"LGBTQ Services in Durham, NC
Durham Health Center offers the following services specifically for clients who identify as LGBTQ:

education
Hormone Replacement Therapy
resources
Payment is expected at time of service unless other arrangements have previously been made.

You may fill out an application for a Medicaid Family Planning Waiver (MFPW) at our health center. To establish coverage takes 4-7 weeks, so it advisable to apply before you need it. With the exception of Medicaid for Pregnant Women and Medicaid when Medicare is the primary, Medicaid is accepted. accepted.

If you are uninsured, you may be eligible to receive financial assistance for your procedure. You can confidentially find out if you qualify by calling us at 919-286-2872.

If you are eligible for financial assistance you may be asked to bring documentation with you to the health center."

"LGBTQ Services in Charlotte, NC
Charlotte Health Center offers the following services specifically for clients who identify as LGBTQ:

education
resources
hormone replacement therapy.

At this health center, these LGBTQ services are available:

Prices and Payment Information
Please contact this health center for LGBTQ services pricing information.

Payment is expected at time of service unless other arrangements have previously been made."

"LGBTQ Services in Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill Health Center offers the following services specifically for clients who identify as LGBTQ:

Hormone Replacement Therapy
resources
services referral
At this health center, these LGBTQ services are available:

during all business hours by appointment
We have a limited number of same-day appointments.: Mon 10-8 / Tues 8-1 / Wed 2-8 / Fri 1-5. If you need to be seen quickly, please call to reserve a slot.


Payment is expected at time of service unless other arrangements have previously been made."

"LGBTQ Services in Asheville, NC:
Asheville Health Center offers the following services specifically for clients who identify as LGBTQ:

Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy
Transgender clients, regardless of age, gender identity, or gender expression, are welcome to visit any of our health centers to receive the preventative, sexual, and reproductive health care services we provide in an affirming environment.

For transgender clients ages 18 and over, we provide gender-affirming hormone therapy on an informed consent basis. This means that our providers will work with you to develop a plan of care based on your health care needs and transition goals. We do not require a mental health referral to initiate hormones.

We can also provide referrals to other transgender-affirming medical services and community resources. At this time, we do not provide pubertal suppression services for adolescents.

At this health center, these LGBTQ services are available:

On a walk-in basis: as schedule allows
Here’s what you need to know about services for LGBTQ clients at this health center:
When you call for an appointment to begin or continue hormone therapy, one of our front desk staff members will help you schedule your appointment and talk with you about what to expect.

At your first appointment, our provider will take time to:

Review your medical history
Discuss your goals and expectations
Confirm your understanding of the potential risks and side effects
Answer any questions you have
Connect you to available community resources
Your first appointment also allows our provider to order the necessary lab work to ensure you are medically eligible to begin hormone therapy.

Clients under our care receive a written prescription for hormones which they fill at a pharmacy. Planned Parenthood does not provide pharmacy services for these hormones.

Payment is expected at time of service unless other arrangements have previously been made."

"The NAACP is a newcomer to Transylvania County, but not at all to the struggle. Our organization has fought for justice against racism in all forms and for equality nationwide since 1909. The Transylvania County branch was founded in 2014 with the mission of adding to the cause of racial equality its commitment to equality for all: voters, women, students, the LGBT community, immigrants, workers, taxpayers, those in need of health care and all people of color. We are also working for environmental justice on the state and national levels, particularly in the Duke Power Coal Ash spills that have polluted groundwater and rivers in North Carolina and in preventing fracking."
Issues include: Criminal Justice; Economic Justice; Environmental Justice; Immigrant Rights; LGBT Rights; Medicaid Expansion; Public Education; Voting Rights; Women's Rights.

"North Carolina Black Leadership and Organizing Collective (NC BLOC) is a statewide mass movement formation composed of strong, publicly-active, left, Black and POC-led institutions (organizations, business, schools, etc.) and community leaders who are dedicated to creating and implementing strategies focused on advancing Black and marginalized communities across North Carolina."

Projects and statewide networks include:
- Black University (a statewide network of politically educated students, professors, and administrators from North Carolina's Historically Black Colleges-Universities);
- NC Statewide Police Accountability Network ("a statewide Alliance of North Carolina organizations who agree to work together collectively to amplify the voices and the work happening in our local communities");
- NC Black Womens Roundtable ("network of Black, progressive women who are committed to collectively building power for women in our communities");
- Amplified Voices ("A network of Black communications strategies, visionary practitioners, storytellers, community members interested in communications field or storytellers.")

"We aim to promote unity, visibility, self-esteem and positive image of the LGBTQIA+ community. Goals include activities to enhance mental and physical health, to provide social support, and foster an awareness of past and present contributions of LGBTQIA+ people. We celebrate our diversity annually at our PRIDE event."
Includes a list of local, LGBTQ+ welcoming businesses in the area.

"The North Carolina's Black Women’s Roundtable is a network of Black, progressive women who are committed to collectively building power for women in our communities. We focus on developing alternative economic systems, building the political power, the healing of Black women, so we can protect ourselves, our families and our communities.
We envision a world where all Black women feel safe and welcome to bring all of the components that make us who we are, to whatever environment or situation that we are in. As such, we are intentional about creating space for all of our Kindred Sisters: mamas, professionals, LGB, Queer, and Trans women, sex workers, students, formerly incarcerated women, and all others."

North Carolina based "Virtual space for local LGBTQIA+ community members and allies to support one another and come together during this time of physical separation ?️‍?"

Folk(s)tales: "Whether you want to share your coming out story, a time of trouble, or an anecdote of hope and positivity, we think your words are worth being heard. Use the following form to share your experience with us and, with your permission, we will share it with the rest of our City of Folks community." https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYhsUjfAJVgp8m63NISGvHn3cA7116oAk2FJK4tuOoeFuquA/viewform

"Family Service of the Piedmont serves more than 19,000 local children and adults each year, addressing issues of domestic violence, child abuse, mental health and financial stability."
From our QORRN Volunteer: "Via email, the organization says they are one of four hubs for the state for intimate partner violence in the LGBTQ+ community; they've added an LGBTQ+ intimate partner advocate who has been helping the organization with internal language and trainings."