The_Portal_(community_center)
The Portal (community center)
Community center for LGBT African Americans in Baltimore, Maryland
The Portal was a Baltimore LGBT community center for LGBT African Americans in the Baltimore, Maryland metropolitan area.[1][2] It was owned and maintained by Empowering New Concepts, Inc. ENC, Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) community based organization established in 2001 by current CEO Rickie Green.[3] Intended as a safe place for LGBT people of color, they offered health and safety information including AIDS awareness.[4][5] The Portal "promotes stronger, more effective same gender loving communities of color through access to quality healthcare and economic and educational services."[6] They served men who have sex with men as well as women who have sex with women.[7]