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LGBT Center of Raleigh Essentials

Happy Bi-Sexual Day of Visibility! 💗💜💙 Today, we’re showing some extra love to the bi community and sharing a little more about what bisexuality can look like and why visibility matters. Be sure to celebrate the bi people who make our community better just by being here today and every day! 🫶

Join us September 12 from 6–8 PM for a relaxed, low-sensory evening hosted by @sapphicdotsocial & created with connection and community in mind. This will also be a sober social. ✨ We’re happy to support @sapphicdotsocial in bringing this event to our community! Masks are encouraged, and a $5+ suggested donation will benefit the LGBT Center of Raleigh. 💗 Who are you bringing? Tag your Sapphic Social buddy below and make it a date!

Happy International Lesbian Day! 🧡🤍💗 Join us in celebrating lesbians everywhere, past and present, and the history, culture, care, creativity, and community they’ve given us. Today is for celebrating our lesbian lovelies and all the ways they’ve shaped our community.

Happy National LGBT Center Awareness Day! 🏳️‍🌈💜 Today we're showing some extra love to LGBTQ+ community centers everywhere, including our very own here in Raleigh! Every week, people walk through our doors looking for resources, support, or simply a place where they can be themselves.. and we're proud to be here for them. From our weekly drop-in hours to our community programs and support services, there's so much happening at the Center, and we want to keep it that way! 💗 This LGBTQ+ History Month, we're raising $10,000 to help sustain our work throughout the year. If the Center has made a difference in your life, or you believe in what we're doing, please consider making a donation. Every gift helps! Visit the link in our bio to support our fundraiser. 🌈

We are excited to partner with @unc_ssw on a photovoice research project to understand how violence, policy, and transphobia impact Transgender and Gender Expansive adults living in the Triangle! This project involves participants developing a focus question together and then taking photos in their everyday lives to answer that question. These photos are then discussed as a group and the overall themes are examined. This is a paid study and participants will receive $100 after the final discussion group session. We are looking for individuals who: 1) Self-identify as transgender or gender expansive (e.g., non-binary, genderqueer, agender, etc.) 2) Are between the ages of 25 and 50 years old 3) Live in the Triangle (incl. immediate surrounding areas e.g., Carrboro) 4) Are willing and able to attend 5 in-person discussion sessions at the LGBT Center of Raleigh (1 session per week) If you meet this criteria and would like to participate, please follow the link in our bio or email Jake (he/they) at jleite@unc.edu with: 1) Your preferred name (or pseudonym) 2) Your pronouns 3) Your gender identity 4) Your city/town of residence 5) Your age 6) Expressed willingness to attend 5 in-person discussion sessions UNC IRB#: 25-0591

Something spooky's coming... 👀 October is right around the corner which means it’s almost LGBTQ+ History Month! Each October, the LGBT Center of Raleigh celebrates our history through weekly historical posts honoring our elders. And this year, now that we are finally back in our community center in downtown Raleigh, we’re thrilled to host weekly events centering our history, icons, and milestones. This is also an annual fundraiser to support our community center operations - stay tuned for posts on the impact we’ve already had thanks to your previous support. 💃 Join us for our first event on Friday, 10/2 for a screening of Paris is Burning. (Suggested $5-10 donation) 🎨 On Wednesday, 10/7 we’re hosting a trans history exhibit and will be joined by our friends at T4T Collective. (free event, donations welcome) ❤️ On 10/15, @viivhealthcare, @allianceas_carolina, and @latinodeepsouth are joining us for Latine HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. We’ll be conducting testing and hosting trivia. (free event, donations welcome) 🎞️ We’re joined by Alt Shift Collective on 10/21 for a screening of “Kiki.” This is a ticketed event - stay tuned for details. 🍹 Finally, on 10/28 we’re hosting an Aro-Ace Mixer for Ace Awareness Week. We’ll have conversation starters and light snacks, plus ace-themed drinks available by donation. (free event, donations welcome) For all of these events, we’re leaning in to spooky month and costumes are highly encouraged! The best dressed at each event will win a prize with LGBT Center merch. 🦸‍♀️ 🧛‍♀️ We hope to see you at an event soon!

Okayyyy, this is kind of major. 🎲🌈 Out! Raleigh Pride, which is hosted by the LGBT Center of Raleigh, officially has its own square on the new MONOPOLY: Raleigh Edition! Out! Raleigh Pride has filled downtown Raleigh with queer joy for years, so seeing it represented this way feels EXTRA special.

Happy Ace Awareness Week! 💜🖤🩶🤍 Did you know that asexuality is a spectrum? There’s no single way to be ace, and there are still plenty of misconceptions about what asexuality means. From October 25–31, we’re celebrating the ace community and helping bring more visibility to an identity that’s often misunderstood. 💜 Share this post to help spread awareness!

