Spectrum Center

Background shows the Central Valley School District meeting room. Red banner across the top with white letters reads "CENTRAL VALLEY CALL TO ACTION" in all caps. White text on the image over a dark grey background reads, "On Thursday, August 14th, Central Valley School District (CVSD) is voting on whether or not they’ll sue the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) for implementing a mandatory, trans-affirming Gender Inclusive Policy."

Background shows the Central Valley School District meeting room. Red banner across the top with white letters reads "CENTRAL VALLEY CALL TO ACTION" in all caps. White text on the image over a dark grey background reads, "Although transgender and gender-nonconforming students will still be protected under State law, if this lawsuit is successful, OSPI might have to suspend Policy 3211, leaving transgender + gender non-conforming students vulnerable to having their rights abused by hostile school districts, like CVSD."

Background shows the Central Valley School District meeting room. Red banner across the top with white letters reads "CENTRAL VALLEY CALL TO ACTION" in all caps. White text on the image over a dark grey background reads, "If you live in the CVSD, and/or have a student attending CVSD schools, we encourage you to provide public comment. Public comment is limited to 30 minutes, and it is likely they will prioritize CVSD residents/parents. All Public Comment is subject to the Public Records Act, RCW 42.56. White bold text at the bottom reads, Sign up at the LINK IN OUR BIO prior to 4PM, 8/14."

Happening TOMORROW at 4 PM! We are asking parents of CVSD to join us in supporting trans youth by providing public comment at tomorrow's special meeting.
This meeting is VIRTUAL! - Link to sign up to provide public comment is in our bio!

Spectrum Center Spokane will be closed from July 28th-August 1st for our team Summer Hiatus.
During this break our pantry will be closed and our office will be closed.
Our youth support group will still be running Tuesday at 6pm.
We are here, we are queer, and rest is important

Photo of Spokane scenery with text overlaid, text reads "Eastern WA 2SLGBTQIA+ Community Debrief" "Date: Wednesday, 7/23, Time: 6-8PM, Location: Nyne Bar & Bistro, 232 W Sprague Ave" "All ages until 9PM" "Free taco bar for attendees, first come first serve! (Food available for purchas as well)" "Karaoke afterwards with Rita"

Same background photo of Spokane scenery with text overlaid that reads "Join us for a breakdown of... 1 - Significant updates re: 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, 2 - Timeline of when the impacts of the BBB will be felt, and who will be impacted, 3 - Current state of affairs for 2SLGBTQIA+ Washingtonians (legal protections etc), 4 - Tools and strategies moving forward. Text in white font with red background reads "Wednesday, 7/23 6-8PM @ Nyne Bar & Bistro" "All ages until 9 PM"

Join us for a 2SLGBTQIA+ Community Debrief next week.
7/23 - 6-8PM - Nyne Bar & Bistro (232 W Sprague Ave)
If you can't make this one, don't fret! We have more upcoming, but go ahead and DM us, or shoot an email to info@spectrumcenterspokane.org if you can't make it and want to attend the next one.

Photo of Spokane scenery with text overlaid, text reads "Eastern WA 2SLGBTQIA+ Community Debrief" "Date: Wednesday, 7/23, Time: 6-8PM, Location: Nyne Bar & Bistro, 232 W Sprague Ave" "All ages until 9PM" "Free taco bar for attendees, first come first serve! (Food available for purchas as well)" "Karaoke afterwards with Rita"

Same background photo of Spokane scenery with text overlaid that reads "Join us for a breakdown of... 1 - Significant updates re: 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, 2 - Timeline of when the impacts of the BBB will be felt, and who will be impacted, 3 - Current state of affairs for 2SLGBTQIA+ Washingtonians (legal protections etc), 4 - Tools and strategies moving forward. Text in white font with red background reads "Wednesday, 7/23 6-8PM @ Nyne Bar & Bistro" "All ages until 9 PM"

Join us for a 2SLGBTQIA+ Community Debrief next week.
7/23 - 6-8PM - Nyne Bar & Bistro (232 W Sprague Ave)
If you can't make this one, don't fret! We have more upcoming, but go ahead and DM us, or shoot an email to info@spectrumcenterspokane.org if you can't make it and want to attend the next one.

