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Contents:

• THE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENR COMMUNY CENTER (LGBT)
• QUEENS CENTER FOR GAY SENRS
• GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

THE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENR COMMUNY CENTER (LGBT)

In January 2016, the Commissn and The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) Communy Center lnched a shared effort to te New Yorkers about the history and rights of the transgenr muny.

NYC Health + Hospals is mted to empowerg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer+ (LGBTQ+) New Yorkers to live their healthit liv possible. Established 1983, the New York Cy Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center has grown to bee the largt LGBT multi-service anizatn on the East Coast and send largt LGBT muny center the world.

MoreEstablished 1983, the New York Cy Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center has grown to bee the largt LGBT multi-service anizatn on the East Coast and send largt LGBT muny center the world. They also serve as an cubator for grassroots groups that meet here, and is the birthplace of anizatns such as the AIDS activist group ACT UP and the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD), the prcipal anizatn batg homophobia and stereotypg of gays the media. The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center (LGBT) is loted the Wt Village neighborhood of Manhattan.

QUEENS CENTER FOR GAY SENRS

The Cortland LGBTQ Center seeks to create a visible and empowered muny through tn, advocy, rource enhancement, and lkag to sential servic for all lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer-intified people, as well as their fai and other supportive muny members. Sce 1983, the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) Communy Center has served as a val support system for hundreds of thoands of people.

By the time the Lbian and Gay Communy Servic Center was tablished here 1983, the buildg had operated unr a number of different nam, the last beg the Food and Marime High School. After rentg space here, the Center – sce renamed the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) Communy Center – bought the cy-owned buildg 1984. Some signifint anizatns clu the Metropolan Communy Church of New York, here om 1983 to 1994; Men of All Colors Together (MACT; origally Black and Whe Men Together); Gay and Lbian Youth; the Lbian Swchboard; Digny/New York, a Catholic gay and lbian anizatn; Asian Lbians of the East Coast (ALOEC); Harvey Milk High School; South Asian Lbian and Gay Associatn (SALGA); Salsa Soul Sisters; and Senr Actn a Gay Environment (SAGE; now Servic & Advocy for GLBT Elrs), which met here for over 20 years.

GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Other anizatns found at the Center were the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (now known as GLAAD) 1985; Other Countri 1986, a llective of Black gay male wrers named honor of Jam Baldw‘s Another Country (the group was the succsor to Blackheart Collective); Las Buenas Amigas 1987, a Lata lbian group; Queer Natn 1990; and the Lbian Avengers 1992.

The Coaln for Lbian and Gay Rights, a tenant, was the leadg muny anizatn to promote the gay rights bill, which was approved by the New York Cy Council 1986.

Established 1983, the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center has grown to bee the largt LGBT multi-service anizatn on the East Coast and send largt LGBT muny center the world. Ined, The Center was the the birthplace of anizatns such as the AIDS activist group ACT UP and the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD), the prcipal anizatn batg homophobia and stereotypg of gays the media. Queens Center for Gay Senrs provis a culturally-rich environment where olr adults n engage wh peers, make new iends, enjoy a hot meal, keep physilly active, learn new skills and explore new terts, and give back through volunteer opportuni.

Instagram: @QueensCenter4GaySenrs.