Claim: The Pacific Center for Human Growth, founded in 1973 as a response to a brutal gaybashing in downtown Oakland, is known for their eclecticism and liberalism, and offers peer support groups.
Evidence: The center was founded in 1973 as a response to a brutal gaybashing in downtown Oakland, a major city that neighbors Berkeley. The center, along with Berkeley and the larger surrounding region is known for their eclecticism and liberalism and the Pacific Center is not different. Today the center offers peer support groups alongside mental health counseling for LGBT people from the community.