BQC Community Center
Our BQC Community Center provides a critical, inclusive third space that is, a community space outside of home and work, for our 18+ inter-generational LGBTQ+ community members to gather downtown. Events and activities are free at the community center.
Our center hosts:
Affinity group meetups; common interests or identities
Workshops, classes, game and movie nights
A lending library and a quiet reading/work space
Co-working space and socializing space
Meeting space for other queer organizations
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We are located in the vibrant Downtown Arts District of Bellingham, across the street from the Pickford Film Center!
We are currently next door to Voxel Gallery:
310 West Champion Street, Bellingham WA 98225
We are open for scheduled meetings, affinity groups, and activities. See our event calendar for upcoming events at the center and in the community.
What’s next?
We are excited to have this 310 space for an interim center. We are still working on finding a long-term lease to help us get established in the Arts District. Please email us at info@bellinghamqueercollective.org if you have a lead on a space that might work for us!
Volunteer Program Update
We are developing a comprehensive volunteer program to help us staff the center daily. Our volunteer coordinator committee is working on setting up a new app, Civic Champs, to help us manage onboarding, training and scheduling volunteers. Visit our Volunteer page to learn more about opportunities to help out in several ways.
The BQC is an all volunteer organization and 501(c)3 nonprofit. We rely on volunteers to contribute their skills, talents, and time to support our programs and help to operate this brick-and-mortar community center. Our goal is to build up our volunteer team so we can have the center open for community use from 9:00am to 9:00pm, seven days per week.
Thank you for your continued support of the BQC and the queer community of Bellingham/Whatcom County!
Questions? Email us: info@bellinghamqueercollective.org