Closed for much of the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Mateo County Pride Center is slowly reopening to the public.
It is one of several LGBTQ community centers in the Bay Area to relaunch in-person services indoors. While it was shuttered to clients for 18 months, the Peninsula center took the time to remodel its space to make it more accessible and user-friendly.
Furniture easier for older adults and people with disabilities to get out of replaced the former furnishings. "You don't have to hire a crane to get you out of it," joked Francisco "Frankie" Sapp, the center's program director, as he showed off the changes to the Bay Area Reporter earlier this month.