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Last weekend’s Pride kickoff events–Sonoma County Pride parade, festival, park celebration, our youth leaders awareness raising performance, & our Napa sock-hop themed youth dance–were huge successes & so much fun. And the fun continues this week (& all month long)! Los eventos del finde pasado que iniciaron nuestras celebraciones del Orgullo LGBTQ–el desfile del Condado de Sonoma, el festival y celebración en el parque, el espectáculo que presentaron nuestrxs líderes jóvenes para aumentar conciencia, y nuestro baile juvenil en Napa con el tema de la decada de los 50–fueron grandes éxitos y muy divertidos. ¡Y siguen las oportunidades para divertirnos […]

The 32nd annual Sonoma County Pride Parade happens June 1, 2019, in downtown Santa Rosa on 4th Street. Parade starts at 11AM, followed by our Pride Festival from noon to 6PM. This year’s theme is Stonewall to Sonoma, a Heritage of Love. In 1967 thousands of young people from around the country descended on the bay area for the summer of love. Rejecting cultural pressure to conform, they were determined to MAKE change happen and create the world they wanted to live in. On June 28th, 1969 the Stonewall riots (also referred to as Stonewall uprising) happened at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New […]

The LGBTQ+ Spiritual Conversations group is a safe and sacred place to explore our spiritual journeys in light of our sexual and gender identities. Participants learn contemplative listening practices and share spiritual journeys with each other for support and encouragement. Each session begins with a spiritual practice and silent contemplation, and although we are a Christ-centered spiritual community, people of all faiths or no faith are welcome to participate. Free/Drop in. Donations welcome. They meet the second and fourth Monday of the month. Facilitator: Matt Nightingale, Spiritual Director, musician, pastor, and writer. He is a teacher at Sonoma County Day […]

Janice Robinson Janice Robinson is a 50-year-old American singer who was a member of Livin’ Joy before embarking on a solo career. Livin’ Joy were a Eurodance group with Italian brothers Paolo and Gianni Visnadi. She was the lead singer of the dance outfit, before she left the group in 1999. Janice co-wrote and sang the lead vocals on ‘Dreamer’, which was an international hit and reached number one in the UK in 1995. Reyna Milwaukee-by-way-of-Texas sister-duo REYNA (Victoriah and Hannah Gabriela Banuelos) First appearing in 2016 with their glorious debut single ‘Spill Your Colors’ and attracting over 20K streams […]

Sonoma County caregivers can earn $25 and become certified to care for older and disabled adults at free, LGBT+ Awareness Trainings in May and June. The four-hour classes help improve caregivers’ skills when working with two often hidden and underserved populations, LGBT+ older adults and LGBT+ adults with disabilities. Family members who are care providers and professionals working for In-Home Supportive Services, private home care agencies, and assisted living or skilled nursing facilities are encouraged to attend. Pre-registration online is required for all Awareness Trainings: ·       Thursday, May 2, 1 – 5 p.m., Petaluma Senior Center, 211 Novak Drive, Petaluma. Register: ihss050219.eventbrite.com. ·       Thursday, May 16, Noon – […]

First meeting of people who want to set up a support ‘accompaniment’ team to help LGBTQI asylum seekers and detainees.  There has been calls from immigrant support networks along the border to find sponsors and support to allow asylum seekers to get out of detention centers.  Come to a meeting Thursday, May 2nd at 6pm to talk about what we can do.  Contact stormsx11@yahoo.com for more info.  Meeting will be at 5037 McFarlane ROAD, Sebastopol….cross street Hessel Road….2nd driveway on left on McFarlane Road.

Pink Sonoma Saturdayrstein.With a long background in the hospitality business, Saperstein leveraged his time in local institutions like the Auberge du Soleil and the Girl and the Fig to start Out in the Vineyard 11 years ago. “ The event will be held Saturday, May 4, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the General’s Daughter restaurant in the town of Sonoma. It will feature over 20 wineries pouring their current rose, a DJ, light bites, and an auction to benefit Positive Images, which provides support and advocacy for LGBTQ youth in Sonoma County. Young people served by Positive Images […]

The Russian River Chamber of Commerce invites you to join us in a celebration of food and wine to kick off the summer season. Celebrate the Rise of the Russian River after the rainy winter. On April 27th, 2019 from 1-4 pm over 30 gourmet restaurants and wineries will be serving up a variety of local Sonoma County  foods and delicious wines. The event is taking place in the tree-lined, center of town right next to Trios Restaurant. Nearby you’ll find art galleries and shops to browse after enjoying tastings from world class restaurants and wineries in the casual and […]