top of page

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 North Bay where LGBTQIA2S+ people—especially those living at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities—have equitable access to resources, experience safety and belonging rooted in communities of care, and can live authentic, thriving, interconnected lives.

We are committed to creating the conditions for collective liberation by cultivating spaces for community care, connection, and belonging; partnering strategically to better serve our trans, nonbinary, Latine, neurodivergent, disabled, and other historically marginalized community members; and educating and organizing ourselves and our allies. Through culturally and linguistically responsive programs, affirming services, advocacy, and education, we work to dismantle barriers, expand access, and strengthen the institutions and communities where LGBTQIA2S+ people live, learn, work, and thrive.

We believe that our liberation is interconnected. By centering the voices, wisdom, and leadership of those most impacted by inequity, we are building a future where every LGBTQIA2S+ person has the support, relationships, and opportunities they need to experience belonging and thrive.

PI Images for Website -5.jpg
Windsor Town Green Selects  -08.jpg

Our Values

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

Our Mission
Social Saturday10_7-41.jpeg

Fiscally Sponsored Organizations

TRANSMISSION Transmasculine retreats

Support Positive Images Today!

Thank you to our Supporters

Positive Images Archival 2.jpeg

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 LGBTQIA2S+ people in Sonoma County.

bottom of page