Welcoming People of All Sexualities and Genders
Since its formation 41 years ago, PPF has become an incredible resource between Los Angeles and San Francisco for LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV/AIDS. Pacific Pride Foundation’s advocacy and education efforts meet the ongoing and emerging needs of a diverse population in order to create thriving and visible communities.
Pacific Pride Foundation offers a variety of cost-effective training that can be tailored to any site’s specific needs or area of focus. Most organizations request our LGBTQ+ 101 course, which covers the vocabulary and best practices needed to understand and welcome people of all sexualities and genders. Our presentations cover all transgender identities and sexual orientations in full, and when requested, we can provide a panel of community volunteers able to speak from their own experience of being LGBTQ+. The average cost of our training sessions are $700 depending on the duration and licensure of trainers.
Based on the latest research, lesser-known LGBT histories, and with your field’s professional best practices, our training is grounded in cultural competency and the direct acknowledgment that LGBTQ+ people of color, of elderhood, of diverse abilities and citizenship present differing constellations of experience and oppression that require unique and nuanced care.
LGBTQ+ Competency training sessions must have at least 10 participants and can support no more than 98 participants.
PPF’s Field of Expertise
LGBTQ 101
Narcan 101
Harm Reduction
For more information, email trainings@pacificpridefoundation.org
To learn more about our courses or to schedule a training, please email us at trainings@pacificpridefoundation.org.
Santa Barbara Middle School
Santa Barbara Police Department new recruits
San Marcos High School Health Classes
Santa Barbara High School Health Classes
Anti-Defamation League
Casa Serena Residential Treatment Center for Women
Wilderness Youth Project
Franklin Health Center: County Public Health
Carpinteria Health Center: County Public Health
Lompoc Health Center: County Public Health
Heritage House
Planned Parenthood
Wildcat Bar & Lounge
The Bobcat Room
UCSB Teacher Training Multiple Subject Candidates
UCSB Teacher Training Single Subject Candidates
SBCC Professor Janet Minehan’s Sexuality Class
New Beginnings Counseling Center
Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care
Noah’s Anchorage Youth and Family Crisis Shelter
UCSB Career Center
Oak Cottage of Santa Barbara Memory Care
Casa Pacifica, Santa Maria
American Indian Health & Services
Domestic Violence Solutions
Garden Court
Santa Barbara County Public Health (Lompoc, Santa Maria, Carpinteria, & more)
Santa Barbara County Behavioral Wellness
“A presentation that creates a desire to learn more is really one of the highest aspirations and goals for any presenter, so congratulations and thanks to you all at Pacific Pride Foundation for sparking a new interest for our staff! Thank you so much for your wonderful and informative ‘LGBTQIA Sensitivity from Birth to Adolescence’ training.”
-Lynn Marie, Program Manager of the Santa Maria Youth & Family Center
“Patrick Lyra made it simple to understand how to better serve the LGBTQIA community… The presentation was full of knowledge. Your LGBT Outreach Advocate, Patrick Lyra, and Pacific Pride Foundation should present on the LGBTQIA community everywhere!”
-The Coalition for Family Harmony
“Pacific Pride Foundation did a wonderful job of presenting the topic of Gender Diversity in Children and Adolescents in a clear, respectful, open and fun way that helped me identify my biases and feel safe ‘outing’ them so I can begin to change them…”
~Staff Member, Wilderness Youth Project
“Our residents and clinical staff have been knocking on my door thanking me for arranging a place and space for them to hear your important message in ‘LGBTQ+ 101 & Addiction.’ You left a warm place in my chest. I feel hopeful for our future with people like Patrick Lyra & PPF in it.”
~Sandra Mistretta, Casa Serena Residential Recovery Home For Women
“Your explanations [in ‘Human Sexualities: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Asexual, Pansexual and Queer Intimacies’] were cogently informative and helpful to everyone. The panel you organized was equally impressive. The students were very attentive and appreciative. With you and Pacific Pride Foundation at the helm, we will have a more informative, tolerant society!”
-Professor Janet Minehan, Human Sexuality, SBCC
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