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The Montrose Center is an LGBTQ community center located in Houston, Texas, in the United States. [1] The organization provides an array of programs and services for the LGBTQ community, including mental and behavioral health, anti-violence services, support groups, specialized services for youth, seniors, and those living with HIV, community meeting space, and it now operates the nation's ...
Annise Parker, former Mayor of Houston. Michael Ennis of the Texas Monthly stated in 1980 that within Texas, "gay political inroads" were "most visible" in Houston. [14] In the October 1979 Village Voice Richard Goldstein wrote that due to the perceived threat from the "Christian right" in the area, gay people in Houston "take politics more seriously" than those in New York City.
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United States of America. In 1971, the University of Michigan became the first university in the U.S. to create a campus LGBT center. [1]The 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard sparked an increase in the number of university LGBT student centers in the late 1990s and early 2000s. [1]
The Center was founded as the Houston Lesbian and Gay Community Center in 1996 by a group of activists. The Center moved into its first facility at 803 Hawthorne Avenue in March 1998 during the administration of Brian J. Tognotti, the first president of the Center, [8] [verification needed] and moved a suite at 3400 Montrose Boulevard in early 2003 during the first presidency of Timothy ...
Berkeley — Pacific Center for Human Growth; Los Angeles — Los Angeles LGBT Center; San Diego — The San Diego LGBT Community Center; Oakland — Oakland LGBTQ Community Center; San Francisco — SF LGBT Center; San Francisco — Queer Cultural Center; San Jose — Billy DeFrank Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
Pages in category "LGBTQ culture in Houston" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. ... Houston GLBT Community Center; Houston LGBTQ+ Political ...
The Gulf Coast Archive and Museum of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender History, Inc. (GCAM) is an LGBT history organization located in Houston. [1] It was previously in Neartown. [2] GCAM was created to collect, preserve and provide access to historical items from the LGBT community of the Gulf Coast area of Texas. [3]