Dear Friend:This week we want to introduce you to Cesca. Cesca came out as Trans right before the pandemic hit. Unfortunately, what followed suit was a divorce and then a restraining order from her spouse and kids... the family she had raised for more than 35 years. In an already challenging [...]
“My name is Steven Murphy and I am the LGBTQ Center's new Development Intern. I moved to Sacramento from Echo Park, near downtown Los Angeles, last year to complete my Business degree in Nonprofit Accounting and Management at CSU Sacramento. I am one semester away from that [...]
Dear Friend: A year ago today I wrote a letter to the community. I didn't know every answer, nor what COVID-19 meant for us all, but I wanted to assure folks that despite the uncertainty of the times one thing remained constant... that we at the Center are here [...]
By: Natalie Fujikawa (she/her/hers), Board President March 31st marks the end of this year’s Women’s History Month with an important message truly worth celebrating: Transgender Day of Visibility. What it means to be seen, acknowledged, and loved for who you are, authentically. Identifying as a woman signifies so many [...]
By: Holly Guzman (she/her/hers), Contributing Writer & Editor/Data Research Intern at the Center Happy National Womxn’s History Month! **Using ‘womxn’- instead of woman/en- is an purposeful act of highlighting female and feminine sovereignty separate from man/men. It’s a work of third-wave feminisms, and is a unique feature in unifying [...]
by: Alexis Sanchez (she/her/hers), Director of Advocacy and Training, Sacramento LGBT Community Center Visibility is a double-edged sword for transgender people. We see this playing out as openly transgender people are being elevated to statehouses and federal offices and taking major roles in television in cinema. While [...]
Dear Community: As we head into what COVID-19 experts are calling “a dark winter”, it is important that we protect our loved ones by GETTING TESTED. This involves getting tested regularly, social distancing, and wearing a mask when out in public. Getting tested saves lives! Despite all the uncertainties [...]
Dear Center Community: Like many other organizations, The Sacramento LGBT Community Center shares the unprecedented challenges and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which magnifies the impact of systemic racism on the health and wellness of the communities we serve. We joined the calls for action that the murders [...]
On Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR) we remember and honor our trans and non-binary siblings who have been killed at the hands of transphobic and transmisogynistic violence. In 2020, over 350 trans and non-binary folx have been killed around the world, with the large majority being Black and Brown trans women. Within the United States, there have been at least 33 documented cases of trans and non-binary folx [...]
The Sacramento LGBT Community Center has grown to more than 40 staff and is strategically expanding its leadership team to enhance service for clients, community members, and supporters of the organization. The Center hired Valerie Mayweather in as the Grants & Sustainability Manager, which will expand the organization’s program [...]
