Hayco Pride

Haywood County Pride is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to building a more inclusive and equitable Haywood County. Together, we can create a community where everyone has the opportunity to thrive, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, ability, or socio-economic status. Explore our website to learn more about our programs, events, and how you can get involved in creating a more inclusive future for all.

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Haywood County Pride is a coalition of LGBTQIA+ individuals, allies, and supportive organizations united behind a shared vision of an inclusive and safe community for the people of Haywood County, NC.

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Wrapping Up Pride Month

Closing One Chapter and Beginning Another Now that Pride Month is over, we’ve had a little bit of time for reflection and refocusing – the whirlwind of last month kept our crew busy in all the best ways, hopping all around the region to visit with our neighbors in other parts of the mountains and…
🌈 March With Us at Pride on Main — Saturday, June 28, 2025

Throughout Pride Month, HayCo Pride has been nurturing connections with our neighbors and representing Haywood County at Pride events across the region. Our next stop? The Parade at Pride on Main, right here at home!
From Cosplay to Community Care: HayCo Pride Shows Up and Shines This Pride Month

What a weekend we had, sharing in love and community care with our LGBTQIA+ friends across these mountains we call home! HayCo Pride is proud to have represented at both Hendersonville Pride and Nerd Pride Fest on June 7.
🐾 You Don’t Have to Carry It Alone: A Possum-Powered Fundraiser for HayCo Pride

We’re thrilled to launch our first ever HayCo Pride T-shirt campaign—featuring a possum, a trans flag, and a message that’s close to our hearts: “You don’t have to carry it alone.” This design is for the soft-hearted, tender queers of the holler. The ones holding each other up when the world gets heavy. The ones…
Join Us for the Really Really Free Market – A Community Event for Everyone!

At Haywood County Pride, we believe in the power of community and the importance of caring for one another. That’s why we are excited to invite you to our upcoming Really Really Free Market on Thursday, March 20, 2025, from 5 PM to 8 PM at 225 Church Street, Waynesville, NC.
Celebrating the Success of Our Mini-Grant Campaign!

We have some incredible news to share: We’ve officially met our goal for Haywood County Pride’s mini-grant program! Thanks to the unwavering support of our community, our vision of providing mutual aid to LGBTQIA+ individuals in Western North Carolina has become a reality. Together, we’ve shown that no one has to carry the weight of…
GOAL MET! Apply for Mutual Aid Mini-Grants Today!

🎉 Hooray, we did it! 🎉 Thanks to YOU, our amazing community, we’ve officially met our goal for the mini-grant program! 🌟 Your support has made it possible for us to help so many LGBTQIA+ individuals in Western North Carolina through this initiative. For now, we’re closing the mini-grant application form, but don’t worry—this is…
FREE Flood Benefit Concert – Nov 9

🌄 WNC Strong! Join Us for a FREE Flood Benefit Concert! 🎶✨ Hurricane Helene may have rocked our mountain community, but we’re here to rally together and lift each other up! Join us for a FREE concert event filled with music, resilience, and community spirit. 🎸 Love Handles, a queer-led band, will be bringing the…
Queer Culture Celebration Cancelled + How You Can Help in Haywood

Hello from HayCo Pride. We hope this message finds you safe and managing this crisis to the best of your ability. Our hearts are broken at the destruction left behind after Hurricane Helene ravaged our southern Appalachian cities and towns this weekend. It is with heavy hearts that we must announce that the Queer Culture…
Unveiling Creativity: Our Latest Art Build Journey

At HayCo Pride, creativity and community go hand in hand, and that was especially evident during our recent art build. With our much-anticipated October 5th event just around the corner, we gathered to bring a key aspect of the celebration to life: our signs. These aren’t just any signs—they’re vibrant expressions of the spirit and…