Grand Park is saluting National Coming Out Day by hosting PROUD Stories, a platform for the Los Angeles Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) and ally community to connect and celebrate by sharing their stories. The storytelling event will be held at the Civic Center from 2-6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, and both families and individuals are invited to relay their own narratives and journeys.

(photo by Javier Guillen)

Developed in collaboration with a coalition of partners and partner organizations to reflect the diverse interests and experiences of the LGBTQ Angeleno community, the event includes storytelling performances, readings and storytelling booths where guests can record their own stories, a children’s storytelling puppet theatre, and more.  Activities and performances include stories of Asian Pacific Islander LGBTQ experiences by Tuesday Night Project; stories by Better Brothers LA, which promotes communication among the generations; Dan Guerrero’s “Activism & the Arts: A Life Journey;” Q Youth Foundation’s Eastside Queer Storytellers; storytelling by the Gender Justice Theatre of the Oppressed; the Voices of Los Angeles’ LGBTQA Writers; and more.

For more information, visit grandparkla.org or call (213)972-8080.