Q Center

LGBT community center in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
45°33′13″N 122°40′33″W / 45.55365°N 122.67584°W / 45.55365; -122.67584Websitepdxqcenter.org

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

History

The center's exterior in 2022

The community center was established in 2005,[1] championed by then-city Commissioner Sam Adams. Kendall Clawson, an African American lesbian, served as its first executive director.[2] The center relocated to North Mississippi Avenue in 2009.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". Q Center. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  2. ^ a b 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

  • LGBT portal
  • flagOregon portal
  • Media related to Q Center at Wikimedia Commons
  • 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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