March 28, 2018 David Heitstuman, Executive Director Sacramento LGBT Community Center 1927 L Street Sacramento, CA 95811 Dear David, We write this letter in response to the LGBT Community Center’s recent receipt of…
Stonewall Foundation condemns threats to Sacramento LGBT Community Center
Stonewall Foundation to Co-host International Family Equity Day
Celebrate International Family Equality Day Sunday, May 6, 2018 12 – 2 pm South Natomas Community Park Celebrate Sacramento’s LGBTQ families and show support for our families across the region. And, of course, many kid’s…
The CSUS McBride Scholarship 2018 application is now available!
We are expanding opportunities for Sacramento State University students, specifically those interested and engaged in advocacy on behalf of our LGBTQ community. Committed to an overarching goal -”to advance equal rights for all people, regardless…
Project Prosper
Want to share your ideas about moving Sacramento forward? Let’s make sure our community is engaged and participates in opportunities to be heard. Both Sacramento City Manager Howard Chan, and Mayor Darrell Steinberg, are embarking…
The McBride Scholarship at CSUS
As we begin our new year, the Stonewall Foundation of Greater Sacramento is pleased to announce that our efforts to fund more fully the McBride Scholarship at CSUS were successful. Laurie McBride presented a check…
Promoting Tomorrow's Leadership -Thank You for Your Support in 2017
Dear Friends, As 2017 comes to an end, the Stonewall Foundation of Greater Sacramento (SFGS) wishes to thank you for your interest in and support for our new organization. As you may know, SFGS began as a dream…
The Stonewall Foundation of Greater Sacramento Introduction Reception
The Stonewall Foundation of Greater Sacramento introduced the new nonprofit organization at a reception on November 8, 2017 held at Uptown Studios. Planned to help fund the Laurie McBride Scholarship at Sacramento State University, it…
Administrative Recommendations Concerning Transgender Students
A transgender Rocklin Academy Charter School elementary student was harassed at school and the target of discriminatory policies proposed by parents and conservative groups in the area. This activity came as a result of the child transitioning over the course of a year and bringing the storybooks "I am Jazz" to school for the teacher to read at story time. The teacher read the stories and felt very proud of how well the children handled the discussion. There were false storylines portrayed online, but the school provided a fairly dispassionate statement of the facts. School officials have been very supportive of the teacher and protective of the privacy of the student and her parents in accordance with the law, but they were under attack by parents and conservative organizations, including the Capitol Resource Institute, Pacific Justice Institute, and the California Family Council. These groups were sending inflammatory emails propagating a false narrative of what happened at the school, generating a media frenzy, and pledged to turnout thousands of people for the Rocklin Academy school board meeting held in September.
The issue had been discussed by parents at four board meetings. On Sept. 18 the board considered policies that would 1) require parental notification if "controversial or scientifically dubious" topics are to be discussed at school, which include gender identity and sexual orientation as they equate the topics to HIV and sexual health education;2) prohibit discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity, even when a student is sharing their own story book;
3) require notification and segregate transgender children where a “physical privacy concern” may exist, allowing parents to opt-out their children.
Most importantly, the child, her family, and the school were supported at this meeting by many in our community who opposed these discriminatory proposals that sought to target transgender children. The proposed policies also violated the Fair Education Act and principles of inclusionary education and……DID NOT PREVAIL! A win for children, families and our community in general.
-Sacramento LGBT Community Center
Letter in Support of the Fair Act
Submitted to the California Department of Education’s Instructional Quality Commission in support of full implementation of the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act. The FAIR Act seeks to build knowledge and appreciation of our pluralistic society by including LGBTQ age-appropriate histories in K-8 public school social studies textbooks.
Sacramento 4 Freedoms Gala 2017
Sacramento 4 Freedoms Gala 2017