The DC Center

Youth Model Call for THE CONSUELLA LOPEZ FASHION SHOW

2013-05-21T20:53:25Z

If you are youth in the D.C area between the ages 16 (w/student ID) to 24 an interested in modeling feel free to come check out the Model Call for THE CONSUELLA LOPEZ FASHION SHOW
Call Time -
Date: June 10th
Time: 3-8 PM
Please report to the DC Center (1318 U St.

NW, WDC, 20009)

First Friday Transgender Discussion Group

2013-05-21T17:43:35Z

You're invited to join us the first Friday of every month for our Transgender Support Group.

The meeting will take place on June 7th at 7:00 PM at the DC Center for the LGBT Community, 1318 U Street NW. This peer-facilitated discussion group is open to members of the transgender community as well as partners, friends, and allies. Join us!

For more information about the Transgender Community find us on facebook at facebook.com/centertrans or on twitter at www.twitter.com/centertrans.

Volunteer at Stonewall Kickball's 3rd Annual Drag Ball

2013-05-21T16:33:57Z

The time has come for you to volunteer for your life!

Stonewall Kickball's Third Annual Drag Ball game is on Sunday, June 2nd, and volunteers are needed to help at this amazing event supporting The DC Center and Capital Pride.

Volunteers will help from 2PM to 6PM. They will help collect entry and donations at the door as well as tell attendees about The DC Center and its programs and services, and by bringing materials to the field from The DC Center and back to The DC Center from the field.

You can sign up by visiting our SignUpSchedule page. If you have any questions, please contact Brant Miller at brant@thedccenter.org or (202) 682-2245.

LGBTQ Youth Prom at Black Pride

2013-05-21T16:23:13Z

LGBTQ Youth Prom from 6 PM to 10 PM on Friday, May 24 at Metropolitan Community Church, 474 Ridge Street NW, Washington, DC 20001.
Ages 16 - 21 (up to 24 with restrictions)

Prom and Pride together at last! Don't miss out on a fabulous night featuring special events including: raffles, photographer, HIV/STI testing, food, vogue & runway competition and Prom King & Queen!

Meet the New Arts Intern!

2013-05-20T18:52:52Z

Hey there! I'm Devon, the new Arts intern at the DC Center. I just finished my third year at SUNY Purchase and study Anthropology with a double minor in Gender Studies and Art History. Among many things, I am most passionate about LGBTQ and women's rights advocacy, the arts, and travel--thus hoping to implement these into my future career path. I love working and collaborating with people in a creative way and believe that art, whichever medium, has the ability to be a both therapeutic process and a vessel for social change. I spend a lot of time thinking about knitting, gender studies, anthropology, bubble tea, sushi, or my next global excursion.

I am very excited to be involved in the main Center Arts events of the summer:

Queer Theater Festival May 30th-June 1st
If you are interested in volunteering, please click here.

Capturing Fire June 14th-June 16th (a spoken word slam poetry summit)

Outwrite Book Festival August 2-4

Volunteer for The DC Center Demolition Project

2013-05-20T17:55:03Z

Behrend Builders and GLOE

Demolition Project for the DC Center

Sunday, May 26, 2013
10:00 am - 2:00 pm

FREE - RSVP Requested
You can RSPV by clicking here.
(Donations appreciated to help offset supply costs!)

Location: Reeves Center, 2000 14th St. NW (14th & U)

The DC Center for the LGBT Community finally got a permanent home, but they need our help to renovate! They were awarded a great ground-floor space, twice the size of their current home, but it's nowhere close to "move in ready." (Relocation News)

The first step is demolition! Volunteers will help Behrend Builders to clear out the old and make space for a brand new center to help serve our LGBT community. (All muscles - great and small - will be useful! No skills required!)

So grab your sledgehammer*, smash some walls and help this great community organization get their new space ready for business.

*Sledgehammer not actually required (if you have one, feel free to bring it). We'll handle the supplies; you just bring the effort. And appropriate footwear.

Where: NW, DC (metro and bus accessible)
What to wear: Clothes you can get messy and close toed shoes!
Bring: water and snacks, if you'd like (there won't be a formal lunch break)

Questions? Contact Laura at volunteer@washingtondcjcc.org or 202-777-3245.

