Descripción del sitio
This is the first location of the Gay Community Services center which opened in 1971. This location was then two lamely held-together Victorian houses. Morris Kight and Don Killhefner, the godfathers of the GCSC, were able to rent these because no other tenant would take them. The GCSC had social service programs, runaway teenagers in a room full of mattresses, counselors, job finders, private rooms and countless other professionals to help the gay cause. They only managed to keep the lights on with donations from wealthy gay patrons.It was the first gay entity to be granted nonprofit status by the IRS, the first institution with the word gay in its name to receive federal funding and be licensed by the state of California, all while anti-gay polices were in effect.