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Whether you’re looking to find other queer people with shared experiences, combat isolation and loneliness, or hope to improve your overall mental health, The Center’s social groups are safe and welcoming spaces to be in community with other LGBTQ+ people.
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Second & Fourth Thursday of every month, 6:30-8 p.m. ET (In-Person)
This social support group is for LGBTQIA+ members on the APIDA umbrella, including East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islanders. Members are welcome to come together and share their diverse LGBTQIA+ experiences and lives while building visibility among the community.
Second & Fourth Tuesday of every month, 5-6:30 p.m. ET (In-Person)
This group is a safe space for members who identify under the Bi+ umbrella, including those who identify as bisexual, pansexual, queer, sexually fluid, or are questioning their sexuality. This group will support members’ explorations of their sexuality and identity in a peer environment.
Monday, 5-6:30 p.m. ET (In-person)
Wednesday, 6:30-8 p.m. ET (In-person)
This interactive program is focused on spontaneous conversational, writing, reading, and listening activities designed to deliver ESL classes to the immigrant LGBTQIA+ communities where community members can connect and be themselves.
First & Third Wednesday of every month, 7-8:30 p.m. ET (In-Person)
This open discussion group is for LGBTQIA+ members who are grieving, mourning, and/or navigating loss and life transitions where members can connect with others, share memories and experiences, and discuss coping strategies.
Thursday, 7:30-9 p.m. ET (Hybrid)
This support group allows members to seek community and social support, to openly discuss their experiences as trans, gender nonconforming, nonbinary, and gender-expansive individuals providing an opportunity to share their ideas on various topics related to the self and the environments queer people find themselves in.
Second and Fourth Monday of every month, 6:30-8 p.m. ET (In-Person)
This support group is a safe space for LGBTQIA+ immigrants from different ethnicities and cultures to create self-awareness and develop positive educational networks, and a sense of unity.
First & Third Tuesday of every month, 4:30-6 p.m. ET (In-Person)
This support space will provide an opportunity to members to process some of the underlying feelings in their coming out journeys; learn tools and skills for coming out; and share personal experiences that honor the process of coming out.
First and Third Wednesday of every month, 7:30-9 p.m. ET (In-Person)
This support group is for trans and gender nonconforming Black, Indigenous, and People of Color allowing TGNC BIPOC members to create a mutual support environment for explorations and engagement around identity, gender, race, and life experiences.
Monday, 6:30-8 p.m. ET (In-Person)
A peer-support group for transfeminine binary and non-binary members from all backgrounds in which they can share information on subjects relevant to their gender identity, medical care, and survival strategies- a space to make social connections and build a deeper understanding of the community.
Second and Fourth Thursday of every month, 7-8:30 p.m. ET (In-Person)
This support group seeks to improve the quality of life of LGBTQIA+ people living with HIV by offering an opportunity to meet and connect with others who are going through similar life experiences.
Last Monday of every month, 6:30-8 p.m. ET (In-Person)
This educational-based workshop will provide an opportunity for transmasculine, nonbinary, and binary members to learn about products and navigate services that can be complex to access and understand such as surgeries, HRT processes, dating, and social connections.
Monday, 6:30-8 p.m. ET (Virtual) except the last Monday of every month
This support group is a peerfacilitated space for transmasculine members. This group will provide a space to listen and support each other through their lives, form community, and share their experiences, challenges, questions, and vent.
Segundo y Cuarto Martes de cada mes, 6-7:30 p.m. ET (En Persona)
Este grupo de apoyo entre pares en español, contribuye a mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas LGBTQIA+ que viven con VIH, mediante intervenciones de prevención y promoción de la salud a través de las experiencias personales y aprendizaje.
Jueves, 6-7:30 p.m. ET (Híbrido)
Este grupo de discusión en Español está dirigido para todes las personas LGBTQIA+ Latinx en el que podrán compartir diferentes puntos de vista sobre los diversos temas que se viven en nuestra comunidad a través del debate, la reflexión y la motivación.
Primer y tercer Martes de cada mes, 6-7:30 p.m. ET (En Persona)
Este grupo de apoyo es un espacio de reunión, información y solidaridad para personas LGBTQ+ migrantes en Español, donde se podrán intercambiar experiencias, estrechar lazos de solidaridad y conocer recursos que les permitan responder a los retos propios del proceso migratorio.