Community Resources
Resource
Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity
The UCSB Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity
offers a safe, supportive, and welcoming environment for lesbian,
gay,
bisexual,
transgender, queer, genderqueer, intersex, and ally members of
the UCSB community. Located on the 3rd floor of the Student Resource
Building, the Resource Center is open Monday through Thursday 10am
to 8pm, and Fridays 10am to 5pm. Students, faculty, and staff
are welcome to stop by the “Rainbow Lounge” to watch
a video, study, or read a magazine. The David
Bohnett CyberCenter
is also housed here, providing internet access with a printer and
scanner. The Resource Center also offers a lending library of educational
books and videos on various topics and sponsors a variety of cultural
and educational events throughout the year. Check out our Weekly
Update for current information about campus and community events.
For more information call (805) 893-5847. To subscribe to our weekly
email list, send an email to rcsgd@sa.ucsb.edu.
Pacific
Pride Foundation (PPF)
126 E. Haley Suite A11, (805) 963-3636
PPF Youth Center, Mondays & Fridays 3:00pm-8:00pm
PPF is the umbrella organization for the Gay and Lesbian Resource Center, Gay and Lesbian Youth Project, AIDS Project Central Coast, the Bulletin and various groups and counseling services. Gay and Lesbian Business Association (GLBA)
A Business Association featuring monthly mixers, social events,
yearly Humanitarian awards benefiting LGBT students,
and philanthropy for gay and lesbian community betterment. glba@prideguide.net
Great
Outdoors - Santa Barbara/Ventura
Great Outdoors California is the largest gay, bi and lesbian,
outdoor recreation organization in the western United States.
There are
chapters in Los Angeles, Orange County, and Santa Barbara. They
offer a wide variety of activities: car camping, RV camping,
hiking, back-packing, river rafting, kayaking, skiing, potlucks,
movie
nights, game nights, UNO card parties, bowling, volleyball, day
trips, parties, sailing -- the list goes on and on: Summer, Fall,
Winter and Spring.
OUTrageous!
Film Festival
OUTrageous: The Santa Barbara Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Film Festival
has provided a spectrum of films and videos for the LGBT communities since 1992.
OUTrageous provides a diverse selection of LGBT-themed films and videos that
entertain,
challenge,
and
educate. It also provides film and video makers with opportunities
to screen their work that might not otherwise be seen locally. The dates of
the
festival
are usually in November.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Santa Barbara Central Office, 1213 State Street, Suite H, (805)
962-3332
Gay & Lesbian Speaker Connection - Friday 8pm; Trinity Evangelist
Lutheran; LaCumbre & Foothill, 909 LaCumbre
Gay Discussion - Wednesday 6:30pm; Cottage Hospital Conference
Rooms A & B (next to Cafeteria), Pueblo & Bath Streets
Gay & Lesbian Focus on Recovery Meeting - Saturday 8:00pm;
Pacific Pride Foundation, 126 E. Haley St. Rm. A8
Gay Discussion - Sunday 11:00am; Cottage Hospital, Pueblo & Bath
Streets
Bears
Ventura
PO Box 24107, Ventura, CA 93002; (805) 656-9491
Bears Ventura is an organization for Bears and their admirers. They are a social
club that organizes activities for members that allow them to interact with each
other,
meet new people, and make new friends.
Families of Pride
Email laurenwyeth@yahoo.com for more information.
Transgender Support Group
Meets first and third Friday, 7:30-9pm, (805) 963-3636 ext. 143
Prime
Timers Central Coast
Social activities for Gay & Lesbian Seniors
Contact: Rich Gagnon (805) 687-0721
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