Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center creates a vibrant LGBTQ+ community in the
Lehigh Valley through arts, health, youth, training, and Pride programs.
Location: 522 W. Maple Street at Bayard Rustin Way, Allentown, PA 18101
We are conveniently located adjacent to the Community Parking Deck at the corner of 6th and Walnut streets, which offers free bicycle parking. Metered street parking is also available on Hamilton, 5th, and Walnut streets.
We are located just two blocks from the Allentown Transportation Center.
Look here for real-time information on bus schedules and routes to the center.
Land Acknowledgement:
Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center is located on Walking Treaty lands, the original and unceded lands of the Lenape people. We acknowledge the harms of the past and are committed to moving forward in solidarity with Indigenous communities.
Opening Hours:
Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center is open Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Center is closed on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, National Coming Out Day, Indigenous Peoples' Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, and Christmas Eve through New Year's Day.
Accessibility:
At Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, we think accessibility is crucial in community spaces. We use the term "accessibility" to refer broadly to ways we are thinking expansively about ensuring access to our programs is equal to all LGBTQ+ people. We believe equity for all LGBTQ+ people means working to dismantle ableism in our spaces. We have a long way to go to be where we want to be and should be. We encourage community feedback as we continue the work. For more about accessibility at Bradbury-Sullivan Center and to submit feedback, click here.
Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center is committed to cross-movement solidarity and believes in access and inclusion for people with disabilities. Some of our accessibility efforts include:
- live closed captioning in all virtual arts, support, and community groups
- image descriptions are included alongside all images and videos in social media posts
- accessible parking is available in the Community Parking Deck for the parking spaces closest to the elevator on each floor. The deck is directly adjacent to our community center.
- Lehigh Valley Pride includes live ASL interpretation of both stages, reserved seating at both stages for older adults and people with disabilities, accessible parking, accessible outdoor restrooms, and large-print programs.
- Unfortunately, the front entrance to our building is not wheelchair accessible, however our side entrance (Bayard Rustin Way) is.
To request additional accessibility accommodations at public events, please contact [email protected].
Intersectionality:
At Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, we strive to strengthen and celebrate the Lehigh Valley’s LGBTQ+ communities, which means embracing all identities and intersections. People of all races, cultures, religions, abilities, sizes, and socioeconomic backgrounds are members of our LGBTQ+ community, and we seek to create spaces that both acknowledge the multiple marginalization, increased discrimination, and oppression individuals might experience while recognizing the importance and beauty of community members’ unique perspectives. An intersectional approach to LGBTQ+ programs, services, and advocacy can help us map and uncover the layers and complexities of our identities as LGBTQ+ people to better support all our community members and support our collective liberation.
Non-Discrimination:
Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, HIV status, genetic information, marital status, ancestry, familial status, use of guide or support animals and/or mechanical aids, or status as a veteran.
For job applicants, Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center is a ban-the-box organization.
Tobacco-Free Space:
Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center is a tobacco-free space in order to reduce involuntary exposure to secondhand smoke, raise awareness about tobacco disparities in the LGBTQ+ community, and ensure that Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center is a cleaner, safer, and healthier environment for employees, volunteers, and visitors. The use of all tobacco products (including, but not limited to cigarettes, e-cigarettes, hookahs, vapes and all smokeless products such as chew or dip) is prohibited on all Center-owned property.
Alcohol-Free Space:
Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center is committed to ensuring an alcohol-free space for people living in recovery from alcohol. All free community programs at the center that are open to the public are alcohol-free.
Award-Winning Organization:
Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center is proud to be recognized with numerous awards, including:
- 2022 Air Products Leonard Pool Impact Award (United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley)
- 2020 Coolest Space in the Lehigh Valley (Lehigh Valley Business)
- 2020 Voices of Smokefree Air Award (American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation)
- 2019 Breast Cancer Community Partner Award (Pennsylvania Commission on Women)
- 2019 Bridgebuilder Award (Lehigh University Community Service Office)
- 2018 Allentown Arts Ovation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literary Arts (Allentown Arts Commission)
- 2017 Rural Health Program of the Year Award (Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health)
- 2016 Excellence in Business Award (Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce).
In addition, Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center has earned the Platinum Seal of Transparency from Guidestar and is a Top-Rated Non-Profit from GreatNonprofits.
Leadership in the Community:
Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center's staff volunteer to serve as board leaders for numerous non-profit and governmental agencies. Currently, employees serve on the boards of:
- American Public Health Association newspaper The Nation's Health (Advisory Board)
- Association of Fundraising Professionals Eastern PA Chapter
- Lehigh County Ad-Hoc Health Bureau Advisory Committee
- Lehigh Valley Community Foundation (Board of Associates)
- LGBTQ Business Council of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce (Scholarship Committee)
- Network of the National Library of Medicine (Region 1 Communities of Interest Council)
- Northampton County Suicide Prevention Task Force
- Pennsylvania Department of Aging's Alzheimer's State Plan Task Force
- Pennsylvania Department of Health's Office of Health Equity (Advisory Board)
- Pennsylvania Department of Health's State Health Improvement Plan Steering Committee
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
- United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley (Marketing and Communications Committee)