A GUIDE TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER RESOURCES IN THE TRIANGLE AREA
HELPLINES
National Suicide Prevention
Lifeline
(800) 273-TALK (8255)
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Free, confidential, 24-hour hotline
available to anyone in crisis or
distress.
The Trevor Project
(866) 488-7386
http://www.thetrevorproject.org/
National crisis line to serve the
LGBTQ youth community. They
also have chat, text, and social
networking options on their
website.
GLBT National Help Center
(888) 843-4564 (all ages)
(800) 246-7743 (youth under 25)
http://glbtnationalhelpcenter.org
Free and confidential
telephone/internet peercounseling, information, and
resources.
ON CAMPUS
UNC
UNC-CH LGBTQ Center
(919) 843-5376
SASB North, Suite 3226
http://lgbtq.unc.edu/
Director: Terri Phoenix
tphoenix@email.unc.edu
Assistant Director: Danny DePuy
depuy@email.unc.edu
Sexuality and Gender Alliance
of UNC (SAGA)
https://uncstudentorgs.collegiateli
nk.net/organization/saga
General Body Meetings on
Thursdays at 7pm in the Union
SAGA Affiliate Groups:
LAMBDA Magazine:
http://studentorgs.unc.edu/glbtsa/i
ndex.php/lambda-magazine
The oldest running LGBTIQA
magazine is still written and
published at UNC.
Southeast Regional Unity
Conference:
http://unityconference.net
Students from across the Southeast
come to UNC and participate in
workshops that expand their
knowledge of different topics
amongst the sexuality and gender
spectrum.
Drag Show: A huge event held
once or twice a year where UNC
students and Triangle-area drag
performers are showcased.
Triangle LGBTQIA Leadership
Retreat: Students from across
North Carolina build leadership
skills and share strategies for
changing the LGBTIQA
environment back on their home
campus.
UNC Grad School LGBTQ Orgs:
LGBTQ Caucus—School of
Social Work
School of Medicine Queer
Straight Alliance
www.med.unc.edu/qsa/
Health Sciences LGBTQ
Alliance
http://hslgbtq.web.unc.edu/
Lambda Law Students
Association
http://studentorgs.law.unc.edu/llsa
Checked Out – School of
Information & Library Science
http://sils.unc.edu/people/studentorgs
KFBS Pride Club Kenan Flagler Business School
http://kfbsprideclub.com/
Program in Sexuality Studies
http://sexualitystudies.unc.edu/
This minor is designed for
students interested in exploring the
study of sexual/gender identities.
Duke
Center for Sexual & Gender
Diversity
(919) 684-6607
www.studentaffairs.duke.edu/lgbt
Blue Devils United
http://www.bluedevilsunited.com/
For LGBT undergraduate students
and allies.
NC Central University
Colors of NCCU
http://www.nccu.edu/organization
s/details.cfm?id=44
NCCUs organization for LGBIQA
students, staff, faculty, and
alumni.
NC State University
GLBT Center
(919) 513-9742
http://glbt.ncsu.edu/
Provides resources and a safe
place for students and the
community at NC State.
GLBT Community Alliance
(Student Group)
http://ncsu.orgsync.com/org/glbtca
LGBT group for undergrads and
grad students at NC State.
EVENTS
Crape Myrtle Festival, Inc
www.crapemyrtlefest.org
info@crapemyrtlefest.org
Concentrates on raising funds for
HIV/AIDS service agencies.
Trans Talk Tuesdays
lgbtq@unc.edu
Peer support, discussion group for
Trans, Genderqueer, Intersex
identified people. 2nd & 4th
Tuesdays from 12p-1pm at
LGBTQ Center.
Trans Discussion Group
(919) 370-0671
Open meeting: friends, family, and
allies welcome. Our meetings are
a safe space for gendernonconforming folks to access
harm reduction health resources,
share and process experiences, and
support one another. Alternate
Wednesdays 8-9:30pm at
Internationalist Books.
North Carolina Gay & Lesbian
Film Festival
(919) 560-3030
http://festivals.carolinatheatre.org/
ncglff
Carolina Theatre of Durham
presents The NC Gay & Lesbian
Film Festival each August.
North Carolina Pride
Parade and Festival
www.ncpride.org
The parade is the signature event
in a weekend's worth of activities,
seminars, parties and dub
activities in the area.
Updated 9/27/2012
Drag Bingo
www.dragbingo.com
Drag Bingo is held through out the
year in the Triangle. 100% of the
profits go to the Alliance of AIDS
Service-Carolina.
NEWS & CURRENT
EVENTS
Triangle Local Events
www.trianglelocalevents.com
Triangle-area mailing list that
reaches over 6000 subscribers
every week. Events are posted on
the web site as well.
