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Statewide North Carolina Resources

City of Folks

Provides LGBTQ+Focused services

Services

  • Adults Questioning Their Sexuality/Gender Identity
  • Ally Training and Education
  • Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
  • Youth Services

Location

Statewide

Contact Info

Website:
Phone:

Notes

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

Equality North Carolina

Provides LGBTQ+Focused services

Services

  • HIV/AIDS
  • Mental Health
  • S.T.D./S.T.I.
  • Anti-Discrimination (Workplace/Housing/Etc.)
  • Adults Questioning Their Sexuality/Gender Identity
  • Ally Training and Education
  • Persons of Color/P.O.C.
  • Sexual Trauma/Violence/Rape
  • Spanish Speaking Community and Support
  • Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
  • Youth Services

Location

P.O. Box 28768
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611

Contact Info

Phone: (919) 829-0343
Email:

Notes

"Equality North Carolina is the oldest statewide organization in the country dedicated to securing rights and protections for the LGBTQ community. We're invested in ensuring that every North Carolinian can see themselves in this movement and helping create a safer, more equitable world for all marginalized folks. Together we can build a better North Carolina." Programs include Rural Youth Empowerment Fellowship and various political/candidate support programs. Issues include anti-violence; racial justice; non-discrimination; protecting youth; HIV/AIDS work.

NC Black Women’s Roundtable

Provides LGBTQ+Friendly services

Services

  • Black/African Diaspora
  • Mutual Aid/Direct Giving/Fundraising
  • Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education
  • Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
  • Youth Services

Location

Statewide

Contact Info

Phone:
Email:

Notes

"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 Black Leadership Organizing and Collective

Provides LGBTQ+Friendly services

Services

  • Black/African Diaspora
  • Mutual Aid/Direct Giving/Fundraising
  • Persons of Color/P.O.C.
  • Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education
  • Youth Services

Location

Statewide

Contact Info

Phone:

Notes

"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.")

North Carolina Families United

Provides LGBTQ+Friendly services

Services

  • HIV/AIDS
  • Mental Health
  • Other (Medical)
  • People with Disabilities
  • S.T.D./S.T.I.
  • Other (Community and Support)
  • People with Disabilities
  • Persons of Color/P.O.C.
  • Sexual Trauma/Violence/Rape
  • Substance Abuse/Addiction
  • Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
  • Youth Services

Location

795 Boone Station Drive
Burlington, NC 27215

Contact Info

Phone: (336) 395-8828

Notes

Links families to State and community partners for the purpose of improving the lives of children, youth, and families with emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs. All are welcome.

Parker Herring Law Group

Provides LGBTQ+Friendly services

Services

  • Adoption and Foster Care
  • Marriage
  • Other (Legal)

Location

434 Fayetteville Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

Contact Info

Phone: (919) 821-1860

Notes

"Parker Herring Law Group, PLLC is a Raleigh, North Carolina based family law firm. Our attorneys represent clients in adoption, divorce, separation, child custody, child support, alimony and equitable distribution. We also work with Intended Parents and Surrogates needing Gestational Surrogacy Agreements, Pre-Birth Orders, and Egg Donation Agreements." Site includes information about LGBT Adoption and Surrogacy.

Safe Schools NC

Provides LGBTQ+Focused services

Services

  • Ally Training and Education
  • Other (Community and Support)
  • Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
  • Youth Services

Location

c/o LGBTQ Center of Durham
114 Hunt Street
Durham, North Carolina 27701

Notes

Mission: "Safe Schools NC is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to creating a safe and positive learning environment for all students and educators in North Carolina, with an emphasis on actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression."
"SSNC believes that educating other educators about LGBTQ+ issues and inclusive learning environments is one of the best ways to make schools welcoming for all students. Whether you are an individual educator, a school administrator, or a district superintendent, we'd love to talk with you about how SSNC can help you support K12 students."
"SSNC wants to help anyone connected to a K-12 NC school--students, parents, teachers, counselors, administrators, school board members, etc--find the resources or support they need to feel safe or help others feel safe in school. If we can't help you, we'll find someone who will. Please reach out, we are happy to help in any way that we can!"

Tranzmission

Provides LGBTQ+Focused services

Services

  • HIV/AIDS
  • Mental Health
  • Other (Medical)
  • S.T.D./S.T.I.
  • Adoption and Foster Care
  • Anti-Discrimination (Workplace/Housing/Etc.)
  • Marriage
  • Other (Legal)
  • Trans Legal Aid (Change of Name/Gender Marker)
  • Adults Questioning Their Sexuality/Gender Identity
  • Ally Training and Education
  • Housing/Homelessness
  • Marriage and Couples Counseling
  • Other (Community and Support)
  • Persons of Color/P.O.C.
  • Sexual Trauma/Violence/Rape
  • Substance Abuse/Addiction
  • Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
  • Youth Services

Location

Statewide

Contact Info

Phone:

Notes

"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 nonbinary, 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."

Tranzmission is a trans- and GNC-focused organization that offers educational trainings, name-change support, mental health support groups for youth and adults, and a list of trans-friendly resources in the area. They are based in Asheville, NC, but have some resources outside of their county.

Youth OUTright WNC Inc

Provides LGBTQ+Focused services

Services

  • Ally Training and Education
  • Mutual Aid/Direct Giving/Fundraising
  • Persons of Color/P.O.C.
  • Pride March/Festival/Parade
  • Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
  • Youth Services

Location

PO Box 1893
Asheville, NC 28802

Contact Info

Phone: 8287382397

Notes

"Founded in 2009, Youth OUTright WNC, Inc. (YO) is the only youth advocacy and leadership non-profit organization in the region solely dedicated to empowering lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning/queer, intersex, asexual and allied (LGBTQIA+) youth ages 11-20 in Western North Carolina. Based on 2010 U.S. Census figures, it is estimated that there could be more than 4,000 LGBTQ youth in our 18-county region."

"We engage and support LGBTQIA+ youth ages 11-20 to be confident, resilient and compassionate community members. We envision a world where youth of all gender and sexual identities are empowered to reach their full potential. We provide information, support and resources in a safer, inclusive and affirming environment."