Positive Images

WHO WE ARE

Based in Sonoma County, Positive Images is an LGBTQIA+ Community Center established in 1990. We provide support to the North Bay’s LGBTQIA+ population, with an emphasis on identities and individuals at the margins – including transgender and nonbinary individuals, LGBTQIA+ people of color, Latine families, neurodivergent people, and disabled people. We are dedicated to providing essential services that encompass mental health support, advocacy, and education.

OUR VISION

Positive Images envisions a future where the LGBTQIA+ community in the North Bay thrives in an accessible and equitable environment. Recognizing the historical disparities and underrepresentation of marginalized communities within LGBTQIA+ spaces, we are committed to challenging these inequities head-on. 

Our vision extends beyond the conventional approach of LGBTQIA+ centers, as we actively practice anti-racism, cultivate culturally informed programming, offer training that promotes understanding and empathy, and relentlessly uplift identities that have long been marginalized, including transgender and nonbinary individuals, LGBTQIA+ people of color, Latine families, neurodivergent people, and disabled people.

We are driven by the belief that an inclusive community must actively work to dismantle barriers and increase access for everyone. Our vision is a future where every individual within the LGBTQIA+ community is not only accepted but celebrated.

OUR VALUES

Accessibility   |   Accountability   |   Community
Creativity   |   Equity & Anti-Racism
Intersectionality   |   Liberation

OUR WORK

MENTAL HEALTH | EDUCATION | ADVOCACY | COMMUNITY