When: Saturday, February 6th @ 1pm-3:30pm Where: The Diversity Center … [Read more...]

PFLAG is celebrating the new year with the art of conversation. We are continuing our new meeting format for the next few months. Instead of our formal meeting, with support group and program, we are going informal—coffee and conversation. We are hoping that this will be more welcoming and will allow us to more fully meet the needs of parents and other members of the LGBTQ community. When: Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @ 7pm Where: Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High Street, Santa Cruz Contact … [Read more...]

Listen this Saturday, January 9, to "Out in Santa Cruz" AM 1080 at 7pm. This week's show features challenges of LGBT youth in school and what can, and is, being done to meet those challenges. Guests include GSA Advisors from local Santa Cruz County schools. … [Read more...]

Point Foundation - The National LGBT Scholarship Fund - Deadline January 19 Equality Scholarship - Deadline February 1 Queer Foundation’s 11th Annual High School Senior English Essay Contest - Deadline February 14 … [Read more...]

The 19th Annual Queer Youth Leadership Awards is looking for three youth or group performances and two youth MCs for the show taking place on May 7, 2016. Do you sing? Do you dance? Do you play an instrument? Please contact us for available times to audition:  (831) 427-4004 or talent@QYLA.org When: Auditions to be held on Saturday, February 20th Where: Louden Nelson Center, Santa Cruz … [Read more...]

To celebrate kindness and transform schools into safer spaces for all youth, GLSEN’s No Name-Calling Week was created as a collective effort to end bullying. Visit glsen.org/nonamecallingweek for help planning events, activity guides, lesson plans, student handouts, posters, and more! Feeling creative? Document how you participated in No Name-Calling Week, and share it with GLSEN’s Creative Expression Exhibit, which is an “...opportunity for individuals, schools, or groups (classes, GSAs, student clubs, etc.) across the nation to visually … [Read more...]

“Queer, trans, gender non-comforming folks, and queer people of color — as well as others who may have challenging relationships with their families — can feel a challenging ambivalence about going home during the breaks daunting task.  Here are a few tips for taking care of yourself!” Click Here to view the whole flyer created by UCSC’s Cantu Center … [Read more...]

In partnership with the First Christian Church, The Diversity Center's LGBTQ Youth Program will be holding Queer Youth Meetups in Watsonville!  Every Friday after school, youth ages 12 - 18 are invited to join our dynamic team of youth activists and leaders from the Santa Cruz County. This meetup group will run in conjunction with the Saturday LGBTQ Youth Meetups; more for you to choose! Where: First Christian Church, 15 Madison St. Watsonville, CA When: Fridays 3:30pm - 5:30pm Contact Alex Santana Jr. at (831) 536 - 4472, or email … [Read more...]