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OCEANSIDE, Calif. — For over a decade, the North County LGBTQ Resource Center has been a safe space and support system for people in the area."People come to the center for a variety of reasons, sometimes even just to find community," Max Disposti said.The center is the only agency that services North County's LGBTQ community."A place where they can feel safe, welcomed, and empowered in their journey of being LGBT," Disposti added.
The center has been operating out of its current 2,200 sq. ft. space on Mission Avenue for eight years."It's pretty much impossible for us to thrive in a space that doesn't give us enough room to create those conversations that we need to have with our community members," Disposti said. Later this year, the center plans to move into a new space on Apple Street that's nearly 20,000 square feet.It'll also allow for more in-person therapy sessions.Fiel is the Clinical Program Manager and a therapist."We're going to have our own private entrance, and waiting area where people can feel they're coming into the space in a more confidential way," Fiel said.They recently launched a fundraising campaign for improvements and to help pay the $1.
So far this year, the center has helped an estimated 450 people. Disposti believes with the new space that number could be in the thousands.
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