Staff Member
LGBTQ+ Identities and Definitions
Local Resources
100

This person schedules and oversees Front Desk volunteers.

Who is Joel Vega?

100

Acronym for a community who do not identify as cis-gender or straight.

What is "LGBTQ+?" Will accept... LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQQIA2s+

100

A LGBTQ+ center in the Coachella Valley that serves as a satellite office and offers youth and family programs.

What is "The Center Coachella?"

200

This person is The Center's community health worker, offering referrals and health assessments.

Who is Jose Campos Lopez?

200

Other than a person's name, we use these to refer to people in 3rd person

What are personal pronouns?

200

A local HIV/STI testing site located off Sunrise.

What is DAP (Desert Aids Project)?

300

This person is the behavioral health clinic administrator and coordinates new clients.

Who is Mike Martin?


300

Term to describe someone whose gender identity differs from the one that was assigned to them at birth. 

What is "transgender/trans?"

300

A local senior center, located off Sunrise.

What is Mizell?

400

This person oversees Food Bank operations and initiatives.

Who is Charles Huff?

400

An adjective describing a person who does not identify exclusively as a man or a woman.

What is "non-binary/Gender non-conforming?"

400

Regional food bank serving eastern Riverside and southern San Bernardino Counties in southern California. The Center's Food Bank is an affiliate of this organization. 

What is "Find Food Bank?"

500
Our CEO's former executive assistant, Dan Griffin, has been promoted to what position?

What is, "Director, Strategic Initiatives?"

500

A term that describes a moment where someone uses the wrong pronouns/identity labels for another person.

What is "misgendering?"

500

A legal aid non-profit serving Riverside and San Bernardino County.

What is Inland County Legal Services (ICLS)?