Lancaster Pride

To celebrate the diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexed, questioning, and allied communities in Lancaster County through building community and pride in who we are. The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Community Center Coalition is a volunteer-led effort to create a regionally representative community center that is both a location and a unifying point for central Pennsylvania's large, diverse, and multi-county LGBT population. The mission of the LGBT Community Center Coalition is to create common ground for the LGBT community and allies in central Pennsylvania by providing services through spiritual, educational and cultural activities that foster wholeness.

We seek to:
Create a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment
Provide and support comprehensive programs throughout the community
Embrace diversity, health, and wellness

In 2004, a strategic planning group broke ground on the concept of our new home. They surveyed the LGBT community to understand the needs, interests and opinions of the people. They studied the feasibility of an LGBT regional community center. Through a number of facilitated and self-driven sessions, participants accepted the idea and created a framework for moving forward with a Board of Directors to further the idea. The Board has been meeting monthly since November 2006. At the first Board meeting, a mission statement was adopted that sought to assure the LGBT community that the center would be a place for all people to find common space, to enjoy numerous and varied activities and find valuable services. Also at the first meeting, the Board temporarily chose the name The LGBT Center Coalition. In January 2007, the Center launched its website, elected officers and created committees to further its mission. Since February of 2010, Lancaster Pride has been a project of the LGBT Community Center Coalition. The group has maintained its volunteer leadership and authority over the Pride event and other activities. Lancaster Pride operates its own website, www.lancasterpride.com, where you can visit to find out details about the annual Pride Festival & Celebration, how to volunteer, vendor and sponsorship information, and information on Pride-related activities the group holds year-round.