Q Notes
www.goqnotes.com
LGBT arts, entertainment and
news publication based in
Charlotte, N.C. That serves all
readers across the Carolinas and
receives tens of thousands of hits
each month.
RESOURCE FAIR
Triangle Resource Fair
http://lgbtq.unc.edu
A yearly event usually held at the
beginning of the Spring semester
where LGBTQ supportive
organizations provide information
on their services. Contact the
UNC LGBTQ Center for more
information.
ORGANIZATIONS
Asexual Visibility & Education
Network
www.asexuality.org
Strives to create open, honest
discussion about asexuality among
sexual and asexual people alike.
Common Woman Chorus
www.commonwomanchorus.net
A chorus of lesbian/bi/affirming
women, located in the triangle
area. Perform concerts throughout
the year.
iNSIDEoUT
www.insideout180.org/
Youth-led organization with
leadership opportunities, a safe
space, education, social, and
activism-based programs.
Carolina Bear Lodge
www.carolinabears.com
Social organization for "bears"
and their admirers.
Intersex Society of North
America
www.isna.org
Devoted to systemic change to end
shame, secrecy, and unwanted
genital surgeries for people born
with an anatomy that someone
decided is not standard for male or
female.
Dual Attraction: Bisexual
Women of the Triangle
http://www.meetup.com/TriangleBisexual-Women/
Group of women from all different
walks of life whose commonality
is a shared attraction to both
women and men.
Durham Gender Alliance
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/grou
ps/durhamgenderalliance/info
Transgender support group.
Provides mutual support,
education, outreach, and
leadership.
Equality NC
(919) 829-0343
www.equalitync.org
Statewide org dedicated to
securing equality and Justice for
LGBT people.
Gay, Lesbian, Straight
Education Network (GLSEN)
www.glsen.org
Organization ensuring safe
schools for all LGBT students.
Recommended publications: Nat'l
School Climate Survey, Legal
Guide, State of the States Report.
LGBT Center of Raleigh
(919) 832-4484
www.lgbtcenterofraleigh.com
Community LGBT Center that
provides resources; hosts groups,
meetings, and organizations.
NC Gay Advocacy Legal
Alliance (GALA)
(919) 680-6758
http://www.ncgala.org/
A state-wide non-profit attorneys'
organization, providing visibility,
support, and advocacy for LGBT
communities.
North Carolina Harm
Reduction Coalition
www.nchrc.org
Engages in grassroots advocacy,
resource development, coalition
building and direct services for
law enforcement and those made
vulnerable by drug use, sex work,
overdose, immigration status,
gender, STIs, HIV and hepatitis.
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North Carolina Transgender
Unity
http://nctgunity.org
Provides information and
resources for transgender people,
significant others, and friends.
Orange County Rape Crisis
Center
(919) 468-4647
(866) WE-LISTEN (935-4783) –
24-hour support line
www.ocrcc.org
Provides free and confidential
services to all survivors of sexual
violence.
Project Rainbow Net
(919) 956-9124
www.projectrainbownet.org
Initiative aimed at addressing
relationship violence in lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender
relationships.
Raleigh Area Gay Parents
Meetup
www.gayparents/meetup.com/78
Meet other local LGBT parents
and wannabe parents and their
families and allies. Get together
for regular social, fun, and
informational events and
activities.
RDU Prime Timers
www.meetup.com/rdu-pt/
Social group of Gay and bisexual
men.
Safe Schools North Carolina
(919) 608-2016
www.safeschoolsnc.com
Statewide partnership of
organizations and individuals
dedicated to eliminating bullying,
harassment, and discrimination on
the basis of actual or perceived
SOGI in NC Schools.
Southerners on New Ground
(SONG)
southernersonnewground.org
The purpose of SONG is to build
movement across the South for
progressive social change by
developing models for organizing
that connect race, class, culture,
gender and sexual identity.
SWOOP
www.swoop4u.org
The mission of SWOOP (Strong
Women Organizing Outrageous
Projects) is to provide community
service in a spirit of cooperative
sisterhood, through short-term
labor and support to meet
community needs.
Triad Gender Association
(Charlotte Gender Alliance)
www.charlottegenderalliance.info
Social/support group for all
transgender individuals and their
friends, family, and allies.
Triangle Area Bowling Leagues
www.trianglerainbowbowling.com
Triangle’s largest GLBT bowling
league based in Raleigh.
Triangle Area Gay Scientists
http://tags.zuberfowler.com
Not limited to scientists. Their
monthly potluck dinner rotates
around the Triangle.
Triangle Area Softball
Association
www.trianglesoftball.com
Promoting LGBT causes through
amateur softball.
