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OUR
VISION
We envision The Center as the vital, central
core for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT)
Community in Greater Long Beach.
 Agency History
The Center began in 1977 as living room gatherings to
discuss issues important to the gay and lesbian community.
The Center
was officially incorporated in 1980 as One in Long Beach,
Inc. and has been providing a variety of health, social,
advocacy, legal, and service programs to the LGBT community
in the Greater Long Beach area for three decades. As
a result of the AIDS epidemic, in 1984, The Center
established Project
Ahead, the first case management service in Southern
Los Angeles County exclusively for gay men with HIV
and AIDS.
One in Long Beach was, in many instances, the only safe
haven where people of all sexual orientations, ethnic
and cultural
backgrounds and socioeconomic levels could receive HIV
information, testing and counseling, healthcare referrals
and other support
services.
In 1985, through
the bequests of several individuals who died of HIV and
AIDS, The Center was able to purchase
a 7500
square-foot building located near 4th and Cherry, in
Central Long Beach. The building was renovated and
opened in 1986
as a new home of the agency. In 1987, the agency held
AIDS Walk Long Beach which continues today as a separate
foundation.
In 1997, One in Long Beach became the Gay and Lesbian
Center of Greater Long Beach.
| Today, we serve over 21,000 people a year and include
an array of services including support groups, youth
services, legal assistance, employment referrals, rental
and roommate referrals, a hate crimes hotline, mental
health referral, women’s health programs, cultural
and social activities (including a Film Festival),
educational forums, and HIV prevention and support
programs. The Center provides meeting space for more
than 40 community groups each month. The Center also
continues to be at the forefront of LGBT activism and
advocacy with the Marriage Equality Project. |
financial
statements
To see our financial statements click here to download pdf files
2003/04
2004/05
Form 990-Return
of Organization Exempt Form Income Tax 2004
Form 990-Return of Organization Exempt Form Income Tax
2005
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For further information contact:
Kimberlee Woods
Executive Director
The Center Long Beach
562.434.4455 ext
233
e-mail:kimw@Centerlb.org
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Center depends on individual donations
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