Support Blue Ridge Pride
Serving the LGBTQIA2S+ community of Western North Carolina. Year round. Since 2009. 22 counties.
Mental health resources, youth and elder programs, Welcoming Spaces trainings, the Oral History Project, Pride events. This is the work that your donation supports.
Federal funding cuts are making this work harder to sustain. Your support helps us keep the spirit of Pride going for the community all year long.
Ways to Give
General Donations
Support Blue Ridge Pride's day-to-day work across WNC.
This goes directly to our staff, programs, and operations.
2026 Emergency Fund
Federal cuts are hitting LGBTQIA2S+ nonprofits hard. This fund goes directly toward keeping our programs running and our people on the ground.
Special Fundraising Efforts
Generation Plus Fund
Our Generation Plus program serves LGBTQIA2S+ elders across WNC.
Gifts to this fund go directly to programming, events, and outreach for queer people 55 and up.
Respect The Dolls Campaign
Our crowdfunding campaign for trans rights in WNC. Trans people are under attack, and we are standing strong alongside our trans and gender nonconforming friends and neighbors.
Our goal is to raise $100,000 by the 2026 Festival:
$50K will directly benefit local transfeminine people facing workplace and housing discrimination through microgrants and stipends
$50K will be used to provide accessible mental health services, anti-discrimination workplace trainings, and to continue our grassroots advocacy
More Ways to Support Blue Ridge Pride
Become a Festival Sponsor
Festival sponsorships are open through August 1.
Wear Your Pride!
Buy official Blue Ridge Pride merch through our Bonfire shop.