SALON SERIES 2025
THURSDAY
OCT 09, 2025
7:00PM – 11:00PM
ANDAZ WEST HOLLYWOOD
8401 W Sunset Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Join LA Pride and your LGBTQ+ community for an evening of conversation, community, and connection.
This year’s Salon Series celebrates “National Coming Out Day” with a dynamic panel of LGBTQ+ leaders and professionals sharing stories, resources, and strategies for navigating today’s cultural and political climate. The program includes a one-hour welcome reception with one complimentary cocktail, and food for purchase.
The panel discussion will include community leaders sharing insights, resources, and lived experiences. Topics will include:
• Healthcare access (including transgender care)
• Marriage equality
• Housing support
• Educational equity
Panelists scheduled to appear:
Oliver Alpuche, Executive Director, DTLA Proud
Christy Mallory, Interim Executive Director and Legal Director, Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law
Dr. Roland Pope, Alliance College-Ready Public Schools
Samantha Koerner, Founder and President, Supportive Allies for Trans Youth
Queen Victoria Ortega, President, FLUX, a division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Stay to continue the conversation, mix and mingle, and celebrate authenticity and solidarity as we celebrate National Coming Out Day (Oct. 11.)
Your Tier 1 General Admission ticket includes a complimentary welcome cocktail. Or, choose Tier 2, and we add a free LA Pride t-shirt!
Your host and panel moderator, Mayhem Miller!

The program includes a one-hour networking reception, the panel discussion, followed by a space to celebrate authenticity and solidarity.
Your Tier 1 General Admission ticket includes a complimentary welcome cocktail. Or, choose Tier 2, and we add a free LA Pride t-shirt.
Panelists scheduled to appear:
Oliver Alpuche, Executive Director, DTLA Proud
Christy Mallory, Interim Executive Director and Legal Director, Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law
Dr. Roland Pope, Alliance College-Ready Public Schools
Samantha Koerner, Founder and President, Supportive Allies for Trans Youth
Queen Victoria Ortega, President, FLUX, a division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation
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Special thanks to our hosts at Andaz West Hollywood

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