Wanda Alston House Donations

2013-05-17T17:52:36Z

A collection box has been set up at the DC Center (1318 U Street NW) for donations to the Wanda Alston House. Let's show these young people that we still support and care about them. Suggested items are:
- Shampoo
- Body Wash / Soap
- Toothbrushes
- Toothpaste
- Canned Food
- Other non-perishable food items.
- Sheets for the Beds (new full-sized sheet sets)
- Pillows (new)
- toilet paper
- paper towels
- Smart cards for the Metro
- Laundry Detergent

You can drop off items at the DC Center until the end of PRIDE.
THANK YOU!

Second-Saturday Free HIV Testing: June 8th

2013-05-16T20:05:25Z

On Saturday, June 9th from 11AM to 2PM, there will be free and fast HIV testing at The DC Center (1318 U St. NW). Please note the time change, as the Pride Parade will be Saturday afternoon, so in June testing will be in the morning rather than the afternoon.

At The DC Center, you can find out more about the HIV Prevention Working Group, get your HIV test results in 20 minutes, and pick up some free safer sex kits, dental dams, or female condoms.

Be sure to thank the HIV Prevention Working Group, The DC Center, and Whitman-Walker Health for this wonderful resource to our community!

Join the DC Center at the 2013 Pride Parade and Festival!

2013-05-16T18:42:36Z

Capital Pride runs from now until June, and we are counting on YOU to make it a fabulous Pride for the DC Center. A few notes:

JOIN US IN THE PARADE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 8TH

March with the DC Center in the Capital Pride Parade and get a DC Center tee-shirt!

We need folks to arrive early if possible, around 2:00 PM. The parade does not start till 4:30 PM, but they need us to arrive early. We will also have plenty to do. We will need your help to great ready for the fun of being seen my crowds all along the parade route!

If you have trouble finding us on the day of, please check our Twitter account, @thedccenter. We will be tweeting our exact location there.

Plan to have a good time. The pre-parade time has a bit of a tailgating time. So allow yourself plenty of time to arrive early, get your shirt, and help us decorate. And feel free to bring something to eat or drink while you're waiting.

Please pace yourself. We have beads, and other swag to give out to the crowd. It will be super fun, and people will no doubt be asking you to give them stuff along the parade route. Please remember we have limited give-away items and we have to make them last for the entire parade route, so go slow and steady.

Don't forget our photo! When the parade is over, we will take one final group photo, so stick together at the end, please. It will give us a chance to give you a final thank you and take a picture to remember!

If you are marching in the parade, please SIGN UP HERE or shoot an e-mail to brant@thedccenter.org.

JOIN US AT THE FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY, JUNE 9TH

We will have a mega-booth at the festival from open to close. Our booths can be accessed through the main entrance at Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Street, NW.

We have volunteers lined up to volunteer at the booth, however please feel free to join us, the more the merrier.

Specifically, if you are part of a program or group associated with the center (Women in their Twenties, GLOV, HIV Working Group, etc...) you'll be more successful with outreach for your group/program if you have your own volunteers lined up to work 11-6.

We will have a cooler at the DC Center Booth. So if you want to bring some soda or snacks and leave them at our table, feel free to do so. The vendor food is wonderful, but drinks and food are a bit expensive on the street.

If you are volunteering at the booth, please SIGN UP HERE or e-mail brant@thedccenter.org.

Capital Pride Kick Off Fundraiser

2013-05-16T17:32:11Z

Rainbow Response Coalition invites you to kick off the DC Capital Pride season with an evening at Annie's Paramount Steakhouse!

As the only organization in the D.C. metro area whose sole mission is to raise awareness and provide education on intimate partner violence in the LBGTQ community, RRC hopes to continue to build partnerships and broaden its network of dedicated members, all of whom are volunteers.

Additionally, Annie's has generously offered to donate a portion of the proceeds for the night towards RRC, so please spread the word and help us kick off the pride season with a focus on healthy love!