Update - this event will be FREE for folks ages 18-24, with a DJ + dance party after performances 🎉

Soft multicolored background, large bold white letters that read "LATINX PRIDE", "Alianza and TPG celebrating" with the sponsor logos of Nuestras Raices Centro Comunitario, Alianza, and TPG Radio. Photo of four drag performers, the Vida Amore Diva Show, and the logo for Ballet Folklorico de Spokane. Text reads: July 12th, 2025, doors open at 7pm, vendors and food, drag, ballet folklorico, DJ Motavation, GarlandTheater.org, 924 W Garland Ave, Spokane WA 99205, $15 pre-sale, $20 at the door, tickets available at www.holdmyticket.com, "Vida Amore Divas Show" "Washington State's Longest Running Drag Show!"

Ready to have some fun this weekend? 🌈🤩 THIS Saturday 7/12 @ the Garland Theater!

If you support the Latino community (and can swing a ticket) this is a great opportunity to SHOW UP ❤️🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Tickets available at www.holdmyticket.com, $15 pre-sale and $20 at the door.
This party is 18+ ⚠️😇

*Important*
Trans Lifeline is on a short break until July 14th. 🏳️‍⚧️

In light of the LGBTQ+ youth specific branch of the 988 hotline being shut down, we wanted to highlight all the resources that are available and committed to not going anywhere. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🌈

We're here, we're queer, and we've got merch all year! Just because June is ending doesn't mean Pride is over. We are here to celebrate, support, and uplift the 2SLGBTQIA+ community everyday. All proceeds go directly to supporting our year round programming for the community. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

🏳️‍🌈Need a shirt as uniquely queer as you are? 🏳️‍⚧️
Check out our merch store at spectrumcenter.threadless.com featuring designs created by local 2SLGBTQIA+ community members!
All proceeds go directly toward supporting Spectrum's programming, resources, and events that uplift our 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

July Splash Bash Join us for Splash Bash, a joyful, all-ages swim event created by and for the queer and trans community! Hosted in partnership by Spectrum Center, Odyssey Youth Center, and Trans Spokane, this is a sp...

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us last Sunday for our June Splash Bash event, part of our queer and trans summer swim party series! Sign up for July's at www.zeffy.com/ticketing/ju...

To learn more go to www.spectrumcenterspokane.org/splashbash

🏳️‍⚧️ PASSPORT UPDATES 🏳️‍⚧️ We've been keeping an eye on how things play out following the recent development in Orr v. Trump... ACLU has recommended folks wait until at least 6/25 if possible before taking action re: passports, and check their FAQ (linked in our bio) for updates as they develop.

Spectrum Center's Shop | Featuring custom t-shirts, prints, and more spectrumcenter's Shop

Need some new Pride swag? Come check out our store. Shop products made by local queer designers. All proceeds go towards supporting Spectrum Center Spokane. Check it out at spectrumcenter.threadless.com 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Image with maroon background. Text says Spectrum Center's Official Pride Merch, 15 designs and more coming. Two merch items depicted.

Ready for Pride? Come check out our new swag store. Shop products made by local queer designers. All proceeds go towards supporting Spectrum Center Spokane. Check it out at spectrumcenter.threadless.com 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

We will see you tomorrow at Pride. Bring your joy, your authenticity, your love, and each other. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

What happened in Spokane on Wednesday was unacceptable. We stand in solidarity with those targeted, and we remain committed to showing up, loudly and unapologetically, for Queer and Trans lives, especially Indigenous, Black, Brown, undocumented, and marginalized ones.

Still here. Still proud. Still showing up for each other and for justice. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊

We celebrate Pride with love and resistance. We honor our history by standing against the violence we witnessed this week from ICE, from the police, from the systems that continue to harm our communities.

This bill isn't just gutting gender affirming care for trans people who rely on Medicaid, this bill also guts Medicaid overall... AND allocates $150bn (13x the current budget) towards ICE!

WA STATE SENATORS
Sen. Patty Murray: (202) 224-2621
Sen. Maria Cantwell: (202) 224-3441
In addition to using the link in our bio, call them directly and make your voice heard!

URGENT CALL TO ACTION 🚨 LINK IN BIO
This morning, the House passed a budget proposal containing sweeping cuts to Medicaid.
This budget would END Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming healthcare. This measure would impact trans Americans of ALL ages.
CONTACT YOUR SENATORS! DEMAND THEY STOP THIS BILL

Image with maroon background. Text says Spectrum Center's Official Pride Merch, 15 designs and more coming. Two merch items depicted.

