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Sacramento Pride 2023 (Saturday)

Join us for Northern California's biggest Pride Celebration weekend. Sacramento Pride Weekend events are produced by the Sacramento LGBT Community Center. Our mission is to create a region where LGBTQ+ people thrive. We work to support the health and wellness of the most marginalized, advocate for equity and justice, and [...]

2023-05-18T16:37:41-07:00By ||

Midterm Elections 2022

As Director of Advocacy and Training, I have the privilege of overseeing Governmental Affairs for the Sacramento LGBT Community Center. Part of this work is keeping up to date on the city, county, state, and federal political landscape and its implication for LGBTQ+ rights. Every election, [...]

2022-11-15T13:48:35-07:00By |Uncategorized|

LGBTQ History Month – 4 – Harvey Milk

Politician, business owner, activist, and gay man: Harvey Milk did it all. Today, San Francisco is known as one of America’s most predominantly Proud cities. NYC may have Stonewall, but we have Castro Street. And Harvey Milk opened a camera shop on Castro in 1972 after moving from the [...]

2022-10-24T15:44:15-07:00By |Uncategorized|

Celebrating LGBTQ History Month – 2 – Simon Nkoli

SIMON NKOLI South Africa was the first country in the world to add specific LGBT+ protections to its Constitution, in part thanks to Simon Nkoli. Born in 1957, Simon’s childhood and adolescence were spent in a South Africa still ruled by apartheid. The strict laws designated who could go [...]

2022-10-18T18:33:10-07:00By |Uncategorized|

State Legislative win Summary

As Director of Advocacy and Training I have the privilege of overseeing the legislation the Sacramento LGBT Community Center endorses and supports through the legislative process. Every year we track upwards of 80 bills and provide testimony and letters of support for those bills that [...]

2022-10-03T17:21:55-07:00By |Uncategorized|

Our Statement on Monkey Pox

For more than 40 years, your Sacramento LGBT Community Center has supported the health and wellness of the most marginalized. We understand there is increasing concern amid the Monkey Pox outbreak, and we want to assure you that the health and safety of our clients, staff, and community are [...]

2022-08-02T12:23:05-07:00By |Uncategorized|

Sacramento Pride 2022 and entering into #PRIDE365

On June 11 & 12 2022, thousands of people visited Sacramento's Capitol Mall to enjoy a weekend celebrating community, identity, and visibility. Featuring Season 14 RuPaul's Drag Race contestants: DeJa Skye, Kerri Colby, Angeria Paris Van Michaels, and Sacramento's very own Lady Camden headlining the Thunder Valley Pride Stage, [...]

2022-07-06T15:25:48-07:00By |Uncategorized|

The Sacramento County Point-In-Time Count 2022

Sacramento County released its findings from the 2022 Point-In-Time (PIT) count this past week. The number of people experiencing homelessness on a night in Sacramento County rose by 67 percent. According to results released by Sacramento Steps Forward (SSF). A total of 9,278 individuals experiencing homelessness were identified in [...]

2022-07-06T15:55:52-07:00By |Uncategorized|