Every June, millions of people across the world celebrate the pride they have in their community and themselves. From a historical perspective, Pride month commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Riots. On June 28, 1969, police raided New York City’s Stonewall Inn as part of an ongoing series of raids on [...]
On Saturday March 26, The Sacramento LGBT Community Center held its first Volunteer Mixer to celebrate and thank current volunteers, and recruit new and future volunteers: 80 attendees joined us for the mixer, eager to learn more about getting involved with our upcoming Pride March and Festival DJ Lady [...]
The Sacramento LGBT Community Center celebrated the launch of its Welcome Home Campaign to support the purchase and renovation of a permanent home for the LGBTQ+ community. In 2020 the Center purchased and moved into its forever home in the heart of Sacramento’s Lavender Heights Community, with the help [...]
Florida's "Don't Say Gay" Law will Harm Children The Sacramento LGBT Community Center (the Center) denounces the recent passage of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill (or Florida HB 1557) in the Florida State Legislature. This anti-LGBTQ bill currently awaits Governor Ron DeSantis signature and will prohibit [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Join Aaron Armer and Elizah Claborne as they Discuss trans women throughout history to connect their experiences to the present by having a casual, cross-generational conversation between to people of the Black, Trans experience and to recap Trans Family Day and the importance of chosen family. This workshop will [...]
You may have noticed that Lavender Heights got a nice surprise Thursday morning! As part of a partnership between the Midtown Association and Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce & Foundation, 10 vibrant new banners are on proud display on 20th street between [...]
The Sacramento LGBT Community Center has joined over a hundred organizations in calling for the Biden Administration to create a national Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) grant program to increase awareness and access to PrEP and related services. PrEP (a medicine people at risk for HIV take to prevent getting [...]
