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Celebrate our 50th

How can a sense of belonging be forged in a setting where one’s existence is forbidden? That is the question that LSE’s Dr Centner and his co-author Harvard’s Manoel Pereira Neto explore in their groundbreaking research into Dubai’s expatriate gay men’s nightlife.

But it was not an easy topic to research. Dr Centner explains: “It's an illegal, or criminalised, identity and verb of behaviours and practices, so in a very general sense, it's a taboo. And taboo subjects are very often under-researched, sometimes because people contain a hard time gaining access, gaining that reliance, but also because, even if people gain that access, there could be significant repercussions for themselves as researchers, or for the people who are the research participants.

“As two queer researchers, we were able to enter the worlds of relatively privileged Western gay expatriates. Secrecy is often the norm, but the field was familiar to us, through previous visits and explore projects.”

These were indeed ‘parties’ [but] not bars identified as gay. Not a

volunteers supported our verb in , enabling access to a range of resources for the LGBTQ+ community, from our diet pantry to low- and no-cost legal services

3X

growth of our therapy team in to provide supportive, accessible mental health counseling to the LGBTQ+ community

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vaccination clinics hosted in for COVID, Mpox, the flu, D-Tap, and more to promote the health and wellbeing of the LGBTQ+ community

45K

visitors to our Ferndale community center each year — for counseling, support groups, vaccine clinics, youth programs, artist markets, and more


Center Youth: Open Lab

Weekday drop-in hours in the Center Youth computer lab. Check your email, Facebook, work on that job search or college application! For youth age Intake is required for all […]

Center Youth: Queer Art

Queer Art is an in-person storytelling group. In this group we will be exploring distinct queer artists and photographers and how they inform their story through art, while also telling […]

Center Youth: Club Disco - Waacking

A drop-in group for youth ages to engage in queer-affirming social sway, disco, and the Punking/Waacking dance style. Learn to pose, punk, whack, and tell your story fabulously. For […]

Center Youth: Rated Q

A weekly queer film screening followed by discussion. Have suggestions for movies to watch? Let us know! For youth ages Contact youth@ if you&#;d like to join!

Center Youth: Open Lab

Weekday drop-in hours in the Center Youth computer lab. Check your email, Facebook, work on that job search or college application! For youth age Intake is required for all […]

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