The Safe Schools Project and The Queer Youth Task Force of Santa Cruz County are proud to host a panel titled ‘Why YOU should care about gender affirming care’ on Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 from 12:00pm–1:30pm at the Capitola Public Library. This important panel event will highlight stories from local queer and transgender youth, inviting leaders and decision makers in the health and education arenas to help protect youth access to gender affirming care in Santa Cruz County.
Well renowned professionals will educate us on why it is important for transgender and gender nonconforming youth to have affordable access to gender affirming care. Even though Santa Cruz is a sanctuary city and county, our queer, trans and nonbinary youth are still susceptible to being targeted by anti-LGBTQIA+ federal policies that would ban the gender affirming care they rely on, prevent them from accessing school facilities that match their gender identity, and make it increasingly difficult for schools to honor their names and pronouns.
This event will help empower adults to stand up for youth, ensuring local policies continue to follow data-driven, medically recognized science that supports access to gender affirming care and other protections for our queer and trans youth.
Event Details
Friday, Feb 6th from 12:00pm–1:30pm
Capitola Library
2005 Wharf Rd, Capitola, CA 95010
Read more at QYTF.org/gender-affirming-care
