The Pride Center hosts a number of different intergenerational social and educational community events, ranging from monthly technology workshops to monthly Trans Talks.
Upcoming Events
Take a look at our calendar for updates on community events, workshops and groups hosted by the Pride Center!
To see accessibility information, please visit the following link.
Events
Rainbow Kids en Español
Where: Webinar is held on Zoom. Register here
- Webinar content is the same on each date. If you missed a session, feel free to sign up for the next one.
- The facilitators are bilingual and participants can communicate in Spanish or English in the chat and Q&A features.
- Closed captioning is provided.
Children form foundational concepts about gender, love and family before the age of five. Creating inclusive environments is essential as young children form their senses of who they are, whom they can love and what makes a family. By understanding issues related to gender and sexual orientation and supporting children in affirming ways, we give them the freedom to explore their true identities and a diverse world from the beginning.
During this free 90 minute webinar in Spanish, facilitators Jennifer Ventura (Early Childhood Specialist and Consultant) and Tania Cisneros-Ventura (Childhood Educator and Family Therapist) offer age-appropriate info, strategies, and resources with relatable examples and activities to share ideas about how to support young children. Topics include understanding LGBTQ+ identities and terms, practicing pronouns and inclusive language, managing daily messages about gender, love and family, and the power of affirmation.
Los niños forman conceptos fundamentales sobre género, amor y familia antes de los cinco años. Crear entornos inclusivos es esencial a medida que los niños forman sentido de quiénes son, a quién pueden amar y qué constituye una familia. Al comprender las temas relacionadas con el género y la orientación sexual y apoyar a los niños de manera afirmativa, les damos la libertad de explorar sus identidades verdaderas y un mundo diverso desde un inicio.
Durante este seminario web gratuito de 90 minutos en Español, las facilitadoras Jennifer Ventura (Especialista y Consultora de la Primera Infancia) y Tania Cisneros-Ventura (Educadora Infantil y Terapeuta Familiar) ofrecen info, estrategias y recursos apropiados para la edad de los niños, con ejemplos y actividades relevantes para compartir ideas de cómo apoyar a los niños pequeños. Los temas incluyen aprender las identidades LGBTQ+ y términos, practicar pronombres y lenguaje inclusivo, gestionar los mensajes diarios sobre género, amor y familia, y el poder de la afirmación.
Perpetually Multisexual
“Perpetually Multisexual” is an 8 week therapy group that aims to create a safe space to come together as a community, counteract stigma, and heal through visibility for people 18 and older who identify as bi-, multi-, ambi-, omni, or pan- sexual or who are romantically or physically attracted to more than one gender.
$20 Per Session
(Sliding scale spots available)
Contact us for other potential billing options
Tuesdays 5:30-7:00pm
(3/19-5/14)
This special group will be hosted in-person by the Pride Center’s very own Drae (Andrea) Roth (she/her) and Jessica Gugg (she/they).
Questions? Contact Drae at drae@sanmateopride.org and Jessica at jessica.gugg@sanmateopride.org
The deadline to register for this group is February 25.
A note about case management services:
At this moment, we are not hosting case management during a dedicated drop in time period. We previously held those drop in hours every Wednesday. We are offering case management services on a case to case basis.
If you would like to receive case management services, please complete the clinical services intake form located here. You may also choose to fill out this form on behalf of the person requesting clinical services. Feel free to reach out to us via email clinical@sanmateopride.org or phone at (650) 591-0133 ext. 146.
Past Events
PRIDE PROM 2024
The 2nd Annual Pride Prom will be held Friday, February 23, 2024 at the College of San Mateo.
Celebrate the 2nd Annual Pride Prom, an inclusive, safe, welcoming, night to remember for 9th-12th grade students who attend high school in San Mateo County.
This FREE event will celebrate and uplift LGBTQ young people and advocate for the sustained and continued efforts in our County to build places where youth are seen and supported in environments free from hate and discrimination.
We recognize that while high school district proms are inclusive and welcoming, not all students have an opportunity to celebrate themselves at their prom. This event will provide a variety of activities, including dancing and a DJ, lots of food, drinks and much more.
Details:
- Date/Time: Friday, February 23, 6:30 – 10 p.m.
- Location: College of San Mateo – College Center Building 10, 2nd Floor, 1700 W Hillsdale Blvd.
- Parking: Free parking – Lot G and Lot M or any other Lot that is for students.
