Campus Pride Centre officially opens at University of Windsor

There's a new "safe space"at theUniversity of Windsorfor LGBT students.

The Campus Pride Centre officially openedTuesday and will provide services to students including peer support.

Pride coordinator Courtney Quinn said the centre will also provide comfort on campus.

"It means safety and a place that I can be myself ...knowing that I can come here and unload my feelings and be around people that love me and love me for me and have no judgements about me and my sexuality or anything," she said."It's great to have this space and a family you can count on all the time."

Throughout the year the centre will host game nights, open mic events and even speed dating, added Quinn.

"The door is always open," she said. "If any student needs to talk, to vent or just to be in silent playing games that's what we do."

Before the centre was opened LGBT students and supporters would meetas a club, but now that they're an official service they receivefundingfrom the University of Windsor Student Association, explained Quinn.

The centre will be open Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.