LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000.
Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. Join us Wed., 11/30
when we will be discussing Transgender History with Jacqui
Nugent. Please contact me to enroll and get a Zoom invite:
Now is the time to make a plan and reserve your table! Here are four simple steps to make our biggest fundraiser of the year an egg-cellent success. |
 | Step 1: Plan your day. Check out the complete list of participating restaurants, coffee shops, breweries, and wineries. Will you grab breakfast, lunch, dinner, or skip dishes entirely and enjoy all three meals out? |
| Step 2: Make reservations. Many restaurants fill up and are much busier during Dining Out For Life. To make sure you have a table, we highly recommend making reservations now. When you do, let them know that you are excited about the event! |  |
 | Step 3: Donate now. Everyone who donates online in advance or in person during the event will be entered to win one of three fabulous raffle prizes. In addition to the raffle, anyone that donates $25 or more will receive a 20% Off Tuesdays card to use at participating restaurants in 2023. |
| Step 4: Share this event. What is more fun than dining out and giving back? Dining out and giving back with friends and family! Make sure to share this event so everyone can get in on the fun! You can forward this email or invite people to the Facebook event. |  |
| RAFFLE PRIZE #1Dine around Sonoma County with gift cards to Catelli’s, Jam’s Joy Bungalow, Lo & Behold Bar + Kitchen, O&C China Bistro, Sonoma Pizza Co., Sweet T’s Restaurant & Bar, Tea Room Café, Terrapin Creek Café, and Vine Burgers RAFFLE PRIZE #2Shop local produce and products at Oliver’s Markets with a $1,000 gift card RAFFLE PRIZE #3Enjoy two tickets to each of the following Food For Thought events in 2023: Rialto Cinemas’ Awards Night, Our Long Table, and a yoga class of your choiceMust be 21 or over to enter the raffle. The winners for this raffle will be informed no later than January 13, 2023. You do not have to donate to enter the raffle. |
LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000.
Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. Join us Wed., 11/23
when we will be discussing Lesbian & Gay families and the
obstacles they had to overcome historically to stay together.
Please contact me to enroll and get a Zoom invite:
| Looking for an activity that benefits others? Want to share your creativity? Send artwork and letters of encouragement to seniors with the Sonoma County Library’s Send Our Seniors Mail program! Send Our Seniors Mail offers kindness and support for elders in our community and is an easy—and fun!—way to spread cheer throughout the holiday season. Interested? Visit the Send Our Seniors Mail page for a list of participating senior living facilities. Create cards, artwork, and letters for seniors who might need a little extra happiness during the holidays. Pop your goods in the mail! Addresses of senior facilities will be added to the Send Our Seniors Mail webpage as they become available. If you know of a potential Send Our Seniors Mail facility, please email the library at sendourseniorsmail@ |
| A Reminder from Your Library: Upcoming Holiday Closure |
| All library branches will be closed Thursday, November 24, and Friday, November 25, for Thanksgiving. We look forward to seeing you when we reopen on Saturday, November 26! |
| Thank you for being a member of the Sonoma County Library community. Visit us online or in person at one of our branches. Be sure to check out open jobs at Sonoma County Library here. Questions? Please call your local library branch or click here to send us a message. Sáquele jugo a su creatividad y conéctese con su comunidad ¿Busca una actividad que ayuda la comunidad? ¿Desea compartir su creatividad? ¡Puede enviar dibujos de arte y cartas de apoyo a los adultos mayores con el programa de Envíos de correos postales para adultos mayores! Este programa fomenta la simpatía y el apoyo para los adultos mayores de nuestra comunidad y es una fácil y divertida manera de repartir la alegría de las fiestas. ¿Le interesa? Solo tiene que:Visitar la página web de Envíos de correo postales para adultos mayores para una lista de facilidades de viviencia para adultos mayores que están participando. Crear tarjetas, dibujos y cartas para adultos mayores que estarán encantados de recibir estas joyas de alegría. ¡Enviar sus creaciones a través del correo postal! Continuaremos a añadir nuevas direcciones en cuanto las recibamos. Si conoce de una posible dirección para esta iniciativa, por favor mándenos un mensaje en sendourseniorsmail@ |
| Un aviso de su biblioteca: Cierre por feriado |
| Todas bibliotecas estarán cerradas el jueves 24 y el viernes 25 de noviembre para el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Nos complace verle de nuevo cuando reabrimos el sábado 26 de noviembre! |
| Gracias por ser miembro de la comunidad de Bibliotecas del Condado de Sonoma. Visítenos en línea o en persona en una de nuestras sucursales. Asegúrese de consultar los trabajos disponibles en la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma aquí. ¿Preguntas? Por favor llame a su biblioteca local o haga clic para mandar un mensaje. |
LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000.
Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. Join us Wed., 11/16
for a conversation about the impact that 12-step programs
had on our LGBT Community during the late 1970s-80s
Please contact me to enroll and get a Zoom invite:
Join Positive Images LGBTQIA+ Center and North Bay LGBTQI Families for a Social Saturday: Intergenerational Gathering on November 12 from 11am-3pm at Empire College of Law (3035 Cleveland Avenue) in Santa Rosa!
All LGBTQIA+ youth, families, adults, and elders are welcome at Social Saturdays, which are a recurring series of monthly events taking place throughout Sonoma County where we are seeking to bring together members of our community across generations, particularly gender expansive youth, teens, and adults.
Our November gathering will feature an optional free legal clinic for queer families in need of assistance with securing legal parentage through second parent adoption, as well as for individuals of all ages seeking legal name and/or gender marker changes. Please sign up using the form below if you are interested in these services:
For participants interested in art and reflection, Ciel Muir (he/him), a queer and trans California naturalist, will lead some optional creative activities. We will also have some games and refreshments available.
We at Positive Images and North Bay LGBTQI Families are still very aware of and concerned about the spread of COVID-19. Masking will be mandatory at this indoor at this event, and we will have masks on hand for those who may need them.
We’re excited to see you then!
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Acompañe a Positive Images LGBTQIA + Center y North Bay LGBTQI Families para un sábado social: ¡Reunión intergeneracional el 12 de noviembre de 11 a. m. a 3 p. m. en Empire College of Law (3035 Cleveland Avenue) en Santa Rosa!
Todxs lxs jóvenes, familias, adultxs y ancianxs LGBTQIA + son bienvenidxs en esta reunión, que es parte de una serie recurrente de eventos mensuales que se llevan a cabo en todo el condado de Sonoma, donde buscamos reunir a miembrxs de nuestra comunidad a través de generaciones, particularmente jóvenes, adolescentes y adultxs con género expansivo.
Nuestra reunión de noviembre contará con una clínica legal gratuita opcional para familias LGBTQIA + que necesitan asistencia para asegurar la paternidad legal a través de la adopción del segundx adultx responsable, así como para personas de todas las edades que buscan cambios de nombre legal y/o marcador de género. Regístrese utilizando el siguiente formulario si está interesadx en estos servicios:
Para lxs participantes interesadxs en el arte y la reflexión, Ciel Muir (él), un naturalista queer y trans de California, dirigirá algunas actividades creativas opcionales. También tendremos algunos juegos y bocadillos disponibles.
En Positive Images y North Bay LGBTQI Families todavía estamos muy conscientes y preocupadxs por la propagación del COVID-19. El enmascaramiento será obligatorio en este interior en este evento, y tendremos máscaras a mano para quienes las necesiten.
¡Estamos emocionadxs de verte entonces!
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Upon filling this survey, people will get a 10 dollar gift certificate. All anonymous and confidential .
https://forms.gle/dhocTwyXaDuiaq8EA
If you have questions call: Ramon F Meraz, Community Engagement Director Generation Housing
707-934-7124
1275 Fourth St. #179 | Santa Rosa, CA 95404
LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000.
Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. Next Wed. 11/9,
we will be discussing SoCo political history and current
LGBTQ+ candidates’ races across the country and here as well.
Contact me to enroll and receive a Zoom link: cdungan@santarosa.edu
It’s Raining MennGLBT History of Guerneville and the Russian River Saturday Nov. 19, 11 AM at Guerneville Library
The Russian River has always been a Gay destination. What was the scene in Guerneville like in the mid 1960s? Did you take the bus from San Francisco to Wholer Bridge? What was the “Moon Over the River” game? Did you grab a beer at The Rusty Nail or attend a women’s weekend? Do you know fires targeted gay businesses?
This 1 hour presentation of the GLBT history of the River starts in the 1930s and follows its rise as a gay vacation destination in the ‘70s and ‘80s. It ends in 1986, before the flood and AIDS. Featuring old River photos and memorabilia, we invite you to come and add your stories!
