Q Center

Q Center
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Founded	2005 (2005)
Location	Portland, Oregon, United States
Coordinates	45°33′13″N 122°40′33″W / 45.55365°N 122.67584°W / 45.55365; -122.67584Coordinates: 45°33′13″N 122°40′33″W / 45.55365°N 122.67584°W / 45.55365; -122.67584
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

1 2 "About Q Center". Q Center. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
↑ "Frequently Asked Questions". Q Center. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
1 2 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Q Center.

Official website
Q Center at Oregon United for Marriage
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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Category

LGBT culture in Portland, Oregon

Establishments	Casey's CC Slaughters Club Portland (1987–2007) Dirty Duck Eagle Portland Egyptian Club (1995–2010) Embers Avenue (1970s – present) Escape Nightclub Hawks PDX Hobo's Joq's Red Cap Garage (1987–2012) Scandals Silverado Stag PDX (2015 – present) Starky's Steam Portland (2003 – present) Three Sisters Tavern (1964–2004)

Events	Blow Pony (2007 – present) Hands Across Hawthorne (2011) La Femme Magnifique International Pageant Peacock in the Park (1987–2005; 2014 – present)

History	Burnside Triangle Portland vice scandal (1912)

Organizations	Cascade AIDS Project Portland Gay Men's Chorus Portland Lesbian Choir Pride Northwest Q Center Second Foundation

Publications	Just Out (1983–2011; 2012–2013) PQ Monthly (2012 – present)

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