Welcome to the Queer Center
The Queer Center is Phoenix’s LGBT+ center, serving our community in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area.
Our Mission
The Queer Center is a community center without walls. Our model endeavors to reflect the fluid world in which we live; our lives are mobile and our community center should be as well. We are a center that sees each other with empathy and works toward equality.
Meet the Board
Jesse Baltazar (He/Him)
President
Jesse Baltazar came to Phoenix over 6 years ago to Manage Flexspas. He was also the Special Events Director for Flex for over 5 years. He assisted in producing Cleveland’s Pride Events for 2 years. Previously, Jesse was founder and President of “With Pride”, a gay organization raising funds for other nonprofits in the Los Angeles area. He has raised over 2.6 million dollars for various charities.
Jesse saw a need to create a Center for all of our Community. “Being the 4th largest city in the nation and not having a Center is unacceptable” He looks forward to working with the Queer Community, in creating a Resource Center for everyone that identifies as QUEER!
Scott Darby (He/Him)
Board Member
Scott moved to the Phoenix area in 2015 to work for his family’s business, Camino del Sol Funeral Chapel & Cremation Center as the Advanced Planning and Cemetery Sales Manager. He is also a certified Funeral Celebrant. Prior to living in Phoenix, he had a twenty-year career in theatre, television and film (both performance and production), followed by a four-year stint as an event coordinator for the W Hotel in Austin, TX. He co-founded the Recovery Alliance of Austin, a recovery-based nonprofit organization based in Austin, Texas and sat on the Board of Directors of Eve’s Place, a domestic violence non profit organization based in the greater Phoenix area. He is a proud member of the Phoenix leather and kink communities and travels around the country teaching various kink skills. He is very excited to be a part of the Queer Center.
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