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.
Description
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The center's exterior in 2014
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]
History
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
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- 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
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- 2005 establishments in Oregon
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations
- Boise, Portland, Oregon
- LGBT community centers in the United States
- LGBT culture in Portland, Oregon
- Organizations based in Portland, Oregon
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