Queer Trans Youth Meetup, Saturday's @ 1 - 3 PM | In Person & Online June activities include an open house and decorating party June 1st, building harm reduction kits June 8th, community collage and Juneteenth celebration on the 15th, a weekend beach field trip with Black Surf Santa Cruz, and a summer potluck and chalk art party on the 29th. What: In person and online on Discord, join us weekly for community building, activities, peer support, leadership opportunities, snacks, skill building, fun, and hangout space. Where: 175B Walnut … [Read more...]
Upcoming Diversity Center Youth Programming for June 2024
Design Your Own Pride T-Shirt - Youth Pride Crafternoon, June 1 We are going to be designing our own pride clothes to show off our pride and allyship. Bring your own t-shirt. We will have fabric markers, puff paint, scissors, and more! When: Saturday, June 1, 2024 @ 1 - 2:30 PM Where: The Diversity Center Ages: Youth Program for LGBTQ+, gender diverse youth and allies ages 11-18 Questions? Please email Nic Laflin at nic.laflin@diversitycenter.org Genderventures, June 1 Get ready for an epic Genderventure this June! … [Read more...]
LGBTQ Pride Celebrations Across the Central Coast
Monterey Peninsula Pride | peninsulapride.org | When: Saturday June 29 Pajaro Valley Pride | pajarovalleypride.org | When: Sunday August 18 Salinas Valley Pride | salinasvalleypride.com | When: Saturday October 12 … [Read more...]
There’s No Better Time Than Now.
Watsonville High School Sexuality and Gender Acceptance (SAGA/GSA) proudly display their newly created banner to be displayed in their campus cafeteria during 2024-2025 year! … [Read more...]
Santa Cruz Pride Parade & Festival, June 2, Santa Cruz
Cheer on our Grand Marshals, watch cheerleaders, listen to bands and view a wide variety of contingents making up the largest LGBTQ+ Pride parade on the Central Coast. The parade and festival is a safe and inclusive space for the queer community and their allies. You are welcome to be who you are and join the organizations, allies, supportive groups, churches, candidates, ensembles, performers, parents, children to show your pride, activism, enthusiasm and love. Parade begins @ 11am (route map + info) Festival @ 12 - 4 PM (booth … [Read more...]
Interested in viewing last years QYLA?
26th Annual Queer Youth Leadership Awards May 13, 2023 Questions? Connect with Us! QYLA.org (831) 427-4004 info@QYLA.org QYLA Facebook Event Page QYLA is produced by the Queer Youth Task Force (QYTF), a fiscally sponsored agent of the Diversity Center, and co-sponsored, in part, by Scotts Valley High School Sexuality and Gender Alliance Club (SAGA), Scotts Valley High School (SVHS), and the Scotts Valley Unified School District (SVUSD). … [Read more...]
Volunteer Opportunities
Thanks to the amazing level of cooperation and collaboration we’ve had with SVUSD at all levels, we have more volunteers than we’ve seen in years. We can still, however, welcome several more, especially in the cleanup tasks during and after the event. We want to leave Scott’s Valley High School as clean as we found it as a thank you to the school’s impressive staff, leadership, parents and students. Curious about what shifts are available? Visit QYLA.org/volunteer Shifts available from 9am - 10:30pm Questions? Please contact Joe … [Read more...]
Nominees & Awardees Announced for the 27th Annual Queer Youth Leadership Awards!
QYLA 2024 Welcome Statement from Tanya Krause, Scotts Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) Superintendent Read the statement from SVUSD Tanya Krause, SVUSD Superintendent Queer Youth Leadership Awardees Eli Romero Ortigosa (he/him/his) | Co-President, Dream Club Juniper Brown (he/him/his & they/them/theirs) | Student, Homeschool | Assistant Instructor, Niji Dojo | Member, Queer & Trans Youth Council (QTYC) | … [Read more...]
Weekly/Monthly Queer & Trans Youth Programs
The Diversity Center Youth Program, Santa Cruz County The youth program at TDC provides supportive, educational and social activities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and questioning (LGBTIQ) youth. Check out their weekly schedule events at diversitycenter.org/youthQuestions? Email youth@diversitycenter.org Weekly and Monthly Happenings Let’s Connect LGBTQ+ Youth Group (4th Wednesday of Every Month @ 2:30 - 5 PM) The Diversity Center is hosting a LGBTQ+ youth group at Pajaro Valley Prevention and Students … [Read more...]
LGBTQIA2S+ News
"Follow Your Heart and Remain Stubborn: A Message to the Class of 2024" - GLAAD "As a gay Texas native who now works for a major LGBTQ advocacy organization, I couldn’t ignore the gravity of this moment. I had to speak from my experience of what I gained from being defiant, proud and queer." "Elliot Page on Coming Out as Trans and Finding Hope" - TIME Page added that Hollywood still has a “lack of representation for trans people,” but said he looks forward to being able to tackle varied roles and stories. These characters, he … [Read more...]