The Pride Center hosts a number of different intergenerational social and educational community events, ranging from monthly technology workshops to monthly Trans Talks.
Interested in holding an event at the Pride Center? Have a specific activity you’d like to see the Pride Center run? Please contact us at info@sanmateopride.org and our staff will do our best to work with you to make it happen.
Take a look at our calendar for updates on community events, workshops and groups hosted by the Pride Center!
Come Celebrate with Pride!
Please join us on Thursday, June 30 from 6 pm – 8 pm PST, as we virtually celebrate the San Mateo County Pride Center’s 5- year anniversary milestone event. We will hear from county leaders, community partners, some of our founding team members, and YOU (yes, YOU!) about the impact the Pride Center has made. Our celebration will be MCed by none other than Jesus U Bettawork and feature performances by the ever-popular Drag King troupe the Rebel Kings!
You’ve never witnessed an event like this before! There will be an integrative art component while we also pay homage to those of you who helped get us to become the Community Center we are today. Did we mention we put the FUN in fundraising?!
The Pride Center will host a 50/50 draw when 1 lucky winner gets to walk away with HALF of what we raise. To donate to participate in the 50/50 Drawing, please see this link: tinyurl.com/4us4you
If that’s not enough, this will be your chance to shut the Program Director, Frankie Sapp (he/him) up! Make the awful dad jokes stop! Donate to throw a pie in the face of the “Boss that Bakes!” through this link: tinyurl.com/piefrankie
Make some popcorn, grab your drinks, and get ready for a GAY OLD TIME! Register now at https://tinyurl.com/SMCPC5Year to end Pride month with the San Mateo County Pride Center
We hosted a series of workshops with our friends at the Community Equity Collaborative in partnership with the Silicon Valley Community foundation called the “Rainbow Kids trainings”. In these workshops, participants learned age-appropriate techniques for holding discussions about sexual orientation and gender. For resources shared during this workshop, please see this link.
In April, we celebrated Earth Day with a panel titled Queer Voices: A Panel on Intersectionality and the Environment with our friends at the San Mateo County Libraries, and the San Mateo County Office of Sustainability & our special collaborators at Planting Justice. Thank you to Maya Salsedo (she/they) and Jiyeon Choi (they/them) for leading this incredible discussion! For Queer Ecology Resources compiled by the San Mateo County Library and San Mateo County Pride Center, please see this link.
Ever wondered what’s the difference between sex and gender? Want to learn about the difference between bisexual and pansexual? Continue your Pride Month on June 15th from 5:30-7:30 pm PST with the San Mateo County Pride Center and ACS Outlet as we go back to the LGBTQ basics. We are proud to offer our virtual Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity/Expression (SOGIE) 101 training to all community members! Our goal is to work with YOU to understand how to create affirming environments for LGBTQ youth and adults through an engaging and interactive training filled with matching games, videos, and polls. Through the generous support of our sponsors, we are able to offer this training at no cost to you! All are welcome! Bring your dinners and an open mind as we break down the latest LGBTQ terminology and work to build your strengths and grow as LGBTQ+ advocates and leaders. Register at https://tinyurl.com/SMCPCSOGIE2022.
To our beloved Trans and Gender Diverse community members: the Pride Center is here to support you. If you need direct case management support or more information, please contact Alex Golding (he/him) at Alex.Golding@sanmateopride.org or 650-465-6795. If you need mental health support, please send us an email at clinical@sanmateopride.org, call 650-591-0133 ext.146, or fill out our online inquiry form: https://sanmateopride.org/programs/mental-health-services.
