The Equality Loudoun Board of Directors is implementing a five-year strategic plan to open its own LGBTQ+ community center.
The community center will serve as a gathering space for LGBTQ+ individuals and their allies. It will include a recreational area, an inclusive library, an employment resource area, a food assistance pantry, and an area to hold meetings for local groups or nonprofits. The center will also have an LGBTQ+-affirming medical space. According to what Cris Candice Tuck, president of Equality Loudoun, told Metro Weekly, “The end goal is to essentially create a very specialized building that can meet a number of different needs. In the first phase of planning, we want to at least open a place that has a recreation and gathering space so that people can be safe. That alone can help reduce rates of suicide and mental health issues.”
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