About the Seattle LGBTQ+ Center
Our Vision
The Seattle LGBTQ+ Center is the definitive hub for LGBTQ individuals seeking affirming and responsive resources, wellness, and community.
Our Mission
The Seattle LGBTQ+ Center cultivates access and connections to promote self-determination, liberation, and joy in our communities.
Our Values
Advocacy
The Seattle LGBTQ+ Center shows up. We lean into our responsibility to address critical issues affecting LGBTQ+ people. The Center advocates for the whole person.
Accessibility
The Seattle LGBTQ+ Center is committed to creating more opportunities for all LGBTQ+ people to receive services, resources, engage in community and in the Arts. To do that, we’re committed to building accessibility.
Intersectionality
The Seattle LGBTQ+ Center recognizes that our community members are multifaceted, with overlapping and intersecting identities. The Center seeks to honor our interdependent identities in all our services and programming. We also recognize that LGBTQ+ communities face multiple and intersecting forms of structural oppression. We are committed to honoring those truths in all that we do.
Sex and Body Positivity
The Seattle LGBTQ+ Center values all bodies and consensual sexuality. The Center defers judgment when people seek support or share their diverse stories and invests in people’s self-determination.
Stewardship
The Seattle LGBTQ+ Center takes community seriously. We act in service of people’s daily needs and toward our greater liberation, as they are not separate. We know the power of community and take great care in building it for today and generations to come.
Transparency
The Seattle LGBTQ+ Center sees transparency being key in creating equitable outcomes and getting people what they need to be successful. We have established policies, procedures, and practices with the intent to be clear and open with the communities we serve.
OUR HISTORY
The Seattle LGBTQ+ Center celebrates more than 30 years of building resilience and joy in our LGBTQ+ communities.
In 1995, a group of community activists launched Gay Men’s Health Project, now the Seattle LGBTQ+ Center, with a bold vision: building a community stronger than HIV. This mission evolved in the 2000s when the organization introduced its Wellness Center and Arts Programs and established a physical space where all LGBTQ people could be themselves.
Today, the Center remains the leading HIV/STI tester in King County, home to several LGBTQ-affirming services, and provides access to several diverse resources. The organization is also an active force in queer youth engagement and provides LGBTQ+-centered trainings that address the needs of the most marginalized people within our community.
Looking ahead, we see an LGBTQ+ center on Capitol Hill with expanded services, an affirming space, and much more for our communities to enjoy.
STRATEGIC GOALS
- Improve the tools, resources, and information that Gay City Staff and Board of Directors have.
- Increase engagement with LGBTQ communities and strengthen relationships with supporters.
- Improve access and create a more interconnected user experience.
OUR SERVICES
The Seattle LGBTQ+ Center offers more than ten services that support the LGBTQ+ community and its many intersections. View some of the leading programs below.
Each program centers on the social determinants of health (SDOH).
ARTS
Every year, we galvanize an audience for queer arts, foster the development of LGBTQ+ artists and works, and facilitate accessible artistic excellence.
COMMUNICATIONS
Our communications department supports the promotion of LGBTQ+ events and activities and connects media to the Center and other LGBTQ+ agencies.
HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION & INSURANCE
Schedule an appointment with our multilingual health navigators.
ORCA LIFT ENROLLMENT
Access public transit for free or low-cost.
PrEP NAVIGATION
We can help you access PrEP (whether insured or not) and assistance to pay for the medication.
RESOURCE CENTER
With assistance from our warm, affirming peer advocates, we will connect you to the resources you need.
VOLUNTEERS
Interested in getting involved with the Seattle LGBTQ+ Center? Volunteer today for an experience that allows you to create change in your community.
WELLNESS CENTER
Our Wellness Center is the leading HIV/STI clinic in King County. Meet with our affirming testers today confidentially or anonymously.
YOUTH
We promote protective factors that support LGBTQ+ youth development and self-determination.
Seattle LGBTQ+ Center
400 E. Pine St #100
Seattle, WA 98122