Screening: "UNIDAD: Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos"

Event Date: 
Saturday, August 30, 2025 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Event Location: 
Vincent Price Art Museum, 1301 Avenida César Chávez, Monterey Park, CA 91754

Join us for a screening of the documentary film UNIDAD: Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos. Founded in 1981, Gay and Lesbian Latinos Unidos (GLLU) was the Los Angeles area’s first major Queer Latine organization. The film chronicles events surrounding GLLU at a pivotal time in the history of LGBTQ equality, women’s rights, and civil rights movements that shaped the destinies of GLLU’s communities for decades to come. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion. Speakers include policy and civil rights advocate Laura Esquivel and tenant rights attorney Elena Popp, whose archives are featured in the CSRC-curated exhibition On the Side of Angels: Latina Lesbian Activism.

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  • 2:00 PM: We will open with the 7-minute short film Nancy from Eastside Clover, honoring Latina lesbian pioneer Nancy Valverde (1932–2024).
  • 2:10 PM: Screening of UNIDAD, documentary.
  • 3:15 PM: Community panel moderated by UNIDAD’s Executive Producer and GLLU co-founder, Roland Palencia, in conversation with: Laura Esquivel, Veronica Flores, Rita Gonzales, and Elena I. Popp.
  • 3:45 PM: Light refreshments provided. Visitors are encouraged to view On the Side of Angels: Latina Lesbian Activism on its final day of exhibition.

This event is organized by VPAM and cosponsored by the CSRC.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
 

The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) in collaboration with Vincent Price Art Museum (VPAM) at East Los Angeles College (ELAC) proudly presents On the Side of Angels: Latina Lesbian Activism. This exhibition presents selections from the archival collections of prominent Latina lesbians, narrating their involvement in LGBTQ+, immigrant, labor, and housing justice movements from the 1980s through the late 2000s. Featuring materials from the CSRC, the exhibition includes photography, posters, magazines, and video footage from the collections of policy and civil rights advocate Laura Esquivel, tenant rights attorney Elena Popp, and archivist, herstorian, and former CSRC librarian Yolanda Retter Vargas.

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