The Pride Center hosts a number of different intergenerational social and educational community events, ranging from weekly Friday night movies to monthly Trans Talks. If there is an activity that you want to see at the Pride Center, please contact info@sanmateopride.org and our staff will work with you to provide that event for the community. Interested in holding an event at the Pride Center? Fill out this Google Form and we will contact you!

 

We want YOUR feedback!

Have you participated in an event or program with the Pride Center in the last year? Do you live in San Mateo County? If you answered “yes” to at least one of those questions, then we want YOU to fill out our Programming & Event Assessment Survey so that we can better support and serve you, our communities.

This survey should take approximately 7 minutes to complete and all answers will be completely anonymous. The deadline to submit feedback is May 17, 2021.

To share your feedback, click the button below or head to tinyurl.com/ProgramEventsSurvey2021

For questions or concerns, email us at info@sanmateopride.org.

PROGRAMMING & EVENT ASSESSMENT SURVEY

Upcoming Events

Take a look at our calendar for updates on community events, workshops and groups hosted by the Pride Center!

April 7th LGBTQ+ Book Club (18+): Rubyfruit Jungle

NOTICE: LGBTQ+ Book Club will be meeting online until further notice. The San Mateo County Pride Center and Peninsula Family Service co-host LGBTQ+ Book Club every first Wednesday of the month! This club is free, open to folks ages 18+ and runs from 4:30-6PM. Folks ages 50+ are strongly encouraged to attend!

Pre-registration is required. Please use this link (https://tinyurl.com/smcpc-bookclub) to register to receive your unique link to join the zoom call.

*Please note, you only have to register for this group once. The meeting link and password will remain the same. Please Contact Ainsley.Blattel@sanmateopride.org with any questions.

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April 7th: Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
A landmark coming-of-age novel that launched the career of one of this country’s most distinctive voices, Rubyfruit Jungle remains a transformative work more than forty years after its original publication. In bawdy, moving prose, Rita Mae Brown tells the story of Molly Bolt, the adoptive daughter of a dirt-poor Southern couple who boldly forges her own path in America. With her startling beauty and crackling wit, Molly finds that women are drawn to her wherever she goes—and she refuses to apologize for loving them back. This literary milestone continues to resonate with its message about being true to yourself and, against the odds, living happily ever after.

Trans Talks – April 15 from 6:30-7:30pm PST

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 and Non-Binary community members.  All are welcome to attend. 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.

April’s topic will focus on Cervical Cancer Screening in Transmasculine and Gender Non-Conforming (GNC) Individuals with Ruchita Pendse (she/her) and will take place on April 15 on Zoom from 6:30-7:30 PM PST.

This presentation will summarize existing data on cervical cancer screening among individuals who are Transmasculine or GNC, review barriers to accessing this care, and explore possible avenues for improving rates of providing this essential service to TM or GNC patients.

This is a free workshop open to all community members. Registration is required, please use this link to register: tinyurl.com/transtalk04-15

CW: Discussion of cancer and medical screenings

Community members who are interested in attending are invited to submit questions through the registration form.  If you are unable to attend this workshop, a recording will be made available following the event.

To access recordings of previous Trans Talks, please use this link: https://tinyurl.com/transtalks-recordings

If you have questions or need support, please contact Neilwary@stanford.edu.

Home Gardening 101 – April 22 from 6:00-7:30pm PST

The San Mateo County Pride Center and the Office of Sustainability are teaming up to celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd with a Home Gardening 101 workshop! Since COVID-19, community members have found peace in creating their own gardens or growing spaces at home. With springtime approaching, many of you may be curious about how to start a garden or how to renew an existing garden space. In this free home gardening workshop, local gardening expert Najiha Al Asmar (along with interpreter Alejandra Warren) will cover tips on starting a garden, and provide guidance for caring for your seeds or young plants in the important springtime months. Whether your gardening space is a windowsill or a large outdoor space, Najiha will provide guidance about some first steps you can take to get your garden started.

If you have any questions about registration, please contact Jessica (jess@cascadiaconsulting.com). All other questions can be forwarded to Azisa (azisa.todd@sanmateopride.org).

Please use this link to register: https://tinyurl.com/GardeningWorkshopRegistration

¡El Centro del Orgullo del Condado de San Mateo y la Oficina de Sustentabilidad se unirán para celebrar el Día de la Tierra el 22 de abril con un taller 101 de jardinería doméstica! Desde COVID-19, los miembros de la comunidad han encontrado la paz al crear sus propios jardines o espacios de cultivo en casa. Con la llegada de la primavera, muchos de ustedes pueden tener curiosidad sobre cómo comenzar un jardín o cómo renovar un espacio de jardín existente. En este taller gratuito de jardinería doméstica, la experta en jardinería local Najiha Al Asmar (e intérprete Alejandra Warren) brindará consejos sobre cómo iniciar un jardín y brindará orientación para cuidar sus semillas o plantas jóvenes en los importantes meses de primavera. Ya sea que su espacio de jardinería sea un alféizar de una ventana o un gran espacio al aire libre, Najiha le brindará orientación sobre algunos de los primeros pasos que puede tomar para comenzar su jardín.

Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre el registro, comuníquese con Jessica (jess@cascadiaconsulting.com). Todas las demás preguntas se pueden enviar a Azisa (azisa.todd@sanmateopride.org).

Queer Joy: A Zine

Outlet and the San Mateo County Pride Center’s Youth Advisory Board is excited to announce the creation of our first ever Zine! Focusing on Queer Joy in all iterations and aspects, we hope this digital zine will convey messages of hope and joy to the LGBTQIA+ community by celebrating the stories, creations, and lives of LGBTQIA+ people from across the Bay Area. We welcome your creative submissions, and hope that you will celebrate with us.
Seeking submissions of all types:
  • Written art (poems, essays, short stories, etc.)
  • Visual art (photos, digital drawings, posters, etc.)
  • Audio art (spoken poetry, voice clips, original songs, et.c)
  • Have something else? Send it in!

 

Submissions due by April 30th! Send submissions to Ishani@acs-teens.org. The final Zine will be released during Pride month – stay tuned!

Submissions are open for LGBTQIA+ identified folks of all ages in the Bay Area! Please submit in the form of a PDF.

San Mateo County Pride 2021

Join us June 6th -12th for a week of workshops, performances, trainings and more!  More details to come.

If you have an idea or suggestion for a workshop, programming or performer, have questions or are interested in attending a planning meeting, please contact Dana (They/Them) at TherActivist@gmail.com or 650-679-5663.

Planning meetings take place at the monthly Pride Initiative meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 4:30-6 PM PST on Zoom. Contact Dana for information about logging into the meeting. Upcoming meeting dates are: March 10, April 14, May 12 & June 9.