The San Diego LGBT Community Center

🌈 🗳️ The Center is a Vote Center for the 2024 California Presidential Primary Election. Our vote is our voice! Show up for our LGBTQ+ community by voting at The Center from November 2-5. -November 2-4: From 8am-5pm -November 5: From 7am-8pm Visit thecentersd.org/vote for more info. Let’s make a difference together! #TheCenterSD #Vote #voteSanDiego #voteSD #yourvotematters #yourvoteisyourvoice

💛💜 Happy Intersex Awareness Day! Today, we celebrate and honor the intersex community, recognizing their unique experiences and contributions. Let’s stand together to raise awareness, promote understanding, and advocate for the rights and dignity of intersex individuals. #IntersexAwarenessDay #IntersexPride #TheCenterSD #InclusionMatters #CelebrateDiversity

Have you been a victim of a hate crime or hate incident, or know someone who has been a victim? Do you know of a hate crime or hate incident that has happened? Report hate crimes and hate incidents to The Center. We provide support for people experiencing hate incidents and hate crimes. 💜 Our staff are available Monday-Friday, 10am-7pm. stopthehate@thecentersd.org 619-692-2077

💪🏳️🌈 Last week, Behavioral Health Services (BHS) and Youth Services at The Center teams joined the Trauma2Resilience event for Domestic Violence Awareness Month! 💜 We shared information, offered support, and built resilience together. Thank you for stopping by! #DVAM #SanDiegoLGBTQ #CommunitySupport #EndDV #TogetherWeRise #TheCenterSD

🩺🏳️🌈 Join The Center and Caspian Health Insurance co-founder, Dylan Murray, from 2:30-3:30pm on October 28 and November 18 for a free Medicare and Prescription Drug Education Seminar. Learn about important Medicare and Prescription Plan 2025 updates, including medication price changes, tips to avoid scams, and more. For info, contact seniors@thecentersd.org.

🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇸 Join us on November 7th from 6-8pm at The Center for this year’s LGBT Veterans Wall of Honor ceremony. We will be inducting 7 incredible LGBTQ+ veterans to the wall this year, and we invite you to meet 4 of those veterans today! Stay tuned to meet the remaining veterans in future posts. Visit https://lnkd.in/gK5YnPR9 to learn more about these veterans. 🔹 Jessie Black, USAF (she/her) 🔹 Guido J. Casari Jr; USAF (he/him) 🔹 Pele Crone, USA (she/her) 🔹 Robert L. Granat, USA (he/him) 🔗 RSVP here: https://bit.ly/vwoh-2024 or click the link in our bio! 📨 Questions? Email advocacy@thecentersd.org #TheCenterSD #LGBTVeteransWallofHonor #VeteransDay

🌈✨ We’re thrilled to see our very own Ian Johnson, Senior Director of Development, featured in the Association of Fundraising Professionals' Member Spotlight! Ian’s dedication to our community is truly inspiring. Check out his journey and insights on making a lasting impact in the nonprofit world. Read more about Ian’s story here: https://lnkd.in/e7AQ7qDV #CommunityLeader #Inspiration #LGBTQ #Fundraising #TheCenterSD #AIInnovation #NonprofitLeadership

🎃 Join LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance San Diego for their 3rd annual fundraiser, Harvest Howl on October 24 from 5-8pm. All proceeds will go to The San Diego LGBT Community Center and our housing programs. With local restaurants catering the event, food and drinks will be complimentary with purchase of a ticket. The event is being held at the Radian apartments downtown and the views on the rooftop are unbelievable! As we enjoy the sunset, the DJ will help to keep the party going! Get your tickets here. Get your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/gMVq2dpJ

✨ This morning, the Center team was thrilled to receive a proclamation from Chairwoman Nora Vargas and Vice Chairwoman Terra Lawson-Remer to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Latin@x Services, a historic milestone for The Center. 🧡 We were also honored to see Carolina Ramos, our amazing Client Crisis Responder and Community Advocate, receive a proclamation from Chairwoman Vargas for her incredible support during LGBTQIA+ History Month. 🌈 Since 2004, The Center’s Nicole Murray-Ramirez Latin@x Services has been the first of its kind in the nation, providing a welcoming and culturally inclusive space for the Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ community. Our services help community members embrace every part of who they are, from their culture and traditions to their language, spirituality, and sexual and gender identities. Here’s to many more years of making a difference together!

✨ Congratulations to Carolina Alcoser Ramos (she/her), Client Crisis Responder and Community Advocate, for celebrating an incredible 20 years at The Center! Carolina has dedicated her life to helping community members in crisis, providing culturally-sensitive case management to our Spanish-speaking, LGBTQ+, and immigrant community members. She was instrumental in creating our cutting-edge Latin@x Services, building it from the ground up to now being one of the longest-running services with its own designated space at The Center. Carolina embodies resilience, compassion, and intersectional leadership. She has served San Diego as a Human Relations Commissioner; a member of the San Diego Unified School District Superintendent’s Commission on LGBTQ+ issues in Education; a sensitivity trainer to the San Diego City Social Services Department; and has spoken at schools, universities, and military bases throughout San Diego on issues of LGBTQ+ equality and immigrant rights—bringing more acceptance, inclusion, and support to our LGBTQ+ community, and bridging inter-generational gaps to support parents, children, grandparents, and chosen families. 💜 We are so grateful for your commitment to The Center and your service to our community, Carolina!