Sacramento Pride

It’s our last dance for Pride Month. Celebrate with us at our free event! Join us at Revival at the Sawyer where Lauren and Lanz have lots of giveaways and a trip to Mexico to give out in honor of @Give OUT Day. Celebrate pride and philanthropy in LGBTQ+ spaces here or at www.saccenter.org/donate. #pridemonth #pride365 #SacLGBTcenter #pinkwednesday

At #PinkWednesday, for #GiveOutDay we will be doing ticketed giveaways! Head to the Sawyer at 5 p.m. today for your chance to win one of our #GAYAF #LGBTQ Mugs!

Happening TODAY! Join us for the final #PinkWednesday during Pride month! Enjoy drag performers, giveaways, and specialty cocktails! Pink Attire is recommended but not required!

Give Out Day is almost here! Tomorrow's the last day of Pride Month, so let's end it strong. Over the last 30 days, community came together to celebrate and activate at more than 25 pop-up pride events! https://bit.ly/3hie1XE

Sacramento Pride Party! Come out TONIGHT at 8pm proceeds benefit the @SacLGBTCenter

Let these lights send a message to every single LGBTQ+ kid in California, every trans kid in Arkansas or Georgia or Florida or West Virginia that the state of California has your back. https://bit.ly/35Tncsg

The House has adopted new rules for 2021 that remove gendered language in official settings, replacing gendered terms like chairman or chairwoman with gender-neutral terms like chair.

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is taking steps to ensure transgender youth are not denied access to medical care by their insurance company.

According to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, seven out of the 334 known wins by openly LGBTQ candidates were from candidates running as Republicans. That number includes Eddie Mannis, who won a seat in the Tennessee’s House of Representatives.

On Monday, November 16, 2020 the Sacramento Police Department will be having a community townhall specifically for the LGBTQ+ community to express their concerns directly to the department. This is an open invitation for all to share their experiences with police and hold them accountable for their actions. Whether you do not feel safe from police or are an abolitionist all are welcome. The townhall is not facilitated nor organized by the Sacramento LGBT Community Center, h...owever we are sharing this opportunity with community as a promise of the Sacramento Pride 2019 initiatives and commitments made by the Sacramento Police Department to the community. We recognize this townhall will not solve or put an end to police violence, however this is where possible change can start. Those who wish to attend must register beforehand at: https://buff.ly/3llkvWe Please note, officers have been requested to not wear their uniforms, but ultimately, we cannot promise that they will honor this request. We recognize the trauma that may be experienced seeing police in uniform and having discussions with police directly, but this space is being made available for folks to join in a safe and authentic manner via Zoom/virtually. The session will be guided by Niva Flor, Chief Impact & Strategy Officer at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation. Learn more about Niva here: https://buff.ly/36maGBj

We just hit 40 registrants for our Vision of Equality event this Sunday! That means Shake Shack will be donating 40 more meals to our S.T.E.P. housing shelter! With every person who registers, Shake Shack will donate a meal to our S.T.E.P Housing Shelter. Register to the Vision of Equality event on Sunday, November 15th to support our programs, services, and mission to help create a region where LGBTQ+ people thrive. ... Register through Eventbrite: https://buff.ly/2GJhBM2

Meet Dion - one of our Vision of Equality Table Captains! Dion loves to support and uplift the lives of LGBTQ+ folks in Sacramento! Do you also champion the Center’s mission by supporting LGBTQ+ folks? If yes, become a Table Captain today for our Vision of Equality event on Sunday, November 15th! Table Captains have their own fundraising page and help support our programs, services, and mission! As a thank you they'll receive a pin, get a brunch box, and are featured a...s integral members of our community! Become a Table Captain today: https://buff.ly/38q11My See more

With all eyes on the Presidential election this week, it would be easy to miss another important headline for the LGBTQ+ community. Yesterday the SCOTUS heard oral arguments in what will be Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s first major case, Fulton V. City of Philadelphia. The case involves Catholic Social Services (CSS), a foster care service provider affiliated with the Catholic Church, who sued the city of Philadelphia after the city stopped referring foster children to them onc...e it learned that CSS would not certify same-sex couples as suitable foster parents. This was in violation of CSS' contract with the city and the city's laws which both explicitly forbid such discrimination. CSS is fighting for the right of taxpayer funded religious organizations to discriminate based on religious beliefs and our legal protections against this type of discrimination are at stake, especially with a firmly established Conservative majority on the Supreme Court. This could undermine decades of hard won legal protections for the LGBTQ+ community. While a decision is not expected until June, we must demand our legislators pass the Equality Act now in order to provide explicit protections for ALL Americans. See more

We recognize that these are stressful and anxious times as we await election results. However we hope that you are prioritizing your self-care whatever that may be. Def. Self-care is any necessary human regulatory function which is under individual control, deliberate and self-initiated.

BRITTNEY BARRERAS AND ROGER MONTOYA MAKE HISTORY AS THE FIRST OPENLY LGBTQ+ MEMBERS OF NEW MEXICO'S STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. #election2020 #lgbt #lgbtq

On Thursday, join us the Transgender Law Center for some much-needed grounding and healing, featuring beloved trans elder Miss Major, singer/songwriter Neverending Nina, Elena Rose Vera of Trans Lifeline, Gia Cordova from Gender Justice Leadership Project, Erica Woodland of the National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network, and our southern regional organizer Kayla Gore.

BREAKING! Transgender Law Center and Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund lead a coalition of 60+ trans-led organizations in demanding that every vote be counted before an election winner is announced. Read our full statement here: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/16042

How are you? What's on your heart right now? This time is heavy. We're here to carry the weight with you. It can be easy to forget that our collective strength... and creativity go beyond Election Day. Our commitment to one another is what will free us, no matter who is in office. We are here to remind you of your power. We won't let up on the pressure we’ve built. We will use every strategy we can to defund and abolish police, and to decriminalize our communities Black people, trans people, sex workers, migrants, people living with HIV, people living with disabilities, people who are at the intersection of all of these experiences. Let's look out for another.

WHAT HAPPENS NOW? We have so much to talk about! Join us TONIGHT at 6 p.m. PT for our virtual conversation with our CEO Lorri L. Jean, U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff, Black AIDS Institute founder Phill Wilson, and more. See you right here on Facebook tonight!

SUSAN EGGMAN MAKES HISTORY AS THE FIRST OPENLY LGBTQ+ LATINX WOMAN ELECTED TO THE CALIFORNIA SENATE. #LGBT #Latinx #LGBTQ #election2020

THE GOOD NEWS KEEPS COMING! MONDAIRE JONES MAKES HISTORY AS ONE OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MEMBERS OF CONGRESS!

RITCHIE TORRES IS OFFICIALLY THE FIRST AFRO-LATINX LGBTQ+ PERSON ELECTED TO CONGRESS! #pride #LGBT #LGBTQ #2020 #election2020

TORREY HARRIS AND EDDIE MANNIS MAKE HISTORY AS TENNESSEE'S FIRST OUT LGBTQ+ STATE LEGISLATORS. #LGBT #LGBTQ #2020 #election2020 #pride