Fortune Feimster is bringing the Takin’ Care of Biscuits Comedy Tour to DPAC, and we’d love to send you along for the laughs. 🌈🎟️ Enter the Fortune Feimster Ticket Giveaway by liking this post and tagging a friend! Good luck! 💗

Let's hear it for the leadership driving the work! 💜🏳️‍🌈 Our Executive Director, Kori (they/them), is coming up on 10 years with the Center! 🥹 That's nearly a decade of showing up for Raleigh's LGBTQ+ community, navigating challenges, celebrating milestones, and helping the Center become what it is today. We sat down with Kori to hear what makes this work so meaningful to them, some of the impact they've witnessed over the years, and why they believe supporting LGBTQ+ organizations matters now more than ever. Give Kori some love in the comments! 💕 We're also getting closer to our $10,000 LGBTQ+ History Month fundraising goal, but we're not there yet! Every donation helps us continue showing up for our community in ways that truly matter. 💗 Help us reach $10,000! Make a donation through the link in our bio!

Join the Triangle Queer Artist Collective this upcoming Friday, September 18th from 6-8 PM at the LGBT Center of Raleigh for our monthly free create! 🎨 This free event is open to all ages and skill levels. Some supplies will be provided, and you're always welcome to bring your own! Come hang out and make art with us! 🏳️‍🌈

If you like Paris Is Burning you're gonna love Kiki 🪩 On 10/21, we’re screening Kiki, a documentary following LGBTQ+ youth of color in New York City’s ballroom scene. Our friends at Alt/Shift Collective will be there too! Costumes are highly encouraged! The best dressed attendee gets a prize! 🏆 Grab your ticket using the link in our bio! 📍 LGBT Center of Raleigh 🕡 6:30–8:30 PM

Come hang out with us on 10/28 from 6:30–8:30 PM for an Aromantic & Asexual Mixer at the Center. 💜🖤🤍 We’ll have conversation starters, ace-themed drinks by donation, and a costume contest! Expect free and casual fun - we hope to see you there!

There will be HIV/STI testing this month on Monday, September 14th from 5-7 PM and Monday, September 28th from 5-7 PM. We look forward to seeing you there! Bring a friend!

Queer NC is hosting a Young Adult Bonfire! 🔥 📅 10/30 🕣 7-10pm 📍Southwest Raleigh (specifics will be emailed prior to the event!) Sign up here using the link in our bio! Costumes are welcome and encouraged ! Let’s have some Fall festive Spooky fun! 🎃👻

What makes a book so controversial that someone wants it removed from the shelves? 📚👀 More often than not, the stories being challenged are the ones that give a voice to people whose experiences have historically been overlooked, including LGBTQ+ people and communities of color. We believe everyone deserves the freedom to see themselves in the stories they read and to learn from experiences different from their own. We've rounded up a few banned and challenged books worth adding to your reading list! 🏳️‍🌈 Help us keep our library thriving and our shelves stocked by donating to our LGBTQ+ History Month fundraiser. Your contribution helps keep our community stories alive 🩷. Donate using the link in our bio!

Let's be real.. life is hard and we could all use a good laugh. Our friends at Out Loud Comedy are coming through to make sure we do just that! Come by this Saturday evening for a laugh-till-your-insides-hurt time! Grab your tickets linked in our bio before they run out! 📅 Saturday, October 17th 🕣 8-9:30 PM 📍 LGBT Center of Raleigh

There is still time to get your donations in! 👚📻👢 We are accepting donations of household items, toys, clothes, shoes, etc. (no large furniture) at Alliance of Aids Services during their open hours until August 31st! They will be open and accepting drop offs Monday - Thursday from 9 AM to 3 PM. We encourage calling ahead at (919) 834-2437 so they know to expect you! Plan to join us for another Yard "Sale" Fundraiser! Come browse on Friday, September 4th from 5 - 7 PM for $10 early access. You can enjoy free thrifting on Saturday, September 5th from 8 AM - 12 PM! Got an extra tote bag lying around? Donate it for $1 off of your total!

Mitchell (he/him), our Board Secretary, sat down with us to talk about why he serves, what he’s seen the Center make possible, and why supporting LGBTQ+ organizations matters right now. If this work matters to you too, help us keep it moving. A gift to our LGBTQ+ History Month fundraiser supports the programs, care, resources, and community spaces people rely on all year long. We’re working toward a $10,000 goal. Help us get there by donating. Link is in our bio! 🏳️‍🌈

Hello LGBTQ+ Community and Allies! Let’s Go Birding is back with another exciting meet up! Our next event with @wakeaudubon will be Saturday, September 19th from 8:15 AM - 10:30 AM at Durant Nature Preserve. Register using the link in our bio! 🌳🐦‍⬛🏳️‍🌈