The Ruby is an arts & letters–focused community for nonbinary, transfeminine, and women-identified creatives

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Our mission at The Ruby is to protect and nurture our community of women, transfeminine, and nonbinary creatives by providing a safe artistic haven where members are respected, valued, and able to flourish. This community extends beyond the walls of The Ruby to include our neighbors, friends, local community and cultural organizations, advocates, artists, and educators who cultivate connection and build belonging in the San Francisco Bay Area, the place we call home. We care deeply about our neighborhood and recognize the many migration stories and difficult legacies that have shaped and continue to shape who we are and where we live. 

The Ruby is proud to be a diverse community and remains committed to pursuing partnerships and programming that reflect this diversity and multiplicity of experiences. We also take seriously our responsibility to show up for and protect those amongst us most vulnerable to the current administration’s dehumanizing attacks and believe that safety is a collective effort. No one is safe until everyone is.

There are many definitions of what it means to be an artist or a creative, and we welcome all who are curious and creative, regardless of legal status, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, physical ability, age, access to artistic education or training, or socioeconomic experience. We have always envisioned The Ruby as a place of sanctuary and safety, a generative community for creatives in the vibrant cultural ecosystem of San Francisco and the wider Bay Area.

Land Acknowledgement

We recognize that our home in San Francisco occupies the unceded, ancestral land of the Ramaytush Ohlone, the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula and an integral and active community in the Bay Area and our beloved Mission District. The Ruby affirms their sovereign rights as First Peoples and are grateful to be in community with the American Indian Cultural Center and American Indian Cultural District whose vital work preserves and celebrates American Indian cultural heritage in San Francisco.

In the SF Bay Area, voluntary financial contributions support the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone and its ecological restoration, cultural revitalization, research and education efforts, and the Yunakin Land Tax. Contributions to the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, led by urban Indigenous women in the East Bay, support their work, including the Shuumi Land Tax.