Can History Be Gay?

Ginny Baxter and Charlotte Joseph, Co- Presidents

October is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender+ (LGBT) History Month in the United States. In 1994, the month of October was chosen because it coincides with National Coming Out Day on October 11 and because it is the month of the first March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1979.

Our program for October features a panel of speakers including facilitator AAUW member Alyce La Violette and Nio Lavermon, Youth Services and Transition Coordinator at The Center. Nio Lavermon is a CSULB graduate in Film and Electronic Arts. He has worked with youth at The Center since 2017. The Center began in 1977 and has been providing a variety of health, social, advocacy, legal, and service programs to the LGBTQ community in the Greater Long Beach area for three decades. Its mission closely aligns with that of AAUW. “The LGBTQ Center Long Beach advances equity for LGBTQ people through culturally responsive advocacy, education, programs, and services.”