LGBTQ Community Liaison to the City Manager:

Denise Goolsby, Office of Neighborhoods Manager

Phone: (760) 323-8255
Email: Denise.Goolsby@palmspringsca.gov

LGBTQ Police Liaisons and members of the LGBTQ Outreach Committee:

Gustavo Araiza, Lieutenant

Phone: (760) 323-8115
Email: Gustavo.Araiza@palmspringsca.gov

Lauren Bixler, Detective

Phone: (760) 323-8142
Email: Lauren.Bixler@palmspringsca.gov

The PSPD LGBTQ+ Outreach Committee 

Committed to representing and engaging the diverse realities of LGBTQ+ people across gender, race, class, disability, language, citizenship, marginalized communities, status, and other intersectional identities when it comes to policing in the City of Palm Springs, and bringing direct feedback to the Palm Springs Police Department.

DAP Health

The LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert

Transgender Health & Wellness Center

The L-Fund

Sanctuary Palm Springs, A Transitional Home for LGBTQ+ Foster Youth

The City of Palm Springs earned a perfect score in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Municipal Equality Index (MEI).

The MEI examines how inclusive municipal laws, policies, and services are of LGBTQ people who live and work there. Cities are rated based on non-discrimination laws, the municipality as an employer, municipal services, law enforcement and the city leadership's public position on equality.

City of Palm Springs 2023 Municipal Equality Index Scorecard

Read the Full Report (when it becomes available): Municipal Equality Index 2023

City of Palm Springs 2022 Municipal Equality Index Scorecard

Read the Full Report: Municipal Equality Index 2022

City of Palm Springs 2020 Municipal Equality Index Scorecard

Read the Full Report: Municipal Equality Index 2020