The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center

 

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Gail D.

NY

The Center will always hold a squishy place in my chocolate center.   It was the place where I got my first job out of college and the people I met there were key in helping me through the emotion of coming out to my parents. This place is essential for any lgbt person or people who want to support them.  They have great programs for gay and questioning youth, terrific mental health programs, and there are bazillions of support groups and fun events.  The Center really is the center and is essential in the history of the NY gay community. Many crucial organizations have gotten their start from meeting here: Unity Fellowship Church, ACT-UP, Queer Nation, the LGBT Anti-Violence Project, the Lesbian Avengers and onward.  As much I as love the Center, I tend to think of it as a jumping off place before you move on and discover other parts of the New York lgbt universe.  It's like a place for the general overview.  But so essential.

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Polina S.

Brooklyn, NY

For any gay person visiting or moving to NYC, this is the first stop to make. Located conveniently between the West Village and Chelsea, the LGBT Center is home to news, information, groups, clubs, and a fantastic library, The Pat Parker / Vito Russo Center Library. The Library has the largest collection of LGBT titles in NYC. You can even browse their collection online: http://166.84.144.29/wx/s.exe

The Center offers rooms and space for rent for groups and events enriching the LGBT community, including social groups, cultural events, panel discussions and recovery (12 step) groups.

My partner introduced me to the Center couple of years back and we've both become regular patrons of their services. When sheand I first moved to NYC, the Center was there as a wonderful, supportive environment. She got involved with a number of groups as a volunteer, advertised her services in the Center's bulletin board and made some good friends through the place. The LGBT Center in NYC is a model that other such centers throughout the world should get their inspiration from.

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Gourmet G.

San Francisco, CA

Located in what was once the Food and Maritime Trades High School (which presumably trained chefs to sail the high seas, or sailors how to cook), the center serves as home to more than three hundred groups - from A Danish, A Dame, A Date (for single lesbians aged 40+) to the Zappalorti Society (psychiatric survivors seeking peer support) - that meet here on a regular basis. Under one roof you'll find counseling and social services, cultural and recreational activities, twelve-step groups, volunteer programs, a library, museum, and cyber center. They also sponsor lectures, game nights, holiday parties, book discussions, potluck dinners, dances, and the like. This highly successful operation should serve as the role model for similar organizations everywhere.

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