The Diversity Center - Santa Cruz County

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 enhance the lives and promote fairness for LGBTQ+ people 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

The Diversity Center is the only fully staffed LGBTQ+ Community Center on the Central Coast of California, and while our services are directed at Santa Cruz County residents, we have people from all over Northern California — from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo — who benefit from our services and attend our events.

Our programs and groups include:

Triangle Speakers:
https://www.facebook.com/trainglespeakers
http://www.diversitycenter.org/triangle-speakers/

60+ Senior program:
http://www.diversitycenter.org/senior/

Queer Youth Program:
https://www.facebook.com/scclgbtqyouthprogram
http://www.diversitycenter.org/youth/

Conexiones - https://www.facebook.com/ConexionesSCC
http://www.diversitycenter.org/conexiones/

Transgender Peer Support Groups
http://www.diversitycenter.org/trans/

Rainbow Veterans of Santa Cruz County
http://www.diversitycenter.org/veterans/

Rainbow Soup Group (for people in their 20s, 30s and 40s: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rainbow-Soup-Group/1458271481053287