Q Center

Q Center
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Founded	2005
Location	Portland, Oregon, United States;
Coordinates	45.55365°N 122.67584°W
Website	pdxqcenter.org

Q Center is an LGBT community center and non-profit organization located in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.

Description

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

"About Q Center". Q Center. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
"Frequently Asked Questions". Q Center. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
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

Official website
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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[About-1] "About Q Center". Q Center. Retrieved June 4, 2014.

[FAQ-2] "Frequently Asked Questions". Q Center. Retrieved June 4, 2014.

[Regroup-3] Parks, Casey (April 28, 2013). "Q Center, gay community try to regroup after winter controversy about racism". The Oregonian. Retrieved June 4, 2014.