Queer Youth Task Force of Santa Cruz County

08/14/2025

2.  Fall 2025 Rainbow Conference - A day of celebration, community, and learning for LGBTQIA2S+ students, their allies, and the adults who support them, September 27, Watsonville

05/02/2025

Alex Trask (he/him/his & they/them/their) | Student, Delta Charter High School at Cabrillo College | Member, Q***r Student Union (QSU) | Member, Q***r Straight Alliance (QSA) Club | Resource Fair Coordinator, Q***r, Trans, & Allied Summit

02/25/2025

We Must stand United in Support of our LGBTQ+ Youth

The Safe Schools Project of Santa Cruz County, in collaboration with The Diversity Center, TransFamilies of Santa Cruz County, and the Santa Cruz County Office of Education (SCCOE), have created a resource site to help keep our LGBTQ+ students, families, educators, and community members informed about their rights and how to access legal and support services when needed. Visit the site to learn more: safeschoolsproject.org/California-safe-schools

Please share with your colleagues, family, and community.

01/08/2025

12/30/2024

Final hours to donate! Our fundraising collaboration with Santa Cruz Gives ends TOMORROW. We are thrilled to have met our challenge goal and are continuing to raise funds to further develop the Trans Teen Project’s mission by hiring more interns, updating the website, and reaching a broader audience.

We’d like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all of our community donors—your contributions to the Q***r Youth Task Force will help us empower and connect local trans youth through the Trans Teen Project's visibility campaign and upcoming documentary, Unbox Me. Thank you.

Donate today: SantaCruzGives.org/QYTF

12/16/2024

The Q***r Youth Task Force is proud to be part of Santa Cruz Gives Holiday Campaign 2024 (https://santacruzgives.org/). With the help of Santa Cruz Gives, we are fundraising for our Trans Teen Visibility Campaign (https://transteenproject.org/visibility-campaign/).

Please help us raise funds to hire a part-time coordinator to keep the site updated and work with partners such as Santa Cruz Trans, TransFamilies, and Big Brothers Big Sisters to support Trans teens in Santa Cruz county; provide honorariums to trans youth for internships; and pay student filmmakers for our documentary.

We are humbly asking for your donation to the Q***r Youth Task Force Santa Cruz Gives Holiday Campaign 2024, and that you share our campaign with friends and family. Even a $5 donation will help show the community how important our work is, and every donation will help us reach our fundraising goals for this important project. The fundraiser ends December 31st.

12/03/2024

Salinas Valley Pride Celebrations is proud to offer the only LGBTQ+ focused scholarship in Monterey County. This scholarship is designed to honor LGBTQ+ students and allies who embody Salinas Valley Pride Celebration's mission to create community and increase LGBTQ+ acceptance.

08/07/2024

Watsonville Film Festival & Pajaro Valley Pride present a special screening of "Hummingbirds" in celebration of Pajaro Valley Pride Month

In HUMMINGBIRDS Silvia and Beba tell their own coming-of-age story, transforming their hometown of the Texas-Mexico border into a wonderland of creative expression and activism. Their cinematic self-portrait celebrates the power of friendship and joy as tools of survival and resistance. (78 min PG-13)

03/06/2024

March Q***r Youth Updates! Tons of local events for q***r and trans youth in Santa Cruz County this month!

1.   Watsonville Drag Story Time Documentary @ The 12th Annual Watsonville Film Festival, March 9 + Other Youth-Friendly Films of Interest