
Strengthening Substance Use Support and LGBTQ-Affirming Care
This is Pamuela Halliwell (she/her), Director of Behavioral Health Services at The Center, and I’m proud to share about The Center’s Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
Each year, The Center supports tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people across the region with housing, health, mental health, and community-based services. Our work centers those most impacted by system inequities–LGBTQ+ youth, transgender and nonbinary people, immigrants, people living with HIV, seniors, and LGBTQ+ people of color–and focuses on long-term stability.
We deliver evidence-informed culturally responsive services that help individuals move from crisis to stability, and from isolation to connection.
The San Diego LGBT Community Center has created a resource page to help our LGBTQ+ immigrant community member navigate the changes in policy in 2025.
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This is Pamuela Halliwell (she/her), Director of Behavioral Health Services at The Center, and I’m proud to share about The Center’s Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

My name is Ian Johnson (he/him), Senior Director of Development at The Center, and I’m inviting you to join us in fighting for every LGBTQ+

This is Stephanie Conklin, Crisis Services Program Manager at The Center, and I am happy to invite you to our annual Come Home for the

The recent special election turnout has filled our community with hope. It is the hope that when we come together, we can still make history;

My name is Gaél Urquia (they/he/elle/él), Project TRANS Case Manager and Peer Support Advocate at The Center. November is Transgender Awareness Month, a time to

My name is Karina Piu (she/her), Senior Policy and Advocacy Analyst at The Center and the liaison for the Benjamin F. Dillingham, III and Bridget
The San Diego LGBT Community Center enhances and sustains the health & well-being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, nonbinary, immigrant, and HIV communities to the betterment of our entire San Diego region.
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