Trans Day of Visibility, Mpox Clinic, Biblical Self Defense and upcoming programs

Every Day is Trans Visibility Day!

Dear Will,

It is disheartening to watch some folks turn TDOV, which happened to fall on a moveable Easter Sunday this year, into a conspiracy theory. If we had a nickel for every time someone uses any portion of our LGBTQ2-S+ Community, we wouldn't have to do any fundraising to keep our doors open as a center. Ironic for us, who moved our event away from the busyness of Easter weekend so folks could have enough time to participate in our event we are hosting at the mall in Fairfield.

But such nonsense can't take away our joy. Life is full of joy, and color, and glitter, and on partly rainy days like these – life is even full of rainbows!

We have a very significant Trans Day of Visibility program prepared for this Saturday! We will be meeting at the Health Hub at the Solano Town Center Mall in Fairfield on Saturday, April 6th from 11 am to 2 pm. This will be a great way to meet and learn more about Trans and Non-Binary (ENBY) people. As you can see above, we are partnering with the Solano Serenity Center and Louise Lawrence Trans Archive from Vallejo to make this quite the experience, where people can choose from 3-4 activities at any given time, choosing from short video presentations, speakers and panel conversations, crafts, and look through some of the items from the Trans Archive that will be on hand. Participants will be able to go their own speed, and check out what is of most interest to them. Email [email protected] for more information.

The Health Hub is on the first floor of the mall, and most easily accessed if you park outside of Dicks Sporting Goods, walk directly through the store, and then turn right where you will find it on the right hand side of the mall across from the stores Q and Bath and Body Works. I hope you find this a great opportunity to bring a friend who would like to learn more from our Trans siblings and leaders from around the county. (see flyer below for sharing).

International Transgender Day of Visibility

Will McGarvey

he/they

Executive Director

Solano Pride Center

[email protected]

707.200.7168 office

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This week, Trystan will be hosting most of the Youth and Young Adult groups from 4-6 pm Wednesday and Friday, but not Thursday's school aged youth group. Check in with Trystan at [email protected] for more specifics.

Save the date for High School Spring Fling! Friday, April 19th from 5-7 pm in the Conference Room near the entrance to the Center's building. Food, games and fun! RSVP to Trystan today! See below.

Senior Programs!

We hope you had a good break last week, and can't wait to gather this Friday for food and friends!

This Friday, April 5th we will have a presentation from Meals on Wheels Solano during our lunchtime together at the Center!

Then we return to our regularly scheduled zoom meeting on April 12th. Let us know you can attend by contacting Marlette West at [email protected].

April 19th, our Senior Lunch will be at the Health Hub at the Solano Town Center mall in Fairfield, in the same place we will be hosting TDOV above. You can follow those same directions through Dick's Sporting Goods and going to the right to get there in the easiest way.

Many thanks to these partners, without whom our Senior Groups would not be able to have the same support and experience!

Save the dates of these future events

We rely on every donation to the Solano Pride Center to not only keep our doors open, but to serve you and those you love. Please consider how you can help support your LGBTQ+ Center today! Please mail checks to the address below, or send donations via PayPal to PayPal.me/SolanoPride.

If you didn't receive a letter like the one above in the mail this week, it means we missed out on adding you to our mailing list, which we are rebuilding right now! Help us stay in communication, giving you the chance to help support this work we can only do together, by emailing your name, snail mail address, preferred email, and texting number to [email protected]. This will help us simplify and help you choose the best ways we can communicate with you!

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Celebrate Diversity Month Moment:

June 25, 1978

Gilbert Baker debuts his rainbow flag design at San Francisco Pride. It becomes a symbol of the movement.

From the 2018 San Francisco Chronicle entitled "A history of gay rights in San Francisco." The whole historical review can be seen https://projects.sfchronicle.com/2018/sf-pride-timeline/.

Calling all volunteers! Now with two dates being offered!

Thursday, April 11th at 6 pm and Tuesday, May 14th at 6 pm, we will have our next Volunteer Trainings that are necessary for anyone who wishes to volunteer at the Center, in one of our Programs, or even for short term events like our Pride celebrations being planned now! Come to 1234 Empire Street, and meet us in the Conference Room just off the main entrance at 6:00 pm for an informative background on how to help, knowing our best practices and Community Agreements! Email [email protected] with any questions.

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707.207.3430 office

707.389.4520 confidential counseling line