The Raleigh Business and
Professional Network
www.raleighnetwork.org
Networking organization for
GLBT professional community.
Monthly dinners. Communications
held confidential.
Triangle Families
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/tri
anglefamilies
Group for GLBT parents and their
families, and friends of GLBT
parents and families in the triangle
area; meets monthly.
Triangle Gay Men's Chorus
www.tgmchorus.org
A chorus of gay/bi/affirming men,
located in the Raleigh/Durham
area. They give concerts
throughout the year.
RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS
(GAY/AFFIRMING)
Chapel Hill
Binkley Baptist Church
www.binkleychurch.org
Chapel Hill Christian Church
chapelhillchristianchurch.org
Chapel Hill Kehillah Synagogue
www.chkehillah.org
Community Church (Unitarian
Universalist)
www.c3huu.org
Episcopal Church of the
Advocate
http://theadvocatechurch.org
Triangle Grrrls
www.trianglegrrrls.com
Resource for queer women in the
triangle area to socialize and
create/share events.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
www.holytrinitychapelhill.org
Triangle Log Cabin Republicans
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LC
RNorthCarolina/
LGBT affirming organization.
Unity Center of Peace
www.unitychapelhill.org
Triangle PFLAG
(919) 354-2999
www.pflagtriangle.org/
PFLAG promotes the health and
well-being of LGBTQ people,
their families and friends, through
support, education, and advocacy.
Triangle Tennis Club
www.triangletennisclub.com
Meets every Friday 7-9 p.m. in
North Raleigh at the Millbrook
Exchange Tennis Center.
The Church of Reconciliation
www.churchrec.org
United Church of Chapel Hill
www.unitedchurch.org
Durham
Calvary United Methodist
Church
www.calvarync.org
Duke Chapel
www.chapel.duke.edu
Eno River Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship
www.eruuf.org
Updated 9/27/2012
First Presbyterian Church
www.firstpres-durham.org
Temple Beth Shalom
www.carytemple.org
Imani Metropolitan Community
Church of Durham
www.imanimcc.org
Umstead Park UCC
www.upucc.org
Judea Reform Synagogue
www.judeareform.org
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
www.stphilipsdurham.org
Watt’s Street Baptist Church
www.wattsstreet.org
Raleigh
Community United Church of
Christ
www.communityucc.org
Holy Trinity Evangelical
Lutheran Church
www.htelc.org
Pullen Memorial Baptist
Church
www.pullen.org
St. Francis of Assisi
www.stfrancisraleigh.org
Always Our Children -a program
for GLBT Youth and Families
Group meetings: First Sundays at
3:15 pm
www.stfrancisglbt.org
St. John’s Metropolitan
Community Church
www.stjohnsmcc.org
St. Mark’s Episcopal Parish
www.stmarksraleigh.org
Temple Beth Or
www.templebethor-raleigh.org
Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship of Raleigh
www.uufr.org
HOUSING
Rainbowhouse Listserv
rainbow-request@listserv.unc.edu
Listserv for LGBTQ student &
allies to post &/or search for
roommates.
Heels Housing
www.heelshousing.com
DTH run website aimed at finding
off campus housing and
roommates
BOOKS & MUSIC
Regulator Bookshop
(919) 286-2700
www.regulatorbookshop.com
720 Ninth St. Durham
Quail Ridge Books & Music
(919) 828-1588
www.quailridgebooks.com
3522 Wade Ave. Raleigh
Books Do Furnish a Room
(919) 286-1076
www.booksdofurnisharoom.com
1809 W Markham Ave. Durham
Internationalist Books &
Community Center
(919) 942-1740
www.internationalistbooks.org
405 W Franklin St. Chapel Hill
Reader's Corner
(919) 828-7024
abebooks.com/home/IRVAN
3201 Hillsborough St. Raleigh
Ladyslipper Music
(800) 634-6044
www.ladyslipper.org
3205 Hillsborough Rd. Durham
BARS & CLUBS
Mix-N-Mingle
www.mix-n-mingle.com
Triangle’s social switchboard
website and mailing list with
weekly LGBT-themed nights at
various bars and clubs around
town.
The Bar
(919) 956-2929
http://thebardurham.com/
711 Rigsbee Ave Durham
313 Raleigh
(919) 755-9599
www.313raleigh.com
313 W Hargett St. Raleigh
Flex
(919) 832-8855
www.flex-club.com
2 South West St. Raleigh
Legends
(919) 831-8888
www.legends-club.com
330 W Hargett St. Raleigh
Caffé Driade
(919) 942-2333
www.caffedriade.com
1215 E Franklin St. Chapel Hill
Queer nights on Wednesdays
Pinhook
(919) 667-1100
www.thepinhook.com
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