“Seeing Today, Focusing on Tomorrow!” This is what the year 2020 means to us at the LGBTQ Center Orange County, as we prepare for our annual gala, Indigo Ball, at the Newport Beach Hyatt Regency. Our goal with this theme is to reflect on what the community is experiencing, and to show case steps we are doing, with community involvement, on what we want tomorrow to be.

This Incredible evening is an opportunity to recognize key leaders and advocates for health and equity within the LGBTQ community, and a celebration of the Center’s hard work throughout the year, and reflect how far we have come in the 49 years we have been with the community. It is also the primary, annual fund raising event for the LGBTQ Center OC, and will include a reception dinner, a live as well as silent auction, entertainment and awards ceremony.

We ask that you open your hearts knowing that you are helping the 14,000+ people we serve throughout the year, the 3,108 youths that come to the Center to feel accepted and feel free to be themselves, the 18 LGBTQ immigrants granted asylum, to live away from persecution for loving who they love, and the 213 transgender clients who are provided affirming health, mental health and basic services.

Your gift is a gift of life to those who may be on the edge. Your gift is a warm embrace knowing that acceptance is just around the corner. You gift is the vitality of our community, a strong and united community!