Q Center
Q Center is an LGBT community center and non-profit organization located in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.
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The center's exterior in 2022
History
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The community center was established in 2005, championed by then-city Commissioner Sam Adams. Kendall Clawson, an African American lesbian, served as its first executive director. The center relocated to North Mississippi Avenue in 2009.
References
- ^ "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
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