glendaleOUT formed out of a 2019 multi-venue
Pride Month event for
art created by
Glendale Unified School District students. One of the organization's
founders, local
artist Grey James, later remarked, "
Silver Lake,
West Hollywood... why do I have to export my gay? Why can't I be gay where I live? So, I set about doing that." An inaugural
LGBT Pride event was planned to be held in Glendale's Central Park in 2020, before the
COVID-19 pandemic resulted in its cancellation. In March 2022, glendaleOUT, alongside
GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society,
Pink Armenia,
Right Side NGO and
YWCA Glendale and Pasadena, cohosted a
panel discussion entitled "Improving Allyship For
Armenian LGBTQIA+ Communities". Following
COVID-19-related issues in 2020 and 2021, the annual
Glendale Pride in the Park, a
family-friendly picnic held in
Adams Hill, came to fruition in June 2022.
Glendale Library, Arts & Culture joined the inaugural event as part of its effort to document the history of Glendale's LGBTQ community through audio and video
testimonies. In December 2022, glendaleOUT hosted a candlelight
vigil outside
Glendale City Hall to mourn and remember LGBTQ+ deaths. The vigil raised funds for the
Transgender Law Center and
Pink Armenia. Following an anti-LGBT+ protest at the June 6, 2023
Glendale Unified School District Board of Education meeting, glendaleOUT took on a more active role in addressing hate in local schools, noting that the protest and uptick in hateful rhetoric resulted fewer students participating in
gender-sexuality alliance events. In October 2023, glendaleOUT joined the
Museum of Neon Art's "Light in the Dark: Queen Narratives in Neon" exhibition, with member Paul Manchester participating in a
panel discussion about LGBTQ+ connections to
neon art and the
Glendale, California community. Other panelists included museum
trustee Eric Lynxwiler, filmmaker
Rachel Mason, sex educator
Buck Angel, neon artist Dani Bonnet, and activist
Shant Jaltorossian of
GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society. In 2024, glendaleOUT launched
PROJECT:PRO+ECT, a joint community project which provides support to
Glendale Unified School District students. ==Programs and services==