For decades, Q Center has been more than a building. It has been a place to walk through the door and know you are not alone. A place to meet someone who understands. A place to find resources, friendship, support, joy, culture, and community.

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Q Center belongs to all of us and Back to Belonging is an invitation to reconnect.​

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Today, Q Center is entering a new chapter, one focused on strengthening the organization, expanding what we can offer, rebuilding connections across our community, and making sure Portland continues to have a place where LGBTQIA2S+ people can find one another.

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And that work feels especially important right now.

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Across the country, LGBTQIA2S+ people, particularly transgender and gender-diverse people, are facing growing uncertainty about their rights, healthcare, safety, and ability to live openly as themselves. In some states, laws have already changed. In others, people are watching what may come next and making difficult decisions about where they can safely build their lives.​ For some, that decision is bringing them here. That means our community is growing. And it means the need for strong LGBTQIA2S+ spaces, resources, relationships, and support is growing with it.

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We need strong community spaces before a crisis arrives.​​

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That is what Back to Belonging is really about:

• It is hundreds of people deciding that this place matters.

• It is former supporters reconnecting with Q.

• It is someone making their first-ever charitable gift.

• It is a longtime donor choosing to stay involved.

• It is welcoming someone who came to Portland searching for safety and community.

• It is $5, $10, or $25 at a time becoming something steady, dependable, and powerful when we put it together.

 

Because belonging is not something Q Center creates for the community.

It is something we create with each other.

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And wherever you have been, however long it has been, whether Portland has always been home or you have only just found your way here, there is still a place for you.​ And right now, we need one another to make sure that place remains.

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Find your way back to Q.

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Our community is so much bigger than any one organization, including Q Center. It is made up of the people, groups, and organizations that show up every day to provide care, connection, resources, advocacy, and a sense of belonging.

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At a time when many organizations serving LGBTQ+ communities are facing growing uncertainty, limited funding, and increasing demand for services, we believe it is more important than ever that we support one another. A strong community is built when we lift each other up, share resources, and make sure the organizations doing this work have what they need to keep going.

 

We are incredibly grateful for everyone who chooses to support Q Center, but we also know that our community’s needs extend far beyond our walls. ​There is room for all of us in this work. When one organization grows stronger, our entire community becomes stronger.

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Please consider supporting these local LBBTQIAS2+ Non-Profit service organizations below:

(This list is strictly local community service non-profits, if you do not see an org listed here it was not left out intentionally, let us know and we are happy to support!)

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