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.
Arkansas Little Rock — Center for Artistic Revolution
California 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 — Trans: Thrive San Francisco — Queer Cultural Center San Jose — Billy DeFrank Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center Orange County LGBT Center
Colorado Colorado Springs — Prism Community Collective
Connecticut New Haven — New Haven Pride Center
Florida Fort Lauderdale — The Pride Center at Equality Park Jacksonville — The Queer Trans Project
Georgia Atlanta — Atlanta Gay Center (now closed) Atlanta — Lost-n-Found Youth Savannah — Savannah Pride Center
Illinois Chicago — Center on Halsted
Indiana Indianapolis — IYG
Maryland Baltimore — Pride Center of Maryland
Massachusetts Boston — BAGLY
Michigan Ann Arbor — University of Michigan Spectrum Center Detroit — LGBT Detroit Detroit — Ruth Ellis Center Ferndale — Affirmations
Minnesota Minneapolis — Quatrefoil Library Minneapolis — Queer Student Cultural Center
Missouri Springfield- The GLO Center
Nevada Las Vegas — The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada
New Jersey Jersey City — Hudson Pride Center
New Mexico Albuquerque — MPower
New York Albany — Pride Center of the Capital Region Kingston/Hudson Valley — Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center New York City — Ali Forney Center New York City — Brooklyn Community Pride Center New York City — Callen-Lorde Community Health Center New York City — Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center New York City — Women's Liberation Center
North Carolina Boone - Henderson Springs LGBT Center Chapel Hill - UNC-Chapel Hill LGBTQ Center Charlotte - Time Out Youth Durham - LGBTQ Center Durham Greensboro - Guilford Green Foundation & LGBTQ Center Greenville - Dr. Jesse R. Peel LGBTQ Center Jacksonville - Onslow County LGBTQ+ Community Center New Bern - New Bern Pride Raleigh - LGBT Center of Raleigh Wilmington - LGBTQ Center of the Cape Fear Coast Winston-Salem - North Star LGBTQ+ Community Center
Ohio Cleveland - LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland Columbus — Stonewall Columbus Dayton - Greater Dayton LGBT Center
Oklahoma Tulsa — Oklahomans for Equality
Oregon Portland — Q Center
Pennsylvania Allentown — Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Philadelphia — Mazzoni Center Philadelphia — William Way LGBT Community Center
Texas Houston — Montrose Center
Utah Salt Lake City — Utah Pride Center
Vermont Burlington — Pride Center of Vermont
Virginia Harrisonburg - Friendly City Safe Space Norfolk - The LGBT Life Center Staunton - Shenandoah LGBTQ Center
Washington State Seattle - GenPride at Pride Place
Wisconsin Milwaukee — Project Q
See also List of LGBT-related organizations and conferences
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