About Us


New AAOGC logo2The African American Office of Gay Concerns (AAOGC) is a community based non-profit organization founded in 2001 by it’s founder and current Executive Director Gary Paul Wright, to ensure that men of color who were gay-identified, bi-sexual or men who had sex with other men (MSM) had a voice in the fight against HIV/AIDS…

The AAOGC provides HIV/AIDS prevention services that has been designed to target and appeal to MSM, their friends and their partners, promoting leadership, community service and accountability in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The AAOGC has proudly served the greater Newark area for over a decade with health programs & services developed to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS by opening its doors daily for Free 15 min Rapid HIV testing, Free condoms, Free Sex Education, Free Support Groups, Free Peer Advocation, Free Sexual Health Related Resources & Information as well as a host of community outreach partnerships & collaborations…

The African American Office of Gay Concerns mission is to comprehensively serve as a resource for the well-being of Gay men of color, inclusive of, but not limited to the gay, bisexual, transgendered and questioning communities through outreach, education and compassionate care. The African American Office of Gay Concerns is committed to delivering quality HIV/AIDS services to the Gay community in the Greater Newark Area by providing an array of services focused on positively changing individual increased risk behavior…