North Carolina 2SLGBTQIA+ Resources

Statewide

  • Sojourn – Statewide
    • SOJOURN is the premiere resource for Jewish and LGBTQ+ education, outreach, and advocacy in the Southern U.S.
  • Campaign for Southern Equality
    • The Campaign for Southern Equality is working to build a South where LGBTQ+ people are equal in every part of life. A South where your zip code doesn’t determine your rights. Where all of us are free to be who we truly are and love who we truly love. At this unprecedented time of anti-LGBTQ+ attacks – and as public support for LGBTQ equality across the South continues to grow – we invite you to join us in Meeting the Moment in the LGBTQ South. 
  • Equality North Carolina
    • Our long-term goal is to achieve comprehensive statewide nondiscrimination protections based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression across housing, employment, public accommodations, credit, insurance, and education—without exemptions that single out LGBTQ people.
  • Qnotes Carolinas
    • QnotesCarolinas is the LGBTQ arts, entertainment and news publication based in Charlotte, N.C. With a strong and robust presence online at qnotescarolinas.com, and a free print circulation distributed every other week, we are the largest and most trusted source of news, politics, opinion, entertainment, art, lifestyle, community events and more for the LGBTQ community in the Carolinas.
  • Harmony LGBT+ Allied Chamber of Commerce
    • Harmony fosters opportunities for LGBT+ and allied businesses and professionals to come together in support of business growth, education, and connectivity.
  • LILA. Latinx LGBTQI+
    • At LILA. Latinx LGBTQI+, we aim to establish a safe, inclusive, and equitable environment for the Latinx LGBTQI+ community, their families, and the wider community. We also welcome immigrants and ensure their safety and well-being.
  • Out! Carolinas
    • Out! Carolinas promotes a variety of Pride events and LGBTQ+ resources (mostly non-profit) for North Carolina and South Carolina.

Mountains

  • Blue Ridge Pride
    • The mission of Blue Ridge Pride is to foster an informed, engaged and supportive LGBTQIA2S+ community through intersectional belonging, equity, liberation, and joy work under our 4 pillars: advocate, celebrate, educate and serve.
  • Youth OUTright
    • Our mission is to create a world in which all Queer and Trans youth are supported to realize their power and autonomy through self-determination. We help youth resist oppression by building community, healing, and growing together.
  • Sylva Pride
    • Sylva Pride is dedicated to celebrating and uplifting the experiences of our LGBTQ+ community throughout western North Carolina.
  • High Country LGBTQ Youth Alliance
    • We are a nonprofit for LGBTQ youth in the High Country of North Carolina. Our mission is to provide safety, support, visibility and acceptance for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Nonbinary, Intersex, Pansexual and other marginalized youth.
  • LGBT Burke
    • LGBT Burke is an organization that helps support the LGBT community and the greater Burke County community.
  • Tranzmission
    • Tranzmission was founded in Asheville, NC on April 2nd, 2001. We quickly discovered that amazing things can happen when people come together! Our membership includes non binary, genderqueer and gender fluid folks as well as trans women, trans men and our family, friends, and allies. Over the years our membership continues to change and evolve, and we continue to celebrate and nourish the incredible diversity within our community.
  • PFLAG Asheville
    • The purpose of this Chapter shall be to support the mission of the PFLAG organization. By meeting people where they are and collaborating with others, PFLAG realizes its mission through: support for families, allies and people who are LGBTQ, education for ourselves and others about the unique issues and challenges facing people who are LGBTQ, and advocacy in our communities to change attitudes and create policies and laws that achieve full equality for people who are LGBTQ. 

Piedmont

  • Carolinas CARE Partnership
    • Our mission is to advance health equity and housing stability, with a focus on individuals and communities affected by HIV. We strive to create an inclusive society where everyone can live authentically, free from stigma and discrimination. 
  • Charlotte Trans Health
    • Our mission is to reduce health and healthcare disparities for trans and gender diverse (TGD) people by increasing clinical competency and interdisciplinary collaboration among providers and improving access to care for TGD people.
  • Time Out Youth
    • Our Mission is to support LGBTQ+ youth by offering vital programs, fostering unconditional acceptance, and creating safe spaces for self-expression through leadership, community support and advocacy.
  • LGBTQ Center of Durham
    • The LGBTQ Center of Durham is committed to serving the City and County of Durham as well as the surrounding counties to ensure all folks have the resources necessary to live full, joyful lives. We provide space and resources to all people
  • LGBT Center of Raleigh
    • Our mission is to serve, empower, and advocate for the well-being of our diverse LGBTQ+ communities.
  • Guilford Green Foundation & LGBTQ Center
    • Guilford Green Foundation & LGBTQ Center (GGF) advances equality and inclusion through philanthropy, programming, and advocacy that uplifts the LGBTQ community. 
  • North Star LGBTQ+ Community Center
    • North Star LGBTQ+ Community Center has been serving Winston-Salem and surrounding areas since 2013! Our mission is to foster community across intersecting identities through advocacy, compassion, education, and service.
  • The Plus Collective
    • The Plus Collective is a giving program and foundation that awards grants to organizations that support the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community in the Charlotte, North Carolina region while also cultivating partnerships with community allies.
  • iNSIDEoUT 180
    • iNSIDEoUT is a youth-led network of safer spaces, resources, & opportunities for LGBTQ+ youth to unite & organize. Based in the NC Triangle.
  • Crape Myrtle Festival
    • To encourage and promote the development of services for persons living with HIV, additionally, to raise money to provide financial assistance, outreach and education to realized needs within the local LGBTQ+ community. To encourage the growth and healthy diversity, creativity and communication within the local LGBTQ+ community and to honor these accomplishments through grand celebration.
  • Gayborhood Raleigh
    • The #1 site on facebook for events, news & info about Raleigh’s booming LGBTQ community! Read daily!
  • YouthSAFE
    • YouthSAFE is a Greensboro-based organization providing an environment for 
      Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans*, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and Agender youth to find community, share resources and build skills for responding creatively to the world around them. 

Coastal

  • New Bern Pride
    • New Bern Pride’s mission is clear yet impactful: to create a safe, inclusive, and supportive atmosphere for the LGBTQIA community in Eastern North Carolina.
  • The LGBTQ Center of the Cape Fear Coast
    • The organization has provided a home for outreach, community, education, and advocacy in southeastern North Carolina. From peer support groups to elder outreach, the staff and volunteers of the Frank Harr Foundation worked tirelessly to ensure that equality, inclusion, and community were available to everyone in our region.
  • One Community of the Carolinas
    • One Community of the Carolinas, formerly the Onslow County LGBTQ+ Community Center.