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🚨 FLASH SALE ALERT! 🚨 We’ve got plans for tomorrow night, and YOU should be there! 🪩 We’re screening Kiki, a documentary that takes us inside NYC’s ballroom scene through the lives of LGBTQ+ youth of color. Think Paris Is Burning, part 2! We’re dropping ticket prices for a limited time! 👀 🎟️ $5 admission 🍿 $10 admission + snack bundle Our friends at Alt Shift Collective will be there, and we’re encouraging everyone to come dressed to impress. There’s a prize for best dressed! 🏆 📍 LGBT Center of Raleigh 📅 October 21 | 6:30–8:30 PM ⏰ Flash sale ends October 21 at 5:30 PM! Grab your tickets through the link in our bio!

Our LGBTQ+ youth deserve spaces where they can feel comfortable being themselves. 💜 Last year, we welcomed 1,651 attendees across our Youth and Family programs, and we're so proud of the community that's grown through them! One of the most rewarding parts of this work is hearing from families about the difference these programs have made. The message shared by one of our parents says so much about why we do what we do. 🥹 We want to keep showing up for our young people, but we can't do it without your support! 🌈 This LGBTQ+ History Month, we're working toward our $10,000 fundraising goal to help sustain the Center and its programs. Will you help us get there? Visit the link in our bio to make a donation and help us keep this important work going! 💗

This Week At The Center! Sunday, 10/18: No Events or Programs Monday, 10/19: HIV/STI Testing w/ Alliance @ Center, 5-7 PM Tuesday, 10/20: GBT Mens Social (Online), 8-9:30 PM Wednesday, 10/21: “Kiki” Screening with Alt/Shift Collective @ Center, 6:30-8:30 PM - grab your ticket using the link in our bio! Thursday, 10/22: Youth Coffee House - Fuquay @ Stick Boy Bread Co, 5-7 PM Friday, 10/23: Demystifying Mindfullness: Session 1 “Finding Mindfulness in Everyday Life“ @ Center, 4:30-5:30 PM *Registration Required* - link in our bio! Saturday, 10/24: SOFFA LGBTQ+ Public Leadership Summit @ Center, 1-4 PM *Registration Required* - link in our bio! Visit us during drop in hours to access services, speak with staff, or just hang out! keep an eye on our calendar for changes. Be sure to check out our special events honoring LGBTQ+ History Month! Our fundraiser is also well on it's way but we still need and appreciate your support! 💛

This Week At The Center! Sunday, 10/11: No Events or Programs Monday, 10/12: Transgender Discussion Group @ Center, 7-8 PM Tuesday, 10/13: No Events or Programs Wednesday, 10/14: Youth Coffee House - Raleigh @ Blackbird Books and Coffee 5-7 PM Thursday, 10/15: prueba y trivia - Latine HIV/AIDS Awareness Day with AASC, ViiV, and Latinos in the South @ Center, 6:30 - 8:30 PM Friday, 10/16: No Events or Programs Saturday, 10/17: SOFFA (Online), 9 AM - 12 PM + Triangle Autism Discussion (Online), 4:30 - 6 PM + Out Loud Comedy @ Center, 8-9:30 PM (tix link in bio!) Visit us during drop in hours to access services, speak with staff, or just hang out! keep an eye on our calendar for changes. Be sure to check out our special events honoring LGBTQ+ History Month! Our fundraiser is also well on it's way but we still need and appreciate your support! 💛

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

Reminder! 📣 Applications are still open for our Youth Internship Program. This is a six-month commitment running from September 2026 through March 2027, with regular meetings held in person and/or virtually. Interns will work alongside other LGBTQ+ youth and young adults to help shape programs, share ideas, and have a real voice in what we create for the year ahead. 💛 Interested? Head to the Linktree in our bio to apply!

This Week At The Center! Sunday, 09/13: No Events or Programs Monday, 09/14: HIV/STI Testing w/ Alliance @ Center, 5-7 PM + Transgender Discussion Group @ Center, 7-8 PM Tuesday, 09/15: GBT Mens Social (Online), 8-9:30 PM Wednesday, 09/16: No Events or Programs Thursday, 09/17: No Events or Programs Friday, 09/18: Triangle Queer Artist Collective @ The Center, 6-8 PM Saturday, 09/19: LGBTQ+ & Allies: Let’s Go Birding @ Durant Nature Preserve 8:15-10:30 AM + SOFFA (Online), 9 AM - 12 PM + Triangle Autism Discussion (Online) 4:30-6 PM Visit us during drop in hours to access services, speak with staff, or just hang out! keep an eye on our calendar for changes. Registration for ASPYRE Youth Camp closes on September 15th! DM us or email ASPYRE@LGBTCenterOfRaleigh.Com for more info!

