Vision & Services

For up-to-date information about our vision and services, see our electronic press kit.

The Q Center envisions a Washington community where justice, equality, compassion, and respect for all people prevail.

We use the following frameworks:

• We facilitate a brave, affirming, liberatory, and celebratory environment for students, faculty, staff, and alumni of all sexual and gender orientations, identities, and expressions.
• We approach our work with intentional interpersonal processes.

We aim to:

• Facilitate holistic culturally embedded and appropriate services for Q students, faculty, and staff.
• Increase understanding and access to comprehensive, accurate, and respectful information and care regarding sexuality and gender.
• Support, affirm, and celebrate the range of sexual and gender experiences, orientations, and expressions.
• Eliminate campus harassment and discrimination based on sexual and gender orientation/identity.

We employ the following strategies:

• Education
• Advocacy
• Love & Celebration
• Transformative Space
• Community Building & Organizing
• Leadership Development & Mentoring

We offer the following core services:

Education

• Contraception, protection, & free HIV testing

Advocacy

• Policy advocacy

Love & Celebration

• Programming
  • Lavender Graduation

Transformative Space

• Social space
  • Group Meeting Space
  • Computer & Wi-Fi access

Community Building & Organizing

• Support and collaboration with students groups through our affiliation program

Leadership Development & Mentoring

• One-on-one coaching & advising
  • Resource & referral
  • Academic/Career Mentoring
  • Brief crisis intervention
  • Mentorship program

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