The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center (LGBT) New York : Profile

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• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• THE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENR COMMUNY CENTER (LGBT)

ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

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. Glennda Ttone joed New York Cy’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center as s first female Executive Director 2009. Prr to the WMC, Ttone was the Senr Director of Media Programs for the natnal Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD).

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.

ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center (LGBT) is loted the Wt Village neighborhood of Manhattan. 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. 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. DonateGet HelpTransformg LivOur MissnThe missn of the Ali Forney Center is to protect homels Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Qutng youths om the harms of homelsns and empower them wh the tools need to be pennt. In the early morng hours of June 28, 1969, the police raid the Stonewall Inn, a popular Greenwich Village gay bar.

ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

Laws prohibg homosexual activy have been elimated, and same-sex upl n marry all 50 stat.

Joseph Arena’s tert philanthropy began the early 1980s, when he volunteered at the Gay Men’s Health Crisis.

“My foc on HIV/AIDS grew to a larger perspective on gay health re. Back then,  was difficult to raise money for gay anizatns. Gay people are anchorg work news, starrg on TV shows, and appearg all manner of advertisg.

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

The Tst helped the Empire State Pri Agenda Foundatn mount an early mpaign to advote for legislatn to allow gay marriage New York. The Agenda ted the clergy, bs lears, and unns about the importance of marriage for gay men and lbians.

Our grants to Immigratn Equaly let gay and lbian immigrants jo the fight for marriage equaly as they sought the right to apply for cizenship based on marriage. Polls showed creasg popular support for the e, and 2011, the State fally approved gay marriage—four years before the natn followed su. New York Cy’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center is a haven for the more than 6, 000 people who e through s doors each week.

The Long Island Communy Foundatn assists groups such as Long Island Gay and Lbian Youth (LIGALY), part of the LGBT Network, which helps build the power of gay-straight alliance (GSA) clubs—stunt-n anizatns that offer space for iendship, activism, support, and safety. GROUP BONDING: Our Long Island Communy Foundatn has helped make schools safer and more welg to LGBTQ stunts through s fundg of gay-straight allianc on lol mp. One of the lotns, the Alice Aten Hoe on Staten Island, is the fay home of—and a historic hoe mm dited to—this pneerg lbian photographer whose imag reveal turn-of-the-century gay and lbian life.

Johnson hands out flyers for support of gay stunts at NYU 1970. Comg full circle, we’ve marked the 50th anniversary of Stonewall wh grants to let the New York Public Library share s archive chroniclg the history of the gay, lbian, and transgenr muny natnally, and to the Stonewall 50 Consortium, a group of more than 200 agenci that is ordatg events markg the anniversary.

NYC Health + Hospals is mted to empowerg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer+ (LGBTQ+) New Yorkers to live their healthit liv possible. Missn: AVP empowers lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and HIV-affected muni and alli to end all forms of vlence through anizg and tn, and supports survivors through unselg and advocy.