Cortland LGBTQ Center
The Mission of the Cortland LGBTQ Center is to create a visible and empowered community through education, advocacy, resource enhancement, and linkages to essential services for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer-identified people, as well as their families and other supportive community members.
Family & Children's Counseling Services is committed to serving all clients regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or ability to pay.
The Cortland LGBTQ Center is a division of Family & Children's Counseling Services and we are located
at 165 Main Street in Cortland, NY.
Hi everyone! In an effort to help minimize the impact of the Corona Virus (COVID-19), The Center will be closed to visitors for the foreseeable future.
Groups and meetings have shifted to virtual formats. Please email Sam at sadams@familycs.org to get access to groups or one-on-one virtual conversations. You can also visit our Event page for updated information.
Additionally, please know that our staff is still available to you. Please feel free to reach out via email (sadams@familycs.org) or phone (607-756-8970 extension 253 for Sam).
Stay well out there! We hope to see you in person again soon.
The 2020 LGBTQ Community Survey is now live! Click the image to get started.
In order to improve the services that we provide to the community, we need your feedback and insight. All responses are anonymous. The more responses we get, the more data we will have to improve The Center. Thank you!
Trainings
LGBTQ Cultural Competency training for:
Schools
Community Agencies
Religious Groups
Businesses
Clubs & Organizations
Click here for more details about our training and programs.
Services
Drop in center for people of all ages
Referrals to LGBTQ-affirming community resources
Educational trainings and technical assistance for health and human service providers, schools, medical providers, businesses, media, and LGBTQ individuals
Support for LGBTQ people and their friends and family
Assistance for local high school and college LGBTQ Clubs and Gay-Straight Alliances
Home of the largest LGBTQ book, magazine, and film lending library in the area
Affirming social media accounts to provide connection, education, and support for the LGBTQ community
Groups
GEAR Adults
GEAR Teens
Gender & Sexuality Alliance
Men's Group
Women's Book Club
Women's Softball
Youth Group
Cortland-Ithaca PFLAG
Click here to visit our meetings & groups page for more details.
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