In
May 2003, Todd Larsen and Michael Weiss moved from Southern California to Humboldt County located in Northern California. While researching about the move, they discovered
that there was no central online site to help visitors and locals find
queer friendly resources in Humboldt County. With this in mind, Todd
and Michael created the Queer Humboldt website to originally provide a
communication vehicle for the 2004 Humboldt Pride event for which they
co-chaired. The 2004 Humboldt Pride event was the largest pride event
Humboldt County had ever seen, with over 1,200 attendees and 200 parade
members. Pictures of the event are in the Queer Humboldt Photo Gallery.
After the 2004 Humboldt Pride event, Todd and Michael expanded the
website to provide an extensive online resource for the queer community
in Humboldt County. The website was then expanded to include visitor
and relocation information as a result of the many inquiries and calls
they received from people planning to visit or relocate to Humboldt
County.
Queer Humboldt is an organization dedicated to providing
resources for the queer community. We provide this website for the
community to list local events, resources, groups, links, visitor
information, news and pictures that will benefit the queer community.
Queer Humboldt is a California non-profit
501(c)3 corporation. Donations to Queer Humboldt are tax deductible.
Why "queer"? For many this term is an epithet, an insult, a threat. For
many, the word has been reclaimed, much like the pink triangle, which
came from the Holocaust but now is deployed and displayed as a symbol
of gay and lesbian pride and activism. The insult behind the word
"queer" is to say that someone is not normal. In reclaiming "queer,"
activists and academics declare that there is value in challenging the
norm. For many the word is more inclusive, more plural, including
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and other categories and
refusals of categories. For many the word is more politicized, more
radical, than the other options. (From the November 2003 MQS
(Multicultural Queer Studies) Minor Coming Out Party at HSU.)
We appreciate our community volunteers, their time and their energy to help support the Queer Humboldt website. The Queer Humboldt organization has helped raise over $27,000 for local charities, including Humboldt County AIDS Task Force, Humboldt Community Breast Health Project, HIVkids, New Alzheimer's Center of the Humboldt Senior Resource Center, and the Youth Service Bureau's RAVEN Project. For a list of donors who have contributed to Queer Humboldt and made these charitable donations possible, visit our donors page.
If you have any ideas, events, or listings you would like to see here, please contact us.
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Queer Humboldt Board presents$2,750 check to Humboldt County
AIDS Task Force |
Queer Humboldt Board presents
$2,750 check to Humboldt Community
Breast Health Project |
Michael Weiss and Todd
Larsen
Queer Humboldt Board presents
$11,305 check to The RAVEN Project
Queer Humboldt Board presents
two $5,500 checks to HIVKids and The Alzheimer's Center of the Humboldt
Senior Resource Center