Our work is made possible thanks to our community partners:
Blue Ridge Pride – The mission of BRP is to promote equality, safety, and quality of life for WNC’s LGBTQ and allied communities, working as a united community through advocacy, celebration, education and service.
ButchOut – A group of local individuals supporting organizations that advance LGBTQ+ persons and issues.
Haywood Arts Regional Theatre (HART) – The mission of HART Theatre is to provide diverse, quality theater experiences that challenge and inspire both performers and audiences, while nurturing talent and fostering artistic expression in our community.
Invisible Histories – Invisible Histories is an organization that locates, collects, researches, and creates community-based, educational programming around LGBTQ history in the Deep South.
The Great Gathering of the Outdoor Ministries Connection (OMC) – OMC provides ecumenical opportunities for building cooperate relationships and collaborative endeavors across the associations. It exists to provide a platform for cooperative work between the representative bodies of outdoor ministries throughout Christian denominations in the U.S. and Canada.
logo design by bellamy crawford
A huge thank you to Bellamy Crawford for designing our logo! Bellamy’s design was chosen out a collection of beautiful submissions that were shared with us as part of a logo design contest in May of 2024.
Bellamy Crawford is a creative marketing and fund development professional who has worked for and fallen in love with several nonprofits in WNC over the past 12 years. They are passionate about social justice, Black Lives, and queer, trans, and reproductive rights. They believe in the very real potential for positive social change through community-centric programs that elevate Black, Brown, and Indigenous voices. They spend most of their free time painting, reading, napping, playing with their two amazing kids, or trying to finish the sci-fi novel they started when they were twelve.