Sacramento LGBT Community Center’s most influential founder, Jerry Sloan, passes away Jerry Sloan, one of the Sacramento LGBT Community Center’s most Influential founders, passed away Monday, November 15. Most famously, Jerry is known for his successful 1984 lawsuit for breach of an oral contract against the late televangelist Reverend [...]
Dear Friend: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all our lives in unimaginable ways. Our work, schools, relationships, and our individual well-being have all suffered. I’m very proud that at the Sacramento LGBT Community Center we have not only persevered through these challenges, but thrived. We adapted services like offering [...]
In 2019, stakeholders came together to develop a standard for police interactions with transgender and gender nonconforming community members. We’re now looking for community input on the policy as we work with the City of Sacramento Community Police Review Commission and other community organizations to have this policy adopted [...]
Earlier this month community came together at Crocker Park in Downtown Sacramento to celebrate National Transgender Visibility March. It was a beautiful day with so many powerful speakers, performances, and organizations taking the stage to share what the day meant to them and their hopes for the future. We were honored [...]
Health Literacy Month reminds us how important it is to make sure health information is available and accessible to everyone so that we can take charge of our own health. What Is Health Literacy? Health.gov points to two kinds of health literacy. Personal health literacy is the level at [...]
National Transgender Visibility March in Sacramento, CA The National Transgender Visibility March will take place at Crocker Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Sacramento, CA. Sacramento is a host city for this year’s National Trans Visibility March (NTVM) happening this Saturday, October 9, from 10 a.m. to [...]
The “YOU BETTA WORK” FAIR is Back! Economic Justice Program Hosts Another In-Person LGBTQ+ Affirming Career Fair. The Sacramento LGBT Community Center’s Economic Justice Program (EJP) is back to connect more LGBTQ+ jobseekers to Sacramento employers at another “You Betta Work” Fair! This free career fair will occur from [...]
Cody entered our doors desperate to escape the throws of homelessness and violence from living on the street. He wanted more in life - like finding employment, developing a career, improving his communication and social skills, and creating responsible spending habits. More importantly, Cody wanted to overcome his depression, mania, and an [...]
This week (September 5-11) is National Suicide Prevention Week, which is nestled in the middle of National Suicide Prevention Month (September). During this time we remind the folx in our lives that we're there for them, to talk, to listen, to hold space for them. The following are skills [...]
Both Antigen (Rapid) testing and Polymerase Chain Reaction testing are available at both Center locations in Lavender Heights and Marsha P. Johnson Center South. PCR Testing is available: Mondays at the Lavender Heights Center location from 5-7 p.m. Thursdays at the Marsha P. Johnson Center South location from 12-8 [...]
