Dragonsani "Drago" Renteria is a Chicano social justice, LGBTQ+ rights activist, community leader, educator, editor, historian, and artist.
He is CEO of DeafVision, founder and executive director of Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC) and long-time resident of San Francisco.
DeafVision, Inc. is a Deaf minority owned and operated web hosting and development company based in San Francisco, California.
While working at the local DGLC in San Francisco, he envisioned the need for a similar organization that operated on a national level to serve deaf LGBTQIA people in different states.
[2][13] Since then, the DQRC has become a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides "peer support, support groups, information and referrals, educational workshops, work to increase visibility, educate on accessibility and we also work to preserve Deaf LGBTQ history"[2] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the DQRC provided accessible information and hosted regular events for the Deaf community.
[14] The DQRC averages over 15,000 monthly visits and provides resources on other social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram.
His significant published works involve documentation of evidence of gentrification in the San Francisco Bay Area and through photography and silent documentary.
He lives with his long-time partner, Jennifer Mantle, a freelance ASL interpreter, priestess, and minister of herchurch, and their service dog, Magnus, a Schnoodle.
Every year, the LGBTQA Resource Center at Gallaudet University hosts the Lavender Graduation ceremony where graduating students who identify as part of the LGBTQIA community, advocates, allies, and role models are awarded for recognition of their efforts and contributions to promotion of equity, diversity, and inclusion for LGBTQIA-identified members on campus.