The MOCHA Center connects LGBTQ people of color with events and programs that promote healthy, sex-positive living. We are a safe place to hang out, talk, get inspiration, and support one another. And while you’re here we can help you get services from health to housing and more.
Watch VideoThe MOCHA Center offers social events and other programs focused on improving the health and wellness of LGBTQ people of color—in mind, body, and spirit. We are a place where every voice is heard, the staff knows where you are coming from, and all are welcome.
Just like you, everyone on The MOCHA Center staff has a story about what brought them here. We have faced our own challenges and victories, and we are ready to help you live the way you want, with the freedom you deserve. The support, education, and environment we offer are put together by people who uniquely understand you. Stop by and say hey so we can show you what it’s all about.
Founded in 1996 as the Men of Color Health Awareness Project, The MOCHA Center has worked to educate Black and Latino men in Rochester and Buffalo about living a sex-positive life. Over the years, our mission and the people we work with have grown. Now in partnership with Trillium Health, we’ve turned into a community health center that offers both community and health in equal amounts—providing a safe place to network, socialize, and address any health issues you face.
We offer free, confidential, safer sex support—not judgment. We’re here so you can live the life you want and be as healthy as possible.
The MOCHA Center is committed to ending the HIV epidemic by expanding testing so everyone knows their HIV status, helping everyone with HIV get treatment to stay healthy and prevent transmission, and expanding access to PrEP to prevent new infections.
For additional information and support, reach out to The MOCHA Center.
We have regular events where you can talk with and learn from other people with experience and information that can help you grow. Come say hello, stay a while, and be a part of a group that just might feel a lot like family.
We serve Buffalo and Rochester from two offices that support and connect you to the care you need.
If you want to learn more about The MOCHA Center, if you need help, or if you are just looking for a place where people truly get you, send us a note or stop by anytime.