- Cost: This event is free for students who attend high school in San Mateo County
- Dress code: Just be You!
Students: RSVP Now
Deadline to RSVP is February 11.
Event Sponsors
If you have questions or would like to sponsor or volunteer at this event to support the success of this event, please contact Holly Wade, hawade@smuhsd.org.
Community Partners
We acknowledge and appreciate the dedication of our Community Partners in planning this event including the San Mateo County Office of Education, College of San Mateo, Coast Pride, LGBTQ Commission of San Mateo County, and San Mateo Pride Center.
FriGay Flicks: Paris is Burning
The Pride Center is proud to announce our February FriGay Flicks with our special guest partners Mariposa Outreach Center! Join us for a safe and sober event to watch the Queer classic documentary, Paris Is Burning on Friday, February 9 at the San Mateo County Pride Center. After the film, join us for a Q&A with the Kiki House of Celine and local ballroom community members! Community members are encouraged to dress to the nines or as your most confident self!
This event is free and open to the public. Light snacks will be provided. Doors open at 5:30 and the movie will start at 6pm. The Pride Center is located at 1021 S. El Camino Real in San Mateo, 94402. Our building is located at 11th and El Camino.
About the Film: Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, Paris Is Burning offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion “houses,” from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women—including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza—Paris Is Burning brings it, celebrating the joy of movement, the force of eloquence, and the draw of community.
Content warnings include:
This film is Rated R and not suitable for audience attendees under 13.
- Sex & Nudity
- Violence
- Profanity
- Alcohol
- Drugs & Smoking
Viewer discretion is advised
Closed Captioning will be utilized for this film
Register using this link – http://tinyurl.com/FriGay2024
Accessibility information about the Pride Center:
- All community members are required to wear masks when onsite. If you forget yours, masks will be available at the entrance.
- We have a parking lot with a LIMITED amount of spaces. Please consider carpooling. The parking lot is located by our entrance on 11th between Palm St. and El Camino. In case the lot fills up, there is plenty of street parking.
- There is a wheel-chair accessible entrance located at the parking lot entrance.
- The center is one block north of the ECR & 12th Avenue stop for Samtrans 397 and ECR.
- The center has two gender neutral restrooms. Both are single stall, are large and have railings.
- This is currently not a scent-free/fragrance-free space. We strive to be scent/fragrance-aware.
- The Pride Center is a weapon and substance free Sober space.
LGBTQ+ Book Club: The Deep by Rivers Solomon
In honor of Black History Month, we will be discussing “The Deep” by Rivers Solomon at the next LGBTQ+ book club meeting on February 7.
Book description:
The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society—and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future in this brilliantly imaginative novella inspired by the Hugo Award–nominated song “The Deep” from Daveed Diggs’s rap group clipping
Yetu holds the memories for her people—water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners—who live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly, is forgotten by everyone, save one—the historian. This demanding role has been bestowed on Yetu.Yetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying her. And so, she flees to the surface, escaping the memories, the expectations, and the responsibilities—and discovers a world her people left behind long ago.
Yetu will learn more than she ever expected to about her own past—and about the future of her people. If they are all to survive, they’ll need to reclaim the memories, reclaim their identity—and own who they really are.
Content warnings: Animal death, Attempted su*c*de, Grief, Hallucinations, Slavery (past), Self-harm, Generational Trauma
Due to the sensitive and potentially triggering nature of this month’s book, a Pride Center clinician will be available to support group attendees.
Registration is required: tinyurl.com/smcpc-bookclub
This group meets monthly on the first Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 PM PST. This is a hybrid group, attend on Zoom or come to the Pride Center! It’s open to everyone ages 18+, with folks 50+ strongly encouraged to attend. Thank you to our partners at Peninsula Family Service and the San Mateo County Libraries for co-hosting this group with us!
Accessibility information- this group meets virtually in english, is free and a sober space. For accessibility information about the Pride Center, click this link: https://sanmateopride.org/faq-2/
If you would like more information about the Pride Center’s peer support groups, please contact Elana.Ron@sanmateopride.org or call 650-591-0133
For more information about the other books that we will be discussing, please click this link
Vision Board Building Community Event
Description: We will come together to identify and visualize our dreams, goals and intentions for 2024 and beyond. This free art event is specifically for any LGBTQ+ identifying community members of all ages to design their own vision boards.
When: Wednesday, January 17th from 6:30 – 7:30 pm onsite at the Pride Center (two weeks from today)