| The Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation established in 1983 by members of the board of the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance. The Center operates the John Thomas Gay & Lesbian Community Center, and Nelson-Tebedo Health Resource Center.
The Center established the AIDS Resource Center in 1985 to provide information and prevention education. The AIDS Resource Center programs and services merged into the Nelson-Tebedo Health Resource Center division in 2007. The Center's Health and Medical Programs continues to offer a wide range of programs to assist individuals and families affected by HIV and AIDS. The continuum of services includes: HIV awareness and prevention education/outreach; nutritional services including a food pantry and hot lunches; information & referral; community health programs; and a wide variety of other social support services.
The Nelson-Tebedo Health Resource Center (Clinic) opened in 1989, focuses on the spectrum of gay & lesbian health needs in addition to HIV and AIDS, the Clinic offers confidential and anonymous HIV counseling and testing, Hal Reeder Research (HIV and other clinical trials), wellness and dental services, Young-Elder Women's Health, and STD testing and treatment.
The John Thomas Gay & Lesbian Community Center is the oldest arm of the Resource Center of Dallas, having served as a meeting and support center for local organizations since the late 1970s. Programs include a gay & lesbian sensitivity seminar series, domestic violence intervention, the Phil Johnson Gay & Lesbian Historic Archives and Research Library, Gay Bingo!, gay issues information line, JEWEL (social and educational gatherings and events for lesbian women), GEAR (transgender programming) and FUSE (young gay male outreach).
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