Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center co-founder moving on

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Liz Bradbury, co-founder of the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, says she is leaving to pursue other projects.

The center, at 522 W. Maple St. in center city, is named for her and her partner, Patricia Sullivan.

• Liz Bradbury is leaving the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center
• She co-founded the center, which is named for her and her partner of 35 years
• She has been an LGBTQ activist for more than 30 years

A Lehigh Valley LGBTQ activist for more than 30 years, Bradbury has spent the past eight years as director of the center’s training institute. She also served as director of programs and helped rehab the building.

“I’m very proud of the work the Bradbury-Sullivan Center has done for the LGBTQ+ community and I’m proud I could be part of it.” Bradbury said in a news release.

Bradbury founded the Pennsylvania Gay and Lesbian Alliance for Political Action and led a successful effort to add sexual orientation and gender identity to Allentown’s existing human relations ordinance.

She also helped pass non-discrimination ordinances in Easton, Reading and Bethlehem. Bradbury helped work on a recently adopted non-discrimination ordinance for State College, Cenre County.

"Though I will no longer be at the center, I’ll continue to serve on Pennsylvania state and community government committees, task forces, and commissions representing the needs and interests of LGBTQ+ communities," Bradbury said. "As I have done for many years.”

Ashley Coleman, the center's executive director, said she was confident Bradbury will continue to help the community through her advocacy.

“Those that know Liz personally admire her not only for her LGBTQ+ non-discrimination and marriage equality efforts, but also for her personal lifetime values as a full time advocate for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community,” Coleman said in the news release.