Mt. SAC Pride Center

The Mt. SAC Pride Center provides a safe, supportive, and educational space for students across the gender and sexuality spectrum. The Pride Center provides services that promote student success including computer and printing services, tutoring, mentoring, a lending library, research assistance with an in-house librarian, and academic support from faculty across various disciplines. Additionally, the Pride Center provides professional, academic, and therapeutic support with small group discussions, and educational opportunities for students, faculty, and the surrounding community to learn more about how best to support our students' achievement of their educational and professional goals.

Mary Butterly LMFT
1-on-1 Mental Health Counseling
Fall Semester Schedule:
Tuesdays 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Thursdays 1:00 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Available in-person and over Zoom
Email pridecenter@mtsac.edu to request an appointment.

Diana Casas
Academic Counseling
Fall Semester Schedule:
Tuesdays 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Accessed through the Virtual Pride Center Canvas Hub and in person. Drop-ins are welcome!

• Temporary Housing
• LA County Resources Search Engine:211
• Safe Zone Awareness Project
• Pride Counseling Search Engine
• Video/Film Recommendations
• All-Gender Bathroom Map (Print Version)

• All Gender Bathrooms

• Financial Planning for Gender Confirmation Surgery
• Financial and Social Resources for Homeless LGBTQ+ Youth
• Information on Updating Your Birth Certificate
• LGBTQ+ Family Planning Finance Guide
• Comprehensive LGBTQ+ Health Guide

The Center is intended to be a safe space- to create a safe space requires that we all take responsibility for our contributions to maintaining such space for all. We are working to not replicate systems of oppression so that we can be our authentic selves.  The goal of the Pride Center is to support the success of LGBTQ+ students. It is not an 'anything goes' space. 

• Be true to yourself!
  • All identities are welcome!
• Step out of your comfort zone
• Practice ultimate R•E•S•P•E•C•T
  • Pronouns! We're not amateurs
  • Be an ally, not a hater
• Treat this space as our home
  • Not your bedroom
• Think, ask, act, listen, and adapt
  • Use trigger warnings
  • "Swiper, no swiping!"
• Vegas rules: keep the lessons, leave the details
• Read the room, not just each other
• Throw glitter, not shade
• Step up, step down
• Community, not cliques
• Build bridges, not fences
• Accountability with empathy

 

Remember, you are loved, you are valid, we are community.

If you have any agreements that you want to add, feel free to submit them with our suggestion form!

And as a campus entity we also abide by the Mt. SAC Student Standards of Conduct.