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 [...]
Center will Provide Vaccination and Rapid Testing at Sacramento Rainbow Festival In a collaborative effort to protect Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ community from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Sacramento LGBT Community Center will host a free COVID vaccination and COVID rapid testing clinic on Sunday, September 5, from 12-6 p.m. during [...]
SB 258, Senator Laird. Aging. This bill adds human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status to the list of noneconomic factors that restrict an individual’s ability to perform normal daily tasks or that threaten capacity to live independently, in the context of greatest social need for services under the Older Californians [...]
a a The National Trans Visibility March is Coming to Sacramento Sacramento chosen as one of five host cities for National march for Trans and Non-Binary visibility. Sacramento, CA – Sacramento has been named one of five host cities for this year’s National Trans Visibility March (NTVM) scheduled for October 9, 2021. In its third year of advancing the rights of [...]
The Sacramento LGBT Community Center is celebrating in response to two bills being signed into law. Assembly Bill 439 which adds the “X” gender markers to death certificates, and SB-112 the Budget Act of 2021 which includes funding the Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund at $13,000,000. These two bills will [...]
