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The Pacific Center for Human Growth, or simply the Pacific Center, is a community center focusing on LGBT people.〔(Mission and History ). Pacific Center website. 2011. Retrieved 17-01-2011.〕〔Dave Weinstein, ''It Came from Berkeley: How Berkeley Changed the World'', Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4236-0254-5, (p. 193 ).〕 The center operates from a Victorian house on Telegraph Avenue south of the University of California in Berkeley, California.〔(Hate crime strikes gay and lesbian center ). Matthew Artz. ''Berkeley Daily Planet''. 08-10-2002. Retrieved 17-01-2011.〕 ==History== The center was founded in 1973 as a response to a brutal gaybashing in downtown Oakland,〔〔Dennis McMillan, ("BAPHR Awards Grants to 12 Groups," ) ''San Francisco Bay Times'' January 15, 2009, retrieved January 28, 2011.〕 a major city that neighbors Berkeley. Often referred to as the Berkeley ''LGBT'' or ''gay'' Center, it is the oldest LGBT community center in the Bay Area and the third oldest in the country.〔(Pacific Center ), Berkeley Venues, ''San Francisco Chronicle'', retrieved January 28, 2011.〕 Will Roscoe campaigned successfully in 1976 for United Way membership for the Pacific Center, the first LGBT agency to achieve this.〔(Harry Britt ), willsworld.org, retrieved January 28, 2011.〕 The Oakland-East Bay Gay Men's Chorus was founded under the auspices of the Pacific Centre in 1999 before becoming an independent organization.〔(About Us - OEBGMC Organization History ), Oakland-East Bay Gay Men's Chorus, 2010, retrieved January 28, 2010.〕 In 2001 the Pacific Center was involved in trying to help the city curb cruising for sex by men in Berkeley Aquatic Park by getting the city to set up a support network for men who have sex with men that do not identify as gay or bisexual. However, funding was never acquired.〔(Tradition of sex cruising at Aquatic Park to end ). John Geluardi. ''Berkeley Daily Planet''. 19-12-2001. Retrieved 17-01-2011.〕 In 2002 the center was vandalised with anti-gay and neo-nazi-themed tagging considered a "hate crime" by the center.〔 Flyers on the bulletin board at the entrance to the center were vandalized with the anti-gay slur "fag" and a swastika.〔 When California legalized same-sex marriage in 2008, the youth group at the center marched around the neighborhood with the rainbow flag to celebrate the victory as the center was actively involved in campaigning for equal gay rights.〔(Same-sex marriage decision greeted with cheers. ) Raya Bhattarchargee. ''Berkeley Daily Planet''. 22-05-2008. Retrieved 17-01-2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pacific Center for Human Growth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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