
The San Diego LGBT Community Center Celebrates CEO Cara Dessert as a 2026 Prebys Leadership Award Honoree
2026 Prebys Leadership Award Honoree recognizes Cara Dessert’s leadership, advocacy, and commitment to LGBTQ+ equity in San Diego.
Each year, The Center supports tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people across the region with housing, health, mental health, and community-based services. Our work centers those most impacted by system inequities–LGBTQ+ youth, transgender and nonbinary people, immigrants, people living with HIV, seniors, and LGBTQ+ people of color–and focuses on long-term stability.
We deliver evidence-informed culturally responsive services that help individuals move from crisis to stability, and from isolation to connection.
The San Diego LGBT Community Center has created a resource page to help our LGBTQ+ immigrant community member navigate the changes in policy in 2025.
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2026 Prebys Leadership Award Honoree recognizes Cara Dessert’s leadership, advocacy, and commitment to LGBTQ+ equity in San Diego.

I’m excited to announce that our next Red Hot Dance for queer women 21+ is happening on Saturday, February 7, from 6–9pm at The Center!

It is with great honor that I share The Center’s 2025 Annual Impact Report to reflect on what we accomplished with Center Supporters.

I’m honored to bring more support, joy, and connection to our community through events like the upcoming CREAM Ball, hosted at The Center on Saturday,

This is David Vance (they/them), Director of Advocacy & Civic Engagement at The Center, and I’m excited to announce that we are now accepting applications

My name is Jesus Sanchez (he/him), Volunteer Services Manager at The Center, and as we begin 2026, I invite you to support our LGBTQ+ community
The San Diego LGBT Community Center enhances and sustains the health & well-being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, nonbinary, immigrant, and HIV communities to the betterment of our entire San Diego region.
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