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 Office of Education and San Jose State University Queer Hope Institute. Featured speakers included Assemblymember Alex Lee, the first openly bisexual state lawmaker in California history, and former county Supervisor Ken Yeager, who in 1992 became the first openly gay public official in Santa Clara County.
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