Welcoming WNC Virtual LGBTQ Community Center
We are launching a series of welcoming directories: groups, community services, health care providers, speakers, companies.
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LGTBQ+ Open Enrollment Help
Healthcare Open Enrollment runs from Nov. 1-December 15th. Out2Enroll has provided a directory of free healthcare assisters to help ensure your plan covers lgbtq+ gender affirming care. The article below has been pasted from Enrollment Help – Out2Enroll – Out2Enroll FIND FREE LOCAL HELP Ready to sign up for health insurance coverage? Out2Enroll works with local assisters across the
Miss Blue Ridge Pride 2022 Josie Glamoure is at it again! Achieving more first as a Miss Blue Ridge Pride!
On October 30th, 2022, Miss BluRP 2022 Josie Glamoure (Center) officiated a handfasting for Mr. Ty Ferris (Left) and Mr. Kayden Ferris, formerly Davis (Right) at Double Creek Ranch in Fairview, NC. Miss Blue Ridge Pride 2022 is adding more firsts to her reign being the first Asian winner, now being the first to perform a same-sex marriage during their reign.
Give! Local – Donate to Blue Ridge Pride!
Thank you to Mountain Xpress for including us again this year in the Give! Local Campaign, raising money for nonprofits. This year, we have a donor that will match up to $2,000. Please consider donating and helping blue ridge pride! Blue Ridge Pride will gift a branded “Inclusion Y’all” T-shirt for all donations of $100 or more Blue Ridge Pride
Impact of pets on older adults’ social networks and well-being
You are invited to participate in a research study about the impact of pets on older adults’ social networks and well-being. To be eligible to participate in this study, you must be age 60 or older; live year-round in Ashe, Alleghany, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes or Yancey counties; and live in a home in the community, rather than an assisted
Welcoming Communities of Western North Carolina
You might not know it from some headlines, but our state is full of welcoming people and organizations. Look to these pages for …
- A searchable data base of welcoming organizations in WNC
- Links to useful resources and programs
Welcoming Communities of Western North Carolina
You might not know it from some headlines, but our state is full of welcome.
Blue Ridge Pride is launching a new series of programs to celebrate and support the growth of welcoming communities. We plan to launch programs covering communities of faith, health care providers, businesses, schools, and community service organizations. Each program will include:
- A searchable data base of welcoming organizations in Western North Carolina
- Criteria, developed in partnership with each community, that clarify what it means to be welcoming
- Educational materials and programs for organizations who want to become more welcoming and inclusive
While our Welcoming Communities program began with a focus on the LGBTQ community, we want to emphasize that a warm welcome mat makes no such distinctions. We intend this program to be inclusive of other groups as well. We stand with our allies. Watch this page for frequent developments in Q3/Q4 2017.
Welcoming Community Directories
We are launching a series of welcoming directories: groups, community services, health care providers, speakers, companies.
WNC is full of welcome. Find out where!
List your services. Find resources to help you … or your organization.