBT CENTER
TO HONOR
JANE FONDA
The Los Angeles LGBT Center will
honor Academy Award-winning
actress Jane Fonda at the LA LGBT
Center’s 46th Anniversary Vanguard
Award gala on November 7. Fonda
will receive her award from Lily
Tomlin, her co-star in the Netflix
series “Grace and Frankie.” Actress
Frances McDormand will also be at
the gala to present an award to screenwriter Ron Nyswaner—a
gay writer, producer, documentary filmmaker, activist and pioneer
in LGBT-related films. The fundraiser will take place at the Hyatt
Regency Century Plaza hotel.
For more on the gala, visit lalgbtcenter.org.
ARCHBISHOP
GETS HIV/AIDS
ADVOCACY
AWARD
Archbishop Rev. Carl Bean will
receive an award of distinction
from the San Diego Human
Dignity Foundation (SDHDF) at the
upcoming Aston-Brooks Gala on November 7. Archbishop Bean
is the third and final honoree who has been selected to receive
the Sunshine Brooks HIV/AIDS Advocacy Award. “Archbishop
Bean has taken adversity and created inspiration for the disenfranchised,”
said John L. Brown, SDHDF executive director in a press
release. “He knows first-hand the struggle and heartache people
of color who live with HIV/AIDS experience and has created a
safe, welcoming religious space so they feel loved and accepted.”
JANE
FONDA
TRANSGENDER
JOB FAIR IN
WEHO
The City of West Hollywood
held a Transgender Job Fair
last month in collaboration with the
L.A. LGBT Center. The job fair was
an effort to connect transgender
women and men with employment
resources and opportunities, as
well as offer services to help transgender
women and men develop professional skills, find employment
with trans-friendly employers, and thrive in the workplace.
For more information, contact the L.A. LGBT Center’s Transgender
Economic Empowerment Project at 323-860-3713.
>> BY PAULO MURILLO