Each year, The Diversity Center reaches approximately 10,000 individuals that we serve directly through our onsite programs, outreach and education events, our work with school-based Gay/Straight Alliances, and our Triangle Speakers program. We fulfill our mission to build an equitable community where LGBTQ+ people thrive by:
- Developing LGBTQ+ youth leaders in local middle and high schools, who help teach acceptance and promote positive LGBTQ+ messages to their peers
- Creating connections, building community, and reducing isolation among LGBTQ+ seniors, veterans, youth, and the Latinx community
- Teaching acceptance and providing support for transgender individuals
- Educating the community at-large about key legislative issues that impact LGBTQ+ rights and equality
Hey there!! Yes you!! Our youth program - run with the help of savvy adult mentors - brings queer and questioning teens together to create safer schools, to support one another, to build future queer leaders and to have fun. We offer you all kinds of ways to join in - just click above and read more. Can't wait to see you soon.
Are you over 60 and part of the LGBTQ+ community? Come join our 60Plus activities! Together we help improve the quality of life of LGBTQ+ folks over 60 through social and recreation activities. You can sit back and relax or volunteer to help out. We also provide LGBTQ+ Aging Sensitivity trainings to local organizations so they can improve how they better understand and serve our LGBTQ+ seniors. Please come join us.
We build community through fun socials, delicious food, and bi-monthly check-in/planning meetings. By bringing together diverse cultures within the LGBTQ+ community, we create a potent combination!
Come join us for support, for fun, for friendship and for possibly even finding that special someone.
Ever wanted to be the public face of the LGBTQ+ movement? Of course no one holds "the whole story," however your story is part of the incredible patchwork that makes up our multi-faceted community. So why not come share it?
All year long we offer panels in schools, faith communities, non-profits, government agencies and businesses. LGBTQ+ people and their allies share a short bio then respond as honestly as possible to questions from the audience.
Is it time for you to become a public face of the LGBTQ+ community?
Trans folks come in all shapes and sizes, all ages and all points on the gender spectrum. Are you interested in joining us? Maybe you want more information? Or maybe you feel isolated and want company and support? Maybe you want to take on a leadership role or you want to find a doc who you can feel 100% comfortable with. Well you've come to the right place. Click above and connect to a variety of activities and resources where "the G word" is a central focus for us.
Are you eager to meet other LGBTQ+ professionals in SC County? We've got just the thing for you! Come join us each month for our Professional Mixers. You'll meet folks who are quietly working in their part of the world and others who are taking leadership roles in the community. You'll have a lively evening with all kinds of folks, younger and older, women and men, newcomers to the Cruz or folks who've been here for years.
We are a welcoming home to LGBTQ+ Vets in Santa Cruz County! Come join us. We offer support, education and social activities for active duty personnel, veterans and their families.
The Diversity Center does a lot with very little. From its trans and gender expansive service to its support of LGBTQ+ elders, the Center advocates, celebrates an participates on behalf of the entire LGBTQ+ community.