The Diversity Center is a beacon of support and inspiration for the LGBTQ+ community. Established in 1989, the Center has grown into a comprehensive hub providing essential services, safe spaces, educational programs, and enriching events informed by the Eight Dimensions of Wellness. We are dedicated to creating a vibrant, intergenerational LGBTQ+ community through collaborative efforts. Our services foster a sense of belonging and promote queer-affirming well-being practices allowing individuals to build resiliency and thrive.

“The Diversity Center has made me feel much more comfortable in myself and has provided a place for me to be my complete self.”
— Recipient of TDC services, 2023

Cultivating Authentic Well-Being Practices
Date: Thursdays, February 27-April 24, 2025, skipping 4/10
Time: 6:00-7:30 pm  
Location: The Diversity Center 
Ages: All

This 8-week series uses the 8 Dimensions of Wellness as a guide to deepen our authentic relationship to well-being and identify aligning practices. Register here!

Queer Activities Collective: Board Games
Date: Sunday, February 23
Time: 2:00-3:30 pm  
Location: The Diversity Center
Ages: 21+

Queer Activities Collective is a community-based offering for adults 21+ who want to socialize in a safe space. Welcoming masc/butch lesbians and their supporters. Join these fun monthly activities facilitated by community member Carolyn Rosevelt, supported by TDC. RSVP here! 

Advanced Directives Workshop with Hospice of Santa Cruz
Date: Thursday, February 20
Time: 6:00-7:30 pm
Location: The Diversity Center
Age: 18+

Life happens. Serious illness happens. Accidents happen. If you can’t speak for yourself, who will be your voice?
Planning ahead by completing an Advance Healthcare Directive can bring peace of mind to you and your loved ones. An Advance Healthcare Directive is a legal document that outlines your personal and medical healthcare choices and names an advocate to speak for you when you can’t speak for yourself. It’s important for everyone over the age of 18 to have an Advance Healthcare Directive.
By thinking ahead and communicating your treatment preferences early on, you can spare those close to you the anxiety of having to guess your wishes. Most importantly, an Advance Healthcare Directive gives you the opportunity to make very personal health care decisions for yourself. RSVP here.

Dancing for Every Body: An All-Levels Accessible Monthly Dance Class
Date: Every Last Monday, starting in March
Time: 5:00-6:30 pm
Location: London Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz
Ages: All Ages

Join Motion Pacific’s Mo Katzman for an accessible dance class you can do in a chair, with a cane, standing, or in a wheelchair. Register here. Dancing for Every Body will promote the mind-body connection, with a focus on easeful and fun movement, finding the joy and resilience in our moving bodies, dance making, and story sharing. Being Queer and non-binary, Mo will be facilitating the class through a Queer lens and is passionate about creating belonging through cultivating Queer spaces. Mo is very much interested in co-designing the class in response to desires and needs. This class is for all accessibility levels, dancing can be done sitting or standing, and no dance experience is necessary to join. Calling all LGBTQIA folks and allies! A sliding-scale donation is requested but not required.

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Youth Legal Name and Gender Marker Change Workshop During this two-hour workshop, participants will be given packets with the required forms needed to change either one’s legal name and/or gender maker, with detailed instructions on how fill th
Join Motion Pacific’s Mo Katzman for an accessible dance class you can do in a chair, with a cane, standing, or in a wheelchair. Register here. Dancing for Every Body will promote the mind-body connection, with a focus on easeful and fun moveme
Learn the basics of salsa, swing, and other styles in this weekly class. Connect with yourself and your community through inclusive ballroom lessons! Come as you are and channel your worries into multicultural movement. Eight Saturdays, March 1st to
Cultivating Authentic Well-Being Practices! This 8-week series uses the 8 Dimensions of Wellness as a guide to deepen our authentic relationship to well-being and identify aligning practices. Date: Thursdays, February 27-April 24, 2025, skipping 4/1
Life happens. Serious illness happens. Accidents happen. If you can’t speak for yourself, who will be your voice? Planning ahead by completing an Advance Healthcare Directive can bring peace of mind to you and your loved ones. An Advance Health
60+ Men's Social! Let’s celebrate winter in a comfy, warm, and bright community room. The 60+ Men’s Social will take place on Sunday, February 9, in Santa Cruz. Join us for light appetizers, beverages, and the company of men. There is a $
Join your community and watch an LGBTQ+-themed movie twice a month! We alternate screening documentaries and films, and we’re happy to take requests if you have a favorite movie. We’ve got popcorn, snacks, and a big screen, and we’r
Guided Mindfulness Group 🌿 Give your brain a break, and reconnect with the present moment, using guided breathing and mindfulness techniques. All LGBTQ+ people and allies are welcome. Date: Weekly on Thursday Time: 11:00 am Location: The Diversity
Queer Activities Collective is a community-based offering for adults 21+ who want to socialize in a safe space. Welcoming masc/butch lesbians and their supporters. Join these fun monthly activities facilitated by community member Carolyn Rosevelt, su
This support and discussion group is for people 18+ who identify on the spectrum of trans/nonbinary/agender/genderfluid and more. The group also welcomes those who want to explore their identity but who may not need or want to classify themselves. Al