Q Center
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Q Center is an LGBT community center and non-profit organization located in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.
According to its website, the center "provides a safe space to support and celebrate LGBTQ diversity, visibility and community building".[1] Q Center is a registered 501(c)(3) organization which offers programs and services related to arts and culture, education and training, health and wellness, and advocacy.[1] The community center was established in 2005,[2] championed by then-city Commissioner Sam Adams.
Kendall Clawson, an African American lesbian, served as its first executive director.[3]
The center relocated to North Mississippi Avenue in 2009.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About Q Center". Q Center. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions". Q Center. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Parks, Casey (April 28, 2013). "Q Center, gay community try to regroup after winter controversy about racism". The Oregonian. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Q Center. |
- Official website
- Q Center at Oregon United for Marriage
- Q Center at Travel Portland
- Just Out and Portland Q Center form Strategic Partnership (September 12, 2012), Just Out
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: The Q Center's Winter Fundraiser Gala (and Afterparty) by Marjorie Skinner (January 31, 2014), Portland Mercury