2026 California LGBTQ+ Leadership Summit: Full Schedule

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10:15am AKDT

Celebrations: Local Wins and New Leaders!

Monday August 3, 2026 10:15am - 11:00am AKDT

Have you had a big win in your city council or commission in the past year? Are you a newly elected or appointed official? Now is the time to celebrate those! We will open the Summit this year with a chance for shout outs and happy dances for the progress we have made this year.

Monday August 3, 2026 10:15am - 11:00am AKDT
Adelante Room 1414 K. Street, Suite 500 Sacramento, CA 95814

Panels

11:00am AKDT

Social Media and AI Policies

Monday August 3, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm AKDT

Adelante Room

Speakers

Casey Pick

Senior Director of Law and Policy, The Trevor Project

Casey Pick (she/her) is the Senior Director of Law and Policy for The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and mental health organization serving LGBTQ+ young people. She is responsible for ensuring The Trevor Project’s life-saving expertise is elevated in state capitols... Read More →

Shae Gardner

Director of Policy and Research, LGBT Tech

Asm. Josh Lowenthal

Assembly District 69, California State Legislature

Monday August 3, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm AKDT
Adelante Room 1414 K. Street, Suite 500 Sacramento, CA 95814

Panels

1:45pm AKDT

Our Rights and the Courts

Monday August 3, 2026 1:45pm - 3:00pm AKDT

Adelante Room

Speakers

Amanda Goad, Esq.

Audrey Irmas Director, Gender, Sexuality, & Reproductive Justice Project and Deputy Director of Advocacy, ACLU Southern California

Amanda is the Audrey Irmas Director, Gender, Sexuality, & Reproductive Justice Project and Deputy Director of Advocacy at the ACLU of Southern California, fighting for the rights and civil liberties of LGBTQ people through litigation, policy advocacy, technical assistance, coalition-building... Read More →

Crystal Adams

Deputy Attorny General, California Department of Justice

Crystal Adams (she/her) is a Deputy Attorney General at the California Department of Justice in the Healthcare Rights and Access Section of the Public Rights Division, where she works on a variety of lawsuits challenging the Trump Administration’s attacks on public health funding... Read More →