LGBTQIA+ Pride Flag Raising Ceremony

To celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) Pride Month, the City of Santa Clara is hosting multiple opportunities for the community to get involved. Also, during the June 7, 2022, City Council meeting, the Council will proclaim the month of June as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month.

The 6th annual LGBTQIA+ Pride Flag Raising Ceremony will be in person, outside at Santa Clara City Hall, and we are inviting and encouraging the community to join the ceremony.

• Friday, June 3, 2022 at Noon
• Santa Clara City Hall Quad Area, 1500 Warburton Ave., Santa Clara
• Special Guests: 

  - City of Santa Clara Mayor Lisa M. Gillmor and City Council
  - City of Santa Clara Police Chief Pat Nikolai and Santa Clara Fire Representative
  - Senator Bob Wieckowski, CA District 10
  - Assemblymember Alex Lee, CA 25th District
  -Assemblymember Evan Low, CA 28th District
  - County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg, District 4
  - Gabrielle Antolovich, Board President, Billy DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center
  - Olivia Rodriguez, representative from Office of Congressman Ro Khanna
  - Sera Fernando, County of Santa Clara Office of LGBTQ Affairs
  - Ken Yeager, Executive Director, BAYMEC Community Foundation

• Ceremony Speakers:
  - Mayor Lisa M. Gillmor
  - Santa Clara Councilmember Anthony Becker, District 6
  - Santa Clara Police Chief Pat Nikolai
  - Assemblymember Alex Lee, 25th District
  - Senator Bob Wieckowski, Senate District 10
  - County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg, District 4
  - Ken Yeager, Executive Director, BAYMEC Community Foundation
  - Sera Fernando, Santa Clara County Office of LGBTQ Affairs
  - Gabrielle Antolovich, Billy DeFrank Center

The flag raising event will happen in front of the flagpoles in the quad at City Hall.