joy, chase, marian and drew joyfully pose for the camera on a sunny social saturday event windsor town green.

Group of three people, two LGBTQIA+ youth leaders of PI pose joyfully in front of a sign that reads trans people belong with trans flag colors of light blue, light pink and white.

PI staff and leaders pose at a PI table at a sunny pride event in front of outreach and resource materials. they are surrounded by shining rainbow bubbles.

two inflatable unicorns of blue and pink dance with a pride flag at a pride event in sonoma county.

PI staff and leaders pose in front of the California State Capital as part of a leadership delegation to a conference in Sacramento.

PI staff and leaders pose in front the LGBT center as part of a leadership delegation to a conference.

Who We Are

Based in Sonoma County, Positive Images is an LGBTQIA+ Community Center established in 1990. We provide support to the North Bay’s LGBTQIA+ population, with an emphasis on identities and individuals at the margins – including transgender and nonbinary individuals, LGBTQIA+ people of color, Latine families, neurodivergent people, and disabled people. We are dedicated to providing essential services that encompass mental health support, advocacy, and education.

Our vision, values, partners.

Our Vision

Positive Images envisions a future where the LGBTQIA+ community in the North Bay thrives in an accessible and equitable environment. Recognizing the historical disparities and underrepresentation of marginalized communities within LGBTQIA+ spaces, we are committed to challenging these inequities head-on.

Our vision extends beyond the conventional approach of LGBTQIA+ centers, as we actively practice anti-racism, cultivate culturally informed programming, offer training that promotes understanding and empathy, and relentlessly uplift identities that have long been marginalized, including transgender and nonbinary individuals, LGBTQIA+ people of color, Latine families, neurodivergent people, and disabled people.

We are driven by the belief that an inclusive community must actively work to dismantle barriers and increase access for everyone. Our vision is a future where every individual within the LGBTQIA+ community is not only accepted but celebrated.

Our Values

Accessibility | Accountability | Community
Creativity | Equity & Anti-Racism
Intersectionality | Liberation

Our Mission

Partners and Affiliates

North Bay Organizing Project

On The Margins

Sonoma Community Center

Fiscally Sponsored Organizations

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Our History

In January of 1990, Positive Images opened its doors to Sonoma County’s LGBTQIA+ community for the first time. Jim Foster and Beverlee Laird created Positive Images (PI) and set out to address disparities our communities felt by creating a bridge for connection and community support.

Positive Images is lighting the path toward liberated futures for QTBIPOC and LGBTQIA+ people in Sonoma County.