PRISM is back on September 17! 🌈 This is a space for LGBTQ+ youth and allies to come hang out and meet other young people in the community. Food + drinks will be provided! Parents and caregivers, you’re invited! There will be a separate space where you can connect with each other while the youth enjoy PRISM. We host PRISM every month with Greystone Baptist Church. Just a quick note: this is not a religious event. 📅 September 17 | 6:30–8 PM Know someone who’d want to come? Share this with them. 💗

This Week At The Center! Sunday, 09/06: No Events or Programs Monday, 09/07: No Events or Programs Tuesday, 09/08: No Events or Programs Wednesday, 09/09: Youth Coffee House - Raleigh @ Blackbird Books and Coffee 5-7 PM Thursday, 09/10: Older Adults Coffee Gathering @ Center, 9:30 AM + Comprehensive & Inclusive Sex Ed @ Center 6:30-8PM (September topic: Understanding & Preventing Gender-Based Violence ) Friday, 09/11: Game Night! @ Center, 6-9 PM Saturday, 09/12: Sapphic Social: Low Sensory Edition @ The Center 6-8 PM Visit us during drop in hours to access services, speak with staff, or just hang out! keep an eye on our calendar for changes. Registration for ASPYRE Youth Camp is now open! DM us or email ASPYRE@LGBTCenterOfRaleigh.Com for more info!

This Week At The Center! Sunday, 08/30: Nonbinary Tea Time @ Center, 4:30-6:30 PM + Triangle POZ (DM for location), 5-6:30 PM Monday, 08/31: No Events or Programs Tuesday, 09/01: No Events or Programs Wednesday, 09/02: No Events or Programs Thursday, 09/03: One Light, Many Colors @ Center 7-8:30 PM Friday, 09/04: Yard “Sale” Fundraiser w/ AASC @ The Center, 5:00 - 7:00 PM (early sales, ticket required*) Saturday, 09/05: Yard “Sale” Fundraiser w/ AASC @ The Center, 8 AM-12 PM (*free entry*) Visit us during drop in hours to access services, speak with staff, or just hang out! keep an eye on our calendar for changes. Registration for ASPYRE Youth Camp is now open! DM us or email ASPYRE@LGBTCenterOfRaleigh.Com for more info!

This Week At The Center! Sunday, 08/23: No Events or Programs Monday, 08/24 HIV/STI Testing w/ Alliance @ Center, 5-7 PM Tuesday, 08/25: Queer Adult Book Club @ Center, 6:30 - 8:30 PM Wednesday, 08/26 Name Change Clinic @ Center, 6:30-8 PM + Pride Flow on the Pitch @ WakeMed Soccer Park, 6:30-7:30 PM +NC Courage Pride Night! @ WakeMed Soccer Park, 8-10 PM Thursday, 08/27: Youth Coffee House - Fuquay @ Stick Boy Bread Co, 5-7 PM Friday, 08/28: Mobile Vet Clinic (Appt Required), @ Center Saturday, 08/29: No Events or Programs Visit us during drop in hours to access services, speak with staff, or just hang out! keep an eye on our calendar for changes. Registration for ASPYRE Youth Camp is now open! DM us or email ASPYRE@LGBTCenterOfRaleigh.Com for more info!

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!

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! 🌳🐦‍⬛🏳️‍🌈

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! 🏳️‍🌈

The category is: MOVIE NIGHT! 🪩💅🏾 Loved Paris Is Burning? Then you NEED to see Kiki! We're keeping the ballroom history going on October 21 with a screening of Kiki, a documentary that follows LGBTQ+ youth of color making their mark on NYC's ballroom scene. Our friends at Alt Shift Collective will be there, and we're making a night of it! ✨ Costumes are HIGHLY encouraged, and we'll be giving a prize to the best dressed attendee. So don't be shy! 📅 October 21 🕣 6:30–8:30 PM 📍 LGBT Center of Raleigh 🎟️ Grab your ticket using the link in our bio! Tag your friends, and come get into some queer history with us!