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Rosa Diaz, the founder the Imperial Valley LGBT Resource Center, sits for a portrait at the center in El Centro, California on February 7, 2025. Diaz and other leaders recently rebranded the organization as the Donnelly Community Services Center, a decision that other LGBTQ+ advocates criticized as a move to distance the center from the cause of transgender rights.

Donal Donnelly, a retired superior court judge and longtime financial supporter of the Imperial Valley LGBT Resource Center, sits for a portrait at the center in El Centro, California on February 7, 2025. The center was recently renamed the Donnelly Community Services Center after Donnelly, a decision that other LGBTQ+ advocates criticized as a move to distance the center from the cause of transgender rights.

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