Sacramento LGBT Center opens new location to serve South Sacramento community

June 23, 2021 (Sacramento) Representatives of Sacramento’s LGBT Center, the Black Leadership Council and LGBTQ advocates gathered on Tuesday, June 22 to celebrate the opening of the new Marsha P. Johnson Center in South Sacramento.

This new extension of Midtown’s LGBT Center, located at 7725 Stockton Blvd., will respond to the rise in HIV infections in south Sacramento by offering sexual health and wellness services for members of the Black and brown queer and trans community.

“We are proud to be opening the Marsha P. Johnson Center South. Not only will it provide services to our Black and brown queer and trans communities in South Sacramento, but it will also give a greater level of access to LGBTQ health and wellness services to folks in a region that have multiple barriers making our midtown location inaccessible” said Koby Rodriguez, The Sacramento LGBT Community Center’s Chief Program Officer.

The Center is named after Marsha P. Johnson, who was an African American transgender woman and activist in New York City recognized for her role in fighting for LGBTQ rights and advocating for trans people of color. She played an influential role in important LGBTQ+ movements like the Stonewall protests of 1969 and in supporting homeless gay and trans individuals. Her legacy continues through many of the programs that serve the LGBTQ+ community and communities of color today.