LGBTQ community centers are safe meeting places for all people. Prior to the gay liberation movement, there were no LGBTQ community centers in the United States. They became popular in the 1980s following activism to combat HIV/AIDS in the LGBTQ community. By 2009, there were at least 150 throughout the country.[1]
Arkansas
[edit]- Little Rock — Center for Artistic Revolution
California
[edit]- Berkeley — Pacific Center for Human Growth
- Los Angeles — Los Angeles LGBT Center
- San Diego — The San Diego LGBT Community Center
- Oakland — Oakland LGBTQ Community Center
- San Francisco — SF LGBT Center
- San Francisco — Queer Cultural Center
- San Jose — Billy DeFrank Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
- Orange County LGBT Center
Florida
[edit]- Fort Lauderdale — The Pride Center at Equality Park
Georgia
[edit]- Atlanta — Atlanta Gay Center (now closed)
Illinois
[edit]- Chicago — Center on Halsted
Maryland
[edit]- Baltimore — Pride Center of Maryland
Michigan
[edit]- Ann Arbor — University of Michigan Spectrum Center
- Detroit — LGBT Detroit, Ruth Ellis Center
- Ferndale — Affirmations
Minnesota
[edit]- Minneapolis — Queer Student Cultural Center
Missouri
[edit]- Springfield- The GLO Center
Nevada
[edit]New Mexico
[edit]- Albuquerque — MPower
New York
[edit]- Kingston/Hudson Valley — Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center
- New York City — Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
- New York City — Ali Forney Center
- New York City — Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
Ohio
[edit]- Cleveland - LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland
- Columbus — Stonewall Columbus
- Dayton - Greater Dayton LGBT Center
Oklahoma
[edit]- Tulsa — Oklahomans for Equality
Oregon
[edit]- Portland — Q Center
Pennsylvania
[edit]- Allentown — Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center[2]
- Philadelphia — Mazzoni Center
- Philadelphia — William Way LGBT Community Center
Texas
[edit]- Houston — Montrose Center
Utah
[edit]- Salt Lake City — Utah Pride Center
Vermont
[edit]- Burlington — Pride Center of Vermont
Virginia
[edit]- Harrisonburg - Friendly City Safe Space
- Staunton - Shenandoah LGBTQ Center
Washington State
[edit]- Seattle - GenPride at Pride Place
Wisconsin
[edit]- Milwaukee — Project Q
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nealy, Eli C. (2009). "Community Practice with LGBT People". In Mallon, Gerald P. (ed.). Social Work Practice with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People. Routledge. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7890-3357-4.
- ^ Zipkin, Michele (2021-04-28). "Allentown's Bradbury-Sullivan LGBTQ Community Center provides comfort via pop-up vaccine clinics". Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
