The month of the year when the Queer Youth Leadership Awards are held, long ago AGEM used to be held in that same month

The first openly gay mayor of the city of Santa Cruz in 1983, and one of the first in the nation, his continuing political career includes running this year for the California Senate

In 1990 this institution hosted a Gay and Lesbian conference where the term "Queer Studies" was first coined, it is also known for its slow, yellow mascot

The acronym for the huge LGBTQ talent show/fundraiser held for many years in the Civic auditorium in the 80s and 90s

The institution that has LGBTQ artifacts in its archives and has just produced an online exhibit on local LGBTQ history

The day of the year that Santa Cruz Pride is held each year

The woman who lead the 60 Plus program from 2008 to 2014, she also wants to fix your haircut

The first group of LGBTQ organizers, LAGMU, formed at this institution in the 1970s, where Adam Spickler is now a Trustee

The name of the pride event held for the last few years in August in south county

The "force" behind the annual production of the Queer Youth Leadership Awards

The year California first allowed same-sex marriages, and many people were married in Santa Cruz (before new same-sex marriages were stopped by Proposition 8, and then resumed in 2013)

One of the organizers of the 60 Plus Gay Men's group, he was also one of the organizers of the first Santa Cruz Pride gathering four decades ago

The popular women's cafe and bookstore in downtown Santa Cruz in the 1990s, it's name evoked "women's space"

The people who each year host the Diversity Center Christmas party and an even bigger gathering of gay men at their home, their decorations are legendary

The longest running LGBTQ sport playing group in Santa Cruz, the players have been kicking up sand since 1979

The year the first Santa Cruz Pride gathering was held, it was 6 years after the Stonewall Riots and 5 years after the first Gay Pride gatherings in SF, NY & LA

The President of the Board of Directors of the Diversity Center from 2012 to 2019, he also was the host to a queer cabaret in the 1990s.

The gay bar in Castroville, named after Marilyn Monroe's real name

This ambulatory gathering has occurred every year on the eve of Santa Cruz Pride since 1994, a similar gathering occurs the night before SF Pride

This quarterly publication for all LGBTQ people ran from 1986 to 1998, it had a very gay color in its name

The year the US Supreme Court make two landmark decisions in support of LGBTQ rights (ruling "DOMA" unconstitutional and allowing same-sex marriages in California to resume)

She produced concerts of women's music in Santa Cruz for decades, and also was the founder and editor of the LaGazette women's newspaper, don't forget her middle name "Lea".

In the 1990s, the Gay and Lesbian Center (now the Diversity Center) was located on this downtown alleyway, also home to a Bistro bearing the name of that alley.

This over the top gathering held each fall, the Diversity Center's biggest fundraising event, will likely be held online instead of at the Paradox this year

The longest running weekly LGBTQ radio show in the country, this local Santa Cruz radio show first came "out of the closet" on KZSC FM 88.1 in 1980