Safe Space
Traveling Art Exhibit
Now In Tuolumne: July 17 – August 17
Monday – Friday 8 am – 5:30 pm
LOCATION: Manzanita Building 11600 Columbia Collage Dr, Sonora Ca 95370
Worldwide, all LGBTQAI2S+ and ally artists of all skill levels, all media, and all ages are welcome to submit works of visual, theatre, dance, music, multimedia, industrial, literary, and craft arts.
THEME: WAY OUT WEST, celebrating the legacy of LGBTQAI2S+ history throughout the western frontiers.
Exhibited works celebrate the legacy of LGBTQAI2S+ folks throughout the “Western frontiers”.
Safe Space exhibit was established in 2019 and is in partnership with Amador County Department of Behavioral Health, Amador Suicide Prevention Coalition, #OUT4MentalHealth, CA LGBT Health and Human Services Network, Tri-County LGBT Alliance, Calaveras County Arts Council, and Tuolumne County Arts Council.
This activity is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency with more information available at arts.ca.gov.
For more information contact Amador Arts at (209)256-8166 or info@amadorarts.org
Digital Gallery
Dusk – Mack Keller – Photo/Painting
The sun sets on Western civilization, and so too, this wandering amateur hopes, on difficult times for us. I can only hope the resulting future is as beautiful as the sunset.
Contact: newtradish@yahoo.com
Amador County Safe Space 2023 Stacy Lindsey 
Amador County Safe Space 2023 Mary Pulskamp
How to Pick Up Art Work?
Art Work PickUp? As soon as August 18th artists may pick up their artwork at our office located at the Amador Senior Center, 229 New York Ranch Rd, Jackson, CA 95642.
Please call or email head and for more information contact Amador Arts at (209)256-8166 or info@amadorarts.org
History and Resources
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16 queer Black trailblazers who made history
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Better Together: A Model for Women and LGBTQ Equality in the Workplace
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revolutionary spaces: LGBTQ+ HISTORY AND COLONIAL AMERICA
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Denial of Pardon for William D. Swann from President Grover Cleveland
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We’wha, a Zuni Lhamana
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Testimony of James Michael McConnell from Hearing in Baker v. Nelson
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Testimony about request for marriage license by two men in 1971.
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Additional testimony and more documents on this case.
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Supreme Court Opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges
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Supreme Court ruling which legalizes same sex marriage across the United States, 2015.
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Opinion of the Supreme Court in U.S. v. Edith Windsor
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2013 opinion on two women who were married in Canada but reside in USA upon one of the person’s death and questioning legality of the other woman handling their end of life estate.
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Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain
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limited information about two men who were in a romantic committed relationship and were respected world wide as leaders and politicians. Died on the Titanic.
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Memorandum from Carlisle H. Humelsine to James Webb
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1950s investigating homosexual employees at the State Department.
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Executive Order 10450: Security Requirements for Government Employment
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1953 Security Requirements for Government Employment.
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Summary of Opinion in Aaron Fricke v. Richard B. Lynch
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Richard b Lynch, one of the first cases of LGBTQ+ civil rights.
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Letter from the Civil Service Commission to the Truman Administration
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Printable One World posters
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pride Month
Local LGBTQ+ History
#OUT4MentalHealth Task Force
Join the #OUT4MentalHealth Task Force to advance LGBTQ mental health equity.
This group meets every third Wednesday at 6 PM.
Register in advance to join #OUT4MentalHealth Task Force
LGBTQ+ Pride Month: Beyond Fellowship, Faith, and Church Walls
Did you know the first woman ordained by the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) lived out her golden years right here in Amador County? Indeed she did, alongside her beautiful wife, in the home they built together from nothing. It is worth noting that in 1980, the two women were initially refused a loan by a local banker who suggested the two women return once they’d found husbands.
Read More about Rev Freda Smith and her wife Miss Kathleen
Resources
Amador Network of Care LBGTQ+ Resource Guide – A directory of crisis lines, legal resources, local anti-bullying alliances/centers, and more.
Sierra Wind Wellness & Recovery Center – 10354 Argonaut Lane, Jackson, CA 95642. Mon-Fri 9:00am-4:00pm. LGBT Coordinator 209-223-1956. Provides peer-lead 1:1 and Group Counseling for LGBT teens.
Tri-County LGBT Alliance – LGBT community servicing the Tri-county area as well as Alpine County.
LGBT National Hotline 1-888-843-4564 – Serving gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning people by providing free and confidential peer-support and local resources.