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LGBTQ community centers are safe meeting places for all people. Prior to the gay liberation movement, there were no LGBTQ community centers in the United States. They became popular in the 1980s following activism to combat HIV/AIDS in the LGBTQ community.
National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) 2002: Active National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) 1990: Active National LGBTQ Task Force (The Task Force) 1973: Active National Transgender Advocacy Coalition: 1999: NOH8 Campaign: 2009: Prop. 8: North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO) 1966: Dissolved in 1970
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer related organizations and conferences range from social and support groups to organizations that are political in nature. Some groups are independent, while others are officially recognized advocacy groups within mainstream religious organizations.
For social and support groups or organizations affiliated with mainstream religious organizations, please see List of LGBT-related organizations and conferences. For organizations affiliated with political parties, please see List of LGBT organizations that affiliate with political parties
Jeanne Manford marching with her later famous sign. Reactions to this sign led Manford to create a support group, which evolved into PFLAG. [4]In April 1972, Jeanne Manford, an elementary school teacher, and her husband were at home in Flushing, Queens, when they learned from a hospital's telephone call that her son Morty, a gay activist, had been beaten while distributing flyers inside the ...
An LGBTQ community centre (American spelling: LGBTQ community center), or pride center (from gay pride), is a building which hosts services for non-heterosexual youth, seniors, adult men and women, and trans individuals, as well as an organization which owns and maintains such a building on a non-profit, non-political basis.
LGBTQ fraternities and sororities have existed since the 1980s, with Delta Phi Upsilon being established in 1985 and Delta Lambda Phi in 1986. These groups are intended to provide members with access to Greek life without fear of homophobic reprisal or behavior by fellow members, resulting from a history of homophobia within longer-established organizations.
HRC is an umbrella group of two separate non-profit organizations and a political action committee: the HRC Foundation, a 501(c)(3) [63] organization that focuses on research, advocacy and education; the Human Rights Campaign, a 501(c)(4) [64] organization that focuses on promoting the social welfare of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ...