List of LGBT community centers in the United States

LGBT community centers are meeting places for non-heterosexual people. Prior to the gay liberation movement, there were no LGBT community centers in the United States. They became popular in the 1980s following activism to combat HIV/AIDS in the LGBT community. By 2009, there were at least 150 throughout the country.[1]

Arkansas

• Little Rock — Center for Artistic Revolution

California

• Berkeley — Pacific Center for Human Growth
• Los Angeles — Los Angeles LGBT Center
• San Francisco — SF LGBT Center
• San Francisco — Queer Cultural Center
• San Jose — Billy DeFrank Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center

Florida

• Fort Lauderdale — The Pride Center at Equality Park

Georgia

• Atlanta — Atlanta Gay Center (now closed)

Illinois

• Chicago — Center on Halsted

Maryland

• Baltimore — Pride Center of Maryland

Michigan

• Ann Arbor — University of Michigan Spectrum Center
• Detroit — LGBT Detroit, Ruth Ellis Center
• Ferndale — Affirmations

Minnesota

• Minneapolis — Queer Student Cultural Center

Missouri

• St. Louis — Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender Community Center of Metropolitan St. Louis (now closed)
• St. Louis — PrideCenter of St. Louis

Nevada

• Las Vegas — The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada

New Mexico

• Albuquerque — MPower

New York

• 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

Oklahoma

• Tulsa — Oklahomans for Equality

Oregon

• Portland — Q Center

Texas

• Houston — Montrose Center

Utah

• Salt Lake City — Utah Pride Center

Vermont

• Burlington — Pride Center of Vermont

Wisconsin

• Milwaukee — Project Q

See also

• List of LGBT-related organizations and conferences

References

1. 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.