Presented by Shad Reinstein and Jody Laine
A free legal clinic hosted by Crocker Law, North Bay LGBTQI Families, and Positive Images LGBTQIA+ Center will take place on the Empire College of Law Campus (3035 Cleveland Avenue, Santa Rosa) on Saturday, November 12 from 11am-3pm to help our community. Specifically, attorneys and paralegals will be available to assist with forms and procedure for securing legal parentage between parents and children, as well as legal name and/or gender marker changes. This event will be held in combination with the November Social Saturday Intergenerational Gathering hosted each month by Positive Images LGBTQIA+ Center and North Bay LGBTQI Families.
In light of the recent US Supreme Court rulings, it is more important than ever to secure the rights of LGBTQIA+ families and people. In California, if you are married or in a state registered domestic partnership, you are automatically legal parents to children born during the marriage or partnership. However, marriage or domestic partnership certificates and birth certificates are not court orders and thus not required to be recognized by other states as proof of legal parentage. Only a court order (a document signed by a Judge) will be recognized across state lines. For people who are married or registered domestic partners, the second parent adoption process results in the necessary court order. For those who are not married or registered domestic partners or who conceived via reciprocal IVF (one spouse/partner provides genetic material and the other carries the child in the pregnancy), the legal parentage process results in the necessary court order.
Art activities and/or childcare will be available for those who are interested during or while they are waiting for their appointment time(s) with an attorney or paralegal. Spanish translation and ASL interpretation are also available.
Please sign up if you need these services with regard to legal parentage and/or legal name and/or gender marker changes. Submit the interest form below to assist us with planning, and we will reach out soon with further details such as individual appointment times and information regarding what you should bring. Contact us at northbaylgbtqifamilies@gmail.com with any questions!
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Una clínica legal gratuita organizada por Crocker Law, North Bay LGBTQI Families y Positive Images LGBTQIA+ Center se llevará a cabo en el Empire College of Law Campus (3035 Cleveland Avenue, Santa Rosa) el sábado 12 de noviembre de 11 a. m. a 3 p. m. Específicamente, lxs abogadxs y asistentes legales estarán disponibles para ayudar con los formularios y procedimientos para asegurar la paternidad legal entre lxs adultxs responsables e hijxs, así como los cambios de nombre legal y/o marcador de género. Este evento se llevará a cabo en combinación con la reunión intergeneracional del sábado social de noviembre organizada cada mes por Positive Images LGBTQIA+ Center y North Bay LGBTQI Families.
A la luz de los recientes fallos de la Corte Suprema de los EE. UU., es más importante que nunca garantizar los derechos de las familias y personas LGBTQIA +. En California, si está casadx o forma parte de una pareja de hecho registrada en el estado, automáticamente es adultx responsable legal de lxs niñxs nacidxs durante el matrimonio o la pareja de hecho. Sin embargo, los certificados de matrimonio o de pareja de hecho y los certificados de nacimiento no son órdenes judiciales y, por lo tanto, no es necesario que otros estados los reconozcan como prueba de paternidad legal. Solo una orden judicial (un documento firmado por un juez) se reconocerá a través de las fronteras estatales. Para las personas casadxs o parejas de hecho registradas, el proceso de adopción del segundx adultx responsable resulta en la orden judicial necesaria. Para aquellas que no están casadxs ni tienen parejas de hecho registradas o que concibieron por FIV recíproca (un cónyuge/pareja proporciona material genético y el otro lleva al niñx en el embarazo), el proceso de paternidad legal resulta en la orden judicial necesaria.
Las actividades artísticas y/o el cuidado de niñxs estarán disponibles para aquellxs que estén interesadxs durante o mientras esperan su(s) cita(s) con un abogadx o asistente legal. La traducción al español y la interpretación de ASL también están disponibles.
Regístrese si necesita estos servicios con respecto a la paternidad legal y/o el nombre legal y/o los cambios de marcador de género. Envíe el formulario de interés a continuación para ayudarnos con la planificación, y pronto nos pondremos en contacto con más detalles, como horarios de citas individuales e información sobre lo que debe traer. ¡Contáctenos en northbaylgbtqifamilies@gmail.com si tiene alguna pregunta!
[Descripción de la imagen: un gráfico de imagen con un marco de rayas de arcoíris en la esquina superior izquierda y texto negro sobre un fondo blanco con los detalles de la clínica enumerados en la leyenda anterior y los logotipos de las organizaciones patrocinadoras en la parte inferior. La imagen 1 está en inglés, la imagen 2 está en español.]