For more information, please visit our website at www.rainbowresponse.org

When: May 30th

Where:Annie's Paramount Steak House
1609 17th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia

Meet the New Youth Program Intern

2013-05-16T17:13:08Z

Hi everyone! I'm Sharif, the new Youth Program Intern at the DC Center. I will be graduating this August from George Mason University with a BS in Conflict Analysis & Resolution and my concentration is in community/organizational conflict. I will be advocating for LGBT Youth in the DC area. I especially interested in working toward getting a youth homelessness bill passed and also helping eliminate to school bullying against LGBT youth in DC. On my free-time I enjoy hiking, biking and going to a ballgame. I'm just as content to lounge around in my pajamas watching old movies or listening to 80's music. If you want to get involved come to the next Youth Working Group Meeting on June 10th!

June Youth Working Group Meeting

2013-05-16T16:57:17Z

The DC Center Youth Working Group will hold our next meeting Monday, June 10th from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM at the DC Center for the LGBT Community, 1318 U Street NW.

The Youth Working Group is a gathering of people who are committed to positively impacting the lives of DC area youth. You should attend this meeting if you would like to help think of ways to better serve our youth and also implement new programs for (and with) them. The group is a program of the DC Center and meets the second Monday of every month.

There are many way to advocate and support LGBT youth in the District, and we want to have you involved. Please join us for our next meeting.

To find out more you can find us on Facebook and Twitter.

Speed Dating for Gay Men

2013-05-16T03:42:58Z

Pros in the City and the DC Center invite gay men to attend our speed dating especially for you and your fellow gay professionals. The event takes place Thursday June 6th at Chi-Cha Lounge from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Chi-Cha Lounge is located at 1624 U Street, just down the street from the DC Center and convenient to the U Street Metro.

Support the DC Center and receive a $5 discount to this event when you use the promo code 'DCCenter1'. Use the promo code when you buy your tickets over the phone at 202 686 5990 or when you buy tickets online using the following link.
Purchase Tickets Here (and use promo code DCCenter1). This discount will not be offered at the door

We're bringing intimacy and romance back to the art of fast-track dating! Although this combination may at first sound improbable, once you get involved, you will understand why this event is so highly anticipated!

Enjoy the ease of conversation with other gay men in a comfortable, relaxed setting. Tonight's venue is the perfect backdrop for getting to know other gay professionals in an atmosphere where you can actually hear yourself and your companion's conversation!

During our speed dating, you'll date for approximately one hour, meeting intriguing members of the same sex as you spend a few sweet minutes with each new acquaintance. Meet gay singles and know right away who you mutually match with!

After the speed dating, join us for a night of mixing, mingling and more introductions! There will be a cash bar for this eventful evening, so come and meet other single gay professionals like yourself and have the time of your life!

Within 48 hours following the event we will send you a link so you can message people using our exclusive online system. Without disclosing your email address, you'll be able to send messages through our system to anyone who attended the event.

Check in is at 7:00 and the dating begins at 7:20. Please check in at 7:00 so you have a chance to mix and mingle before the dating begins.

Please bring your I.D. to this venue as they do not permit anyone under the age of 21 and will be checking identification at the door.

facebook event page

DC Black Pride Speed Dating Event

2013-05-15T21:06:42Z

Rainbow Connects and DC Black Pride.org Present an evening of LGTBQ Speed Dating and Networking (DC Black Pride Edition). This event takes place Friday May 24th at the
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill (400 New Jersey Ave NW | Washington, DC 20001).

Check-in begins at 7:30 PM. Speed Dating & Networking will take place from 8:30 pm. to 10:30 PM. Donations will be collected to support the DC Center for the LGBT Community.

Community Forum On Hate Crimes in The District

2013-05-15T20:01:16Z

An independent committee is currently conducting a review of the relationship between the Metropolitan Police Department and Washington, DC's LGBT communities and how police are handling hate crimes targeting the LGBT community. Please join us in a safe and confidential space. Tell us what you have seen, experienced or heard about. We want to hear from you. Your input is very important!

When: Wednesday June 12th

Where: The DC Center for the LGBT Community
1318 U Street, NW | Washington, DC 20009