LGBT community center
An LGBT community centre (American spelling: LGBT community center), or pride center (from gay pride), is a building which hosts services for non-heterosexual youth, seniors, adult men and women, and trans individuals, as well as an organization w ...
s are safe meeting places for all people. Prior to the
gay liberation
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movement, there were no LGBT community centers in the United States. They became popular in the 1980s following activism to combat
HIV/AIDS
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in the
LGBT community
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. By 2009, there were at least 150 throughout the country.
Pacific Center for Human Growth
The Pacific Center for Human Growth, or simply the Pacific Center, is a community center focusing on LGBT people.
* Los Angeles —
Los Angeles LGBT Center
The Los Angeles LGBT Center (previously known as the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center) is a provider of programs and services for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The organization's work spans four categories, including health, soc ...
Queer Cultural Center Queer Cultural Center is a San Francisco "community building" organization to promote development of San Francisco's LGBT community. It was established in 1993.
It is also known as the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Center for Art and Culture.
Di ...
* San Jose —
Billy DeFrank Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
The Billy DeFrank Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center is a non-profit organization that promotes services for and about the gay community of San Jose, California and Santa Clara County, California, Santa Clara County. It starte ...
The Pride Center at Equality Park
The Pride Center at Equality Park is an LGBTQ+ community center in Wilton Manors, Florida, that serves Broward County, Palm Beach County, and Fort Lauderdale. The center provides information, news, and events that affect South Florida's LGBT ...
Atlanta Gay Center The Atlanta Gay Center was a community center that served the gay community in Atlanta, Georgia (United States). It was founded in 1976. It has since closed and been replaced by the Atlanta Gay and Lesbian Community Center.
The center published a b ...
Center on Halsted
Center on Halsted is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community center in Chicago, Illinois. Kim Fountain serves as Chief Operating Officer.
The center is located in the Lakeview neighborhood on the corner of Halsted Street a ...
Pride Center of Maryland
The Pride Center of Maryland, formerly the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizationUniversity of Michigan Spectrum Center
* Detroit —
LGBT Detroit
LGBT Detroit is a Michigan nonprofit organization serving the African American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population of Detroit, and nearby communities.
LGBT Detroit's mission is "to increase awareness of and support to Detro ...
,
Ruth Ellis Center
The Ruth Ellis Center is a Detroit area social services agency that serves the needs of runaway, homeless and at-risk lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth. Among their services are a drop-in center, Street Outreach Program, fo ...
Queer Student Cultural Center The Queer Student Cultural Center is the current incarnation of the coming out, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, genderqueer, intersex, and allied communities organization of the University of Minnesota campuses that has been active since May 19 ...
Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender Community Center of Metropolitan St. Louis
The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender Community Center of Metropolitan St. Louis was a community organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and ally community of St. Louis, Missouri.
History
The organization was formed ...
The GLO Center
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Nevada
* Las Vegas —
The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada
The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, known to most simply as The Center, is a nonprofit organization located in Las Vegas, Nevada, that has served the local lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community since 1993. The ...
Hudson Pride Center
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New York
* Kingston/Hudson Valley —
Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center
The Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center was founded in 2005 as the community center for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer residents of the mid-Hudson Valley.
The Center is located in a three-story building at the corner of Wall ...
* New York City —
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (formerly Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center), commonly called The Center, is a nonprofit organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population of New ...
* New York City —
Ali Forney Center
The Ali Forney Center (AFC), based in New York City, is the largest LGBT community center helping LGBTQ homeless youth in the United States. The AFC both manages and develops transitional housing for its clients. AFC helps approximately 2,000 y ...
* New York City —
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center is a primary care center located at 356 West 18th Street in New York City, New York. Callen-Lorde also provides comprehensive mental health services at The Thea Spyer Center, located at 230 West 17th Street. Ca ...
Stonewall Columbus
Stonewall Columbus is a nonprofit organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) population of Columbus, Ohio. The organization is located in the Short North district of Columbus.
Established in 1981, Stonewall C ...
Oklahoma
* Tulsa —
Oklahomans for Equality
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Oregon
* Portland —
Q Center
Q Center is an LGBT community center and non-profit organization located in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.
History
The community center was established in 2005, championed by then-city Commissioner Sam Adams. Kendall Clawson, an Afr ...
* Portland — SMYRC
* Portland — Trans Active Gender Project
* Clackamas County †The Living Room Youth
Pennsylvania
* Allentown — Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center
* Philadelphia —
Mazzoni Center
Mazzoni Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit health care provider in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that serves the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
About
Mission
To provide quality comprehensive health and wellness serv ...
* Philadelphia —
William Way LGBT Community Center
The William Way LGBT Community Center is a nonprofit organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and nearby communities, located at 1315 Spruce Street in Philadelphia in the Gayborhood ...
Montrose Center
The Montrose Center is an LGBTQ community center located in Houston, Texas, in the United States. The organization provides an array of programs and services for the LGBTQ community, including mental and behavioral health, anti-violence service ...
* Seattle — Ingersoll Gender Center
* Seattle — The Lambert House
Wisconsin
* Milwaukee —
Project Q
Project Q is the youth program of the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and straight allied young adults ages 24 and under. Established in 1999, Project Q (PQ) has grown to one of the large ...
See also
*
List of LGBT-related organizations and conferences
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) related organizations and conferences range from social and support groups to organizations that are political in nature. Some groups are independent, while others are officially recognized advocacy gro ...
References
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community centers in the United States
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