[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 142 (Friday, September 6, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1089]
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                 TRIBUTE TO THE LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 6, 2019

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the Los Angeles LGBT 
Center upon its 50th Anniversary.
  The center has worked tirelessly for over half a century to support 
the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) community, 
combat bigotry, and create a more tolerant and equitable world. The 
center has promoted its values of integrity, respect, inclusiveness, 
innovation, and excellence throughout its prestigious history, helping 
LGBTQ people to thrive.
  The Los Angeles LGBT Center assists over half a million people each 
year through its housing, healthcare, legal aid, and education 
programs, among countless other services. The Anita May Rosenstein 
Campus, opened in April, 2019, embodies the center's continuing 
mission, providing housing and wellness services to LGBTQ youth and 
seniors and serving as a symbol of the LGBTQ community's resilience and 
creativity. In addition, the center has provided free Internet access, 
computer skills, and resume creation through its David Bohnett 
CyberCenter, cultivating a more informed and well-connected community.
  The center has been on the frontline of the fight against HIV/AIDS 
since the earliest days of the epidemic in the 1980s. The center 
provides HIV and AIDS specialty care, maintains HIV and STD testing and 
prevention programs, and conducts studies and clinical trials aimed at 
ending the epidemic.
  Today, supported by hundreds of volunteers and employees, the center 
works from local to global, training activists and advancing LGBTQ 
advocacy as nearby as Los Angeles and as far away as China. 
Additionally, the center shares information and expertise with sister 
organizations in order to support LGBTQ people around the globe.
  I am proud to recognize the Los Angeles LGBT Center for five decades 
of outstanding service to the LGBTQ community. I ask all members to 
join me in congratulating them for their remarkable achievements.

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