Graphic by Jeanine Lee Ingenue is one of LA’s premier drag queens. Known for her long-time hosting gig at TigerHeat, various other drag shows, and her new web soap opera, Roads to Keystone, she has not only ingrained herself into…
UCLA Students Stormed by Trump Supporters at a Peaceful Unity Block Party
This article was updated at 2:51AM, May 7, 2021, to reflect proper photograph captions. This article was updated at 2:39PM, December 19, 2020, to reflect proper photograph captions. “The Unity Block Party was already over. We were just cleaning up…
Solidarity on Venice Beach
This new seaside fixture will make your day much more colorful. Featured photo taken by Stephanie Munguia When you walk down Venice Beach, you may expect to see impossibly muscular powerlifters, local artists selling their wares on the boardwalk, and…
How in the Hell You Gonna Help Yourself?
On Wednesday, May 10th, UCLA was graced with the presence of Katya Zamolodchikova, RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 7 contestant (and one of my absolute favorites, tbh). The 35 year-old glamazon gave a very entertaining and at times very serious talk,…
May Day 2017
May Day is an annual celebration and recognition of workers’ rights that occurs around the world on May 1st. It also pays respect to the struggles of different minority groups, which includes an LGBTQ+ rally and meet-up. I attended the…
Project 1 Hosts Fundraiser for Russian LGBTQ+ Refugees
In order to raise solidarity, funds, and action against the LGBT concentration camps in Chechnya, Russia, the UCLA LGBT Campus Resource Center hosted a fundraiser on Thursday, May 11, 2017. Organized by first-year political science major and French minor Gina…
Upcoming Event: Lavender Health Alliance’s Annual Blood Drive
By Guest Contributor Austin Beltrand The Event: The Lavender Health Alliance will be hosting a Blood Drive at the UCLA Blood and Platelet Center during Friday of 7th week (5/19). The donation center is on the A-level of Ackerman Student Union, and…
UCLA Queer Culture Night 2017
Queer Alliance’s promises of an evening full of “dazzling talent” did not disappoint at UCLA’s 11th annual Queer Culture Night on Thursday, April 13. As soon as I walked in, I knew this event was different from the handful of…
Shock the Audience
Graphic by Hannah Boston It was the moment we had all been waiting for. Our theater class was finally about to experience the magic of that wonderful unit, Expressionism. We had all heard about it from girls in older grades.…
A Word of Thanks
As a newsmagazine, OutWrite aims to empower the LGBTQ+ community at UCLA and beyond by celebrating intersectional experiences, looking critically at complex inequities faced by our communities, and providing positive LGBTQ+ representation. Lately, our staff has been reflecting on why we all individually joined OutWrite. We think it’s important to…