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| '''Lavender Heights''' is a centrally located district in ] centered within and around K & 20th streets.<ref>]: "The Scoop: Lavender Heights "http://cbs13.com/video/?id=28323@kovr.dayport.com {{dead link|date=November 2017}}</ref><ref name="Clausen">Michael Andrew Claussen, ''Lavender Heights: the emerging gay community in downtown Sacramento, California'', California State University, 1998.</ref><ref>Melanie Noel Light, "What’s New & What’s HappeningUnder the Lavender Heights Rainbow", Sacramento Visitors and Convention Bureau.</ref> The area owes its name to the high number of gay-owned homes and businesses residing there.<ref name="Clausen"/><ref name="gaytravel">{{cite web |url=http://gaytravel.about.com/od/placestogo/p/Gay_Sacramento.htm |title=A Guide to Gay Sacramento - Gay Travel in Sacramento |author=Andrew Collins |accessdate=12 May 2008}}</ref> | |||
| Lavender Heights is a marketing name given to the hub of Sacramento's gay and lesbian community with many gay bars and restaurants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sacramento.gaycities.com/ |title=Gay Sacramento - A Capital Idea |publisher=Sacramento.gaycities.com |date=2013-11-18 |accessdate=2013-12-03}}</ref><ref>Lanie Dills, Lynn West, ''Great gay & lesbian places to live: "the official guide"'', 1995, {{ISBN|0-916744-03-5}}, {{ISBN|978-0-916744-03-8}}.</ref> It is considered Sacramento's equivalent to ] (San Francisco) and ] (Washington D.C.) as the city's LGBT district.<ref>Joyce Krieg, ''Slip Cue: A Talk Radio Mystery'', Macmillan, 2004, {{ISBN|0-312-32736-6}}, {{ISBN|978-0-312-32736-1}}.</ref><ref>Michael Nalepa, Linda Cabasin, Erica Duecy editors, ''Fodor's 2010 Northern California: With Napa, Sonoma, Yosemite, San Francisco & Lake Tahoe'', page 468-9, Random House, Inc., 2010, {{ISBN|1-4000-0900-6}}, {{ISBN|978-1-4000-0900-8}}.</ref> Community resources for the LGBT community in the area include the Sacramento LGBT Community Center (formerly the Lambda Center) and the Lavender Library.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lavender Library, Archives, and Cultural Exchange (LLACE) |url=http://www.lavenderlibrary.org/ |title=Lavender Library, Archives, and Cultural Exchange (LLACE) |publisher=Lavenderlibrary.org |date=2013-11-29 |accessdate=2013-12-03}}</ref> Most of the gay bars in Sacramento are located in the Lavender Heights area.<ref name="gaytravel"/><ref>Sara Benson, ''Lonely Planet California'', page 424-6, {{ISBN|1-74104-739-0}}, {{ISBN|978-1-74104-739-4}}.</ref> ] and gay bashing have been an issue since the early 1990s in the area.<ref>"Gays Will Patrol For Bashers, City Police Welcome 'Lavender Angels'", ''Sacramento Bee'', April 19, 1991, Page B3.</ref> A wave of "religious refugees" including "Slavic ]" has added to the tensions, many were drawn to immigrate by Sacramento evangelical churches who sponsored them including the ] Capital Christian Center.<ref>Rone Tempest, ''For Gays, a Loud New Foe; Sacramento's large enclave of immigrant Slavic evangelicals is becoming a force on social issues. Their actions shock many.'' ''Los Angeles Times'', Oct 13, 2006, A.1 Main News; Metro Desk.</ref> In September 2009 a security guard hired by several gay nightclubs in Lavender Heights was killed by an accidental hit and run in an accident.<ref>https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article178864446.html</ref><ref>Matthew Keys, "Alleged Security Guard Killer Speaks On Facebook; Friends Blast Media Reports", FOX40 News, December 3, 2009.</ref> The area is home to many of the city's music and arts festivals, including the Second Saturday Block Party from May to September.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outinsacramento.com/posts/2nd-saturday.html|title=2nd Saturday Block Party Series {{!}} OUT in Sacramento|last=Coats|first=Matthew|date=|website=www.outinsacramento.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-05-15}}</ref> | |||
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