Brooklyn Borough Hall hosts first LGBT center

Brooklyn Borough President support the LGBT community in creating the first LGBT center

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joined members of the LGBT community at Brooklyn Borough Hall announcing a partnership with the nonprofit Brooklyn Community Pride Center, according to an article posted by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

President Marty Markowitz photo from nymag.com/daily/intel/ 2007/09/marty_markowitz.
President Marty Markowitz photo from nymag.com/daily/intel/ 2007/09/marty_markowitz.

The program will help the community by providing programming and support services for LGBT citizens. This will establish the borough’s first LGBT center. “It’s unimaginable that Brooklyn, the most populous borough of New York City, is the last to have its own LGBT community center,” said Thomas Smith, president of the BCPC’s Board of Directors.

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-Katelynd Jarvis

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