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Health Services News and Updates 3/7/2022

Sexual Health Services The Sacramento LGBT Community Center makes STI and HIV testing more accessible with its at-home testing kits. The Center's Health Services Department expanded their at-home testing to include Gonorrhea and Chlamydia testing. The testing process is easy, the tests themselves are free, and the Center [...]

2022-03-07T18:06:29-08:00By |Uncategorized|

Consulate General of Mexico in Sacramento to Issue First Amended Birth Certificate Recognizing the Gender Identity of a Transgender Person.

Consulate General of Mexico in Sacramento to Issue First Amended Birth Certificate Recognizing the Gender Identity of a Transgender Person. Earlier this year, the Mexican government instituted a policy change to allow Mexican nationals living abroad to change their legal name and gender markers at any Mexican Consulate. Before [...]

2022-03-07T18:24:06-08:00By |Uncategorized|

Statement Condemning Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Statement Condemning Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine The Sacramento LGBT Community Center condemns Russia’s unprovoked attack and invasion of Ukraine and joins with human rights organizations all over the world calling on Russia to cease its invasion and occupation of an independent country. Russia has been an increasingly hostile [...]

2022-03-02T20:58:05-08:00By |Uncategorized|

Celebrating Black History, Present, and Future.

Recap and Reflections Celebrate Black Evolution means celebrating Black present and Black future as fiercely as we celebrate Black history. While a continued engagement with history is vital to give context for the present, there is a need for more stories and content that goes beyond the, important but often [...]

2022-02-28T17:20:52-08:00By |Uncategorized|

Statement on Texas Governor Abbot’s Attack on Trans and Non-Binary Children and their Families

Statement on Texas Governor Abbot’s Attack on Trans and Non-Binary Children and their Families The Sacramento LGBT Community Center strongly condemns Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s transphobic attack on transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) children and families. Affirming healthcare for transgender kids is, and always will be, medically necessary, [...]

2022-02-24T17:17:13-08:00By |Uncategorized|

COVID-19 Protocol Update:

As we monitor the ever-changing conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, protecting the health and safety of our community remains our primary goal. COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to drop dramatically across the region and the State has issued a new SMARTER Plan for the next phase of [...]

2022-12-06T21:26:34-08:00By |Uncategorized|

Disrupting Anti-Blackness (Thursday 2/24 @ 12 p.m.)

Join Melissa Muganzo-Murphy in a guided presentation and conversation with Melissa Muganzo Murphy as she takes participants on a deep dive on how to develop and strengthen community allyship skills while disrupting anti-Blackness rhetoric, policies, and practices in work spaces. . This workshop will be streamed LIVE on the [...]

2022-02-22T15:54:32-08:00By |Uncategorized|