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!
The San Mateo County Pride Center acknowledges the difficulties of dealing with recent tragic events in Half Moon Bay, continual mass shootings, the ongoing pandemic, laws that don’t affirm us, and so much more. How do we hold these feelings? Where is our power to create change? Apathetic or angry? All of the above and everything in between? You are not alone. This space is being provided for you to determine how to use it. We are only reminding you that we are here.
On Friday, February 17, from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, the Pride Center will hold a virtual processing space for anyone who wishes to join us to talk through these complicated feelings or to simply be present with others in our community. Mental Health Clinicians will also be present as needed. We recognize that grief, sadness, and anger can be enough of a barrier and struggle, so we provide this space in a virtual format to ensure its accessibility. If you’re in need of an in-person space or have questions, you can contact Verna Barrientos, Pride Center Mental Health Clinician, at verna.barrientos@sanmateopride.org or 650-644-1632 (text is ok).
To register for this event, please click on here: tinyurl.com/smcpc-processgroup217
Palentines at the Parks: San Bruno Mountain History Tour
Spread the love for family, loved ones, friends, and community this month! On Saturday February 25th (9:30am arrival time with a 10am hiking start), let the love shine with an outdoor hike and guided history tour of the San Bruno mountains with the San Mateo County Parks Foundation, San Mateo County Pride Center, and Peninsula Family Service. Lunches will be provided! See below for information about accessibility options and COVID safety. For any questions or concerns regarding the event, please contact Adriana Arriaga at adriana@supportparks.org and Azisa Todd at azisa.todd@sanmateopride.org. For more information about the various parks San Mateo County has to offer, visit: https://supportparks.org. Register ASAP (SPACES ARE LIMITED!!) to receive more information leading up to our tour at registration form (https://tinyurl.com/PalentinesParks). Stay tuned for more information to come!
Accessibility Information: The history tour will be on the Saddle Loop trail and is approximately 1.5-2 miles on non-paved paths with 3 moderate inclines. There is only 1 main outdoor seating area at the base of the trail and approximately 4 (four) small benches along the trail. There are 2 (two) main bathrooms: one located across from the parking lot and the other by the Edward Bacciocco group area. There are no gender-neutral restrooms. The non-paved trail does not have shaded areas, thus participants are encouraged to bring hats, sunscreen, and/or umbrellas to avoid direct sunlight. More information about climate and weather will be provided as we get closer to the tour date.
COVID Safety Information: Because this will be an outdoor tour, masks are not required, but strongly recommended. Extra masks and hand sanitizer will be available for all.
About San Bruno Mountain: San Bruno Mountain State and County Park is a landmark of local and regional significance, standing as a unique open-space island in the midst of the peninsula’s urbanization at the northern end of the Santa Cruz Mountain Range. The Mountain’s ridge line runs in an east-west configuration, with considerable slopes and elevations ranging from 250 feet to 1,314 feet at the summit. The 2,416 acres of rugged landscape offer excellent hiking opportunities and outstanding views of San Francisco and the Central Bay Area. For more information about San Bruno Mountain and its history, visit: https://www.smcgov.org/parks/san-bruno-mountain-state-county-park.
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.
Thank you to everyone who attended “Kamayan and the Identities That Feed Us”, an event in honor of Filipino/a/x American History Month & National Coming Out Day. Special gratitude to our presenters Megan Bueno (she/her) & Krystle Cansino (she/her/handsome) for leading a discussion that touched on topics of coming out, the symbolism of food and community for Filipino people & intergenerational and intersectional meanings of being Queer & Filipino.
Thank you to the Pride Center’s program director, Francisco “Frankie” Sapp (he/him) for leading us through a live demonstration how to make turon (a sweet, lumpia-style snack). To access a PDF with instructions and ingredients for turon, please click this link. If you are interested in watching a recording of this demonstration, please click this link.
Thank you to our friends at the College of San Mateo for co-hosting this event with us.
For any questions regarding this event, please contact Azisa Todd at azisa.todd@sanmateopride.org.
Thank you to everyone who attended this collaborative training created by Jennifer Brust, CEO of Sparta Business Solutions and the Pride Center. Participants learned how to make their Human Resources practices more LGBTQ+ inclusive through updated HR policies, procedures, and resources. Please click this link (or the button below) to access resources compiled by the Jennifer and the San Mateo County Pride Center.
The Pride Center and Stanford LGBTQ+ Health Program co-host Trans Talks, a free, monthly workshop series that centers the health and wellness of our Transgender, Gender Diverse and Non-Binary community members. Community members are invited to ask questions on their health and wellness. Every month, a different professional from Stanford’s LGBTQ+ Health Program will share information, lead a discussion and answer your questions. This is a free workshop open to all community members.
In August, we discussed MPox: Overview, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention & Local Resources. This presentation covered general information about the virus, how it is transmitted, what the symptoms are, how it is treated, how it is prevented, the United States’s current public health response, and resources for how to find local services and vaccine information.
Please click this link to access a recording of the workshop: tinyurl.com/transtalkmonkeypox
Accessibility information:
The recording is in english and closed captioning is utilized.
To access recordings of other previous Trans Talks, please use this link: tinyurl.com/transtalks-recordings. All recordings utilize closed captioning. Previous workshops have included: Gender Affirming Surgery 101, Safer Sex & Gender Affirming Voice Therapy
If you have questions, need support or would like to suggest a topic please contact Sawye (she/her) at raygani@stanford.edu
The next Trans Talks is scheduled to take place on Thursday, 9/15 from 6:30-7:30 PM PST on Zoom.
We are proud to offer a collection of Resource Roadmap brochures as a resource to support and empower Transgender, Gender-Diverse, and Non-binary individuals in navigating various resources in San Mateo County and beyond.
This resource was created by the community, for the community. Available for download and printing, each brochure focuses on a central topic relating to: Housing, Physical/Mental Health, Employment, Legal Advocacy, and the Essentials (Food, Shelter & Wellness). Please click the button below to access brochures.
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.
