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‘To be here and to be queer’: Santa Clara County LGBTQ+ office hits 10 years of service
Santa Clara County is celebrating a decade of providing services to LGBTQ+ residents through an official department. The Office of LGBTQ Affairs on Friday celebrated its 10-year anniversary amid a Pride Month flag raising ceremony, resource fair and inclusive “lavender” graduation for LGBTQ+ high school and college students. The county department hosted the event in partnership with the county […] The post ‘To be here and to be queer’: Santa Clara County LGBTQ+ office hits 10 years of service appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, ‘To be here and to be queer’: Santa Clara County LGBTQ+ office hits 10 years of service, Santa Clara County is celebrating a decade of providing services to LGBTQ+ residents through an official department. The Office of LGBTQ Affairs on Friday celebrated its 10-year anniversary amid a Pride Month flag raising ceremony, resource fair and inclusive “lavender” graduation for LGBTQ+ high school and college students. The county department hosted the event in partnership with the county […] The post ‘To be here and to be queer’: Santa Clara County LGBTQ+ office hits 10 years of service appeared first on Local News Matters .
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