First time to The Center?
Here is exactly what to expect:

Parking: You can park on 6th Street, or the small parking lot behind The Center, located off of Cass Street.

Entering The Center: You will use the door that is pictured to the right to enter The Center. The first door will be unlocked, and you will enter the entryway. This area has resources to other organizations in the community. Feel free to look around and take what you need. To enter The Center, you will push the circle button on our Ring doorbell, located on the wall in the entryway. After pressing that, you will be greeted with a staff or volunteer that will talk to you about your purpose of your visit (information, Clothes Closet, or any reason for your visit.) Someone will come let you in shortly after that.

Checking In: Once you are in The Center, you will be asked to fill out a quick registration that includes the following information:

Preferred Name: Required question, does not need to be your legal name
Email: Optional
Phone Number: Required
Emergency Contact: Required on your first visit, optional after that

Optional: Would you like to be contacted by phone? If yes, please check the box next to that question

Click Next to page 2 (not shown on website)

What Is Your Age: Required, enter your current age, not your birthday
What Gender Are You?: Required, drop -down menu of options
What is Your Sexual Orientation?: Required, drop-down menu of options
What is Your Race?”: Optional, drop-down menu of options
What Pronouns Do You Prefer?: Optional, drop-down menu of options
Are You Intersex?”: Optional, drop-down menu of options
What Is The Reason For Your Visit?: Required, drop-down menu of options
How Long Do You Plan To Stay?": Optional, drop-down menu of options

Click Submit when done.

The Center collects information on our visitors and volunteers to support our efforts to better serve you and our supporters. All information gathered will be kept in strictest confidence and not be shared.

This information is not stored like our old database. All required questions will need to be filled out on each visit, while the optional ones are preferred only for your first visit.

What Next: After registration, it will depend on the reason for your visit. The staff or volunteer that helped you enter the building will guide you where to go next!

Bathrooms: There is a gender-neutral bathroom that is available for visitors to use. This includes feminine sanitary supplies, a changing table and limited diapers available. This is not available to the general public.

Wheelchair Access: Our wheelchair access is through the back of the building. Go to the back parking lot to the gray double doors and call us at 608-784-0452. We will go through the same policies as above, just over the phone versus the Ring doorbell.

When Leaving: You do not need to sign out on the computer. A volunteer or staff will unlock the door for you and relock the door behind you on your way out.

The doors will stay locked at all times in The Center for security purposes. Only those who come to The Center for LGBTQ+ purposes will be served. All information during registration must be accurate or The Center reserves the right to refuse service.

Main Entrance to The Center