About The Center’s Training Institute

The San Diego LGBT Community Center is one of the largest and most active LGBTQ+ community centers in the nation, providing targeted programs and services to the full diversity of the local LGBTQ+ community. Through its Training Institute, The Center has also become San Diego’s leading provider of high-quality, professional trainings to assist organizations, businesses, and social services in strengthening their knowledge and skills when working with the LGBTQ+ community.

Our training programs have been crafted from many years of serving the LGBTQ+ community, in combination with lived experience and history. All trainings are designed to be supportive and judgment-free spaces that inspire positive change in the people and organizations who participate.

We offer several types of trainings—virtual, in-person, and hybrid—on a range of topics; we also customize trainings to meet the learning objectives of each group’s specific needs. Training formats can range from formal trainings to brown bag lunch discussions and LGBTQ Community Stories—all led by our knowledgeable and skilled staff. It’s been most effective for organizations to combine several different training formats when seeking company-wide skill and understanding. If your organization is interested in a mixed-format training approach, please let us know and we can create a custom plan for you.