Our story.
The Spectrum Center (TSC), founded in 2014, is dedicated to advocating as well as providing resources in collaboration with various local and nationwide organizations in order to provide the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of the LGBTQ+ community with cooperation from organizations like the AIDS Services Coalition (ASC), The TRANS Program, Human Rights Campaign, Spectrum: The Other Clinic, My Brother’s Keeper and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
In addition, TSC serves as a host location for meetings for various groups affiliated with the LGBTQ+ community. The center houses a clothing closet with new and gently used clothing for those in need. TSC currently offers free HIV testing in coordination with ASC and My Brother’s Keeper; health-related functions through collaboration with the greater Hattiesburg community like social functions and support groups; and short-term emergency housing for displaced LGBTQ+ individuals
In the future, we hope to provide temporary housing for unhoused members of the LGBTQ+ community