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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|

Celebrating LGBTQ History Month – 5 – Bayard Rustin

The 1963 March on Washington was a collaborative effort between several landmark organizers from just as many major civil rights groups. While the original idea came from A. Philip Randolph, and the March’s keynote speaker is famously Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the strongest coordinating force behind the march [...]

2022-10-24T15:46:39-07:00By |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 – 3 – Marsha P. Johnson

If you have had any exposure to Pride before, chances are you have heard the name Marsha P. Johnson before. But who was she? Why is her name everywhere? What does the P. stand for? Born right on the border between New Jersey and New York, Johnson found herself [...]

2022-10-24T15:42:04-07:00By |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|