Ready for Pride? Come check out our new swag store. Shop products made by local queer designers. All proceeds go towards supporting Spectrum Center Spokane. Check it out at spectrumcenter.threadless.com 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

In light of Spokane City Council’s upcoming vote on the LGBTQIA2S+ Protections Ordinance… Join us for our public testimony workshops! RSVP at the link in our bio. Masks HIGHLY encouraged - and provided 😷🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

1st workshop: Wednesday 4/16 @ 6PM
2nd workshop: Wednesday 4/23 @ 6PM

WA Statewide Call to Action! Link in our bio. Urge your reps to vote NO on both amendments 7 & 8! This vote will NOT change the athletics policy for over 700 schools in WA, unless state law changes, but we can't let this go down quietly!

@wiaawa.bsky.social You should be ashamed of yourselves.

Meet our reporters @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social. They've reported on education for decades — and have been closely tracking President Trump’s changes to the Department of Education.

👉 Our secure tip line on Signal: 917-512-0201.

A photo of US president Donald Trump playing golf at Turnberry golf course during his visit to the UK on Tuesday May 2, 2023, overlaid with the headline, "Pentagon Keeps Pouring Cash Into Golf Courses — Even As Trump Slashes Government Spending." Source: Press Association via AP Images

The Pentagon owns 145 golf courses. As Trump cuts key government services, we found it aims to spend on sand traps and clubhouses. interc.pt/4kQBQWa

Purple background with a photo of two hands holding passports. The text reads, "Update: Common passport scenarios TGNCNBI people are facing." Photo below of two hands holding passports.

Transgender, gender-nonconforming, nonbinary, and intersex people (TGNCNBI) might be wondering what they should know following recent discriminatory changes to passport & federal ID policies. We’ve updated our identity documents resource page with developments. ➡️ lambdalegal.org/tgnc-checkli...

4PM PST TODAY! We need folks flooding the comments on these three changes to passport policy, but the process is kind of confusing. This webinar walks you thru it! We will be asking for a recording to share w folks who can’t attend.

ACTION: 3 minutes to fill out 3 forms

WHY: We must protect passport access for transgender Americans!

Let's go, allies! We need to step up for our family and friends.

Brightly colored poster mainly in pixelated 16bit video game style font: The Burlesquernauts presents: Nerdgasm March 28 and 29. Doors at 7pm shows at 8pm. Location "The Guardian" 1403 N Washington St. All ticket sale proceeds will be donated to Spectrum Center's Gender Affirming Care Program (GAPP). $35. Ages 18+. On the poster is a photo of a person dressed as Luigi from Mario Brothers, another dressed as a femme Deadpool, three warp pipes, one with a piranha plant emerging from it, one with a person holding a master sword upwards and shooting a rainbow out of it, and the third with a femme person in burlesque wear and holding a D&D Monster Manual. Another person dressed as Toad from Mario Brothers stands next to the pipes with hearts above them.

Now there's TWO Luigis you can get horny for! Sign up for tickets at: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

Spectrum Center Gayme Night. Sunday March 9th, 2025 5pm-9pm at 1514 N Monroe, ages 18+. Cartoon images of people playing games on a blue background.

Join us this Sunday March 9th from 5-9pm for an evening of fun and board games at Spectrum Center. Gayme Night (ages 18+) is a great place to hang out and choose your own adventure. We will have games to choose from, but feel free to your favorite as well.

Brightly colored poster mainly in pixelated 16bit video game style font: The Burlesquernauts presents: Nerdgasm March 28 and 29. Doors at 7pm shows at 8pm. Location "The Guardian" 1403 N Washington St. All ticket sale proceeds will be donated to Spectrum Center's Gender Affirming Care Program (GAPP). $35. Ages 18+. On the poster is a photo of a person dressed as Luigi from Mario Brothers, another dressed as a femme Deadpool, three warp pipes, one with a piranha plant emerging from it, one with a person holding a master sword upwards and shooting a rainbow out of it, and the third with a femme person in burlesque wear and holding a D&D Monster Manual. Another person dressed as Toad from Mario Brothers stands next to the pipes with hearts above them.

Now there's TWO Luigis you can get horny for! Sign up for tickets at: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...