New Orleans Pride Center | A community center for LGBTQ2IA+ folks in New Orleans and the surrounding region.

Be safe. Be Seen. Be Celebrated. The New Orleans Pride Center is a home for the New Orleans region's LGBTQ2IA+ individuals and allies, as well as a hub of connection and organization for the advancement of our communities.
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Join us tomorrow for a march and vigil for Trans D

Join us tomorrow for a march and vigil for Trans Day of Remembrance🏳️‍⚧️🩷 🤍 💙

Join us Tuesday at the New Orleans Pride Center fo

Join us Tuesday at the New Orleans Pride Center for a dinner and meet-up!🌟

Each month different LGBTQ2IA+ community organizations are invited to share what they do for our communities. There will also be an opportunity to learn more about the Pride Center, our programs, and how you can get involved.

We will gather from 6:00 – 8:00 pm and free (delicious!) dinner will be provided. Come out to meet community and get nourished!💛

Odyssey House is collecting coats for the Low Barr

Odyssey House is collecting coats for the Low Barrier Shelter guests until Wednesday! Drop off is at the NOLA Healing Center 🧥❄️

This #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth , we're celebrat

This #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth , we're celebrating queer Indigenous voices in our community!🌈 Swipe through to learn more about Indigenous queer identities.

📣 Calling all New Orleans area teachers, educat

📣 Calling all New Orleans area teachers, educators, and school staff who are interested in supporting LGBTQ2IA+ students! 📣

Join the New Orleans Pride Center and UTNO’s Sanctuary City committee TOMORROW to talk about the recent anti-LGBTQ2IA+ legislation’s impacts on students, learn about resources, and start planning strategies of support.🌈

We will gather to talk about LGBTQ2IA+ students’ emerging needs and how we can still work to meet them. Our main goals are to identify pathways for school employees to remain affirming and then share these in the Greater New Orleans area and beyond. Snacks are always provided!

Join us TOMORROW for a night of silliness and game

Join us TOMORROW for a night of silliness and games with our Intergenerational Game Night, in partnership with NOAGE (New Orleans Advocates for LGBTQ+ Elders)!💛

🌈 Games have a long history of bringing people together and creating community. Come out for a fun and fabulous night full of social gaming with your community members from across generations.

✨ We have many games on hand but feel free to bring your favorites. It’s an opportunity to get to know some folks from the community in a relaxed, playful environment at the Pride Center. Feel free to invite friends! And, there will be snacks!

Today our friends at @qtcarehouse are hosting a sp

Today our friends at @qtcarehouse are hosting a space of rejuvenation open to all of our LGBTQ2IA + communities. Come by Suite 200 at the New Orleans Healing Center until 5 pm for some healing space with community.

Our weekly queer youth meet-ups have moved to Satu

Our weekly queer youth meet-ups have moved to Saturdays from 3-5, so come join!✨ 🌈

For LGBTQ2IA+ youth ages 13-24, this weekly drop-in series provides a casual setting for youth to meet each other and participate in activities ranging from movies to journaling to games. Each week will feature different activities, with the fourth Wednesday of each month being our arts & crafts night.

This is a really hard day. Know that there are res

This is a really hard day. Know that there are resources available for you to help you through it. Please use them. We need you.

Also, community gathering at the Pride Center tonight from 6 to 8.

We are an amazing community. Let’s hold each other through this moment and start creating the future we need to truly thrive.

This election day remember your voice and your vot

This election day remember your voice and your vote matter. Polls are open until 8pm and we hope you'll make your voice heard by casting a vote for the candidates and policies that will lift up our LGBTQ2IA+ communities. And, remember: no matter how it goes down, we still have our community and we still have our collective power!

Also, no matter what happens, come join us tomorrow / Wednesday from 6-8 for some decompression from the election. There will be treats!
#queerthevote #vote

We may not know who will be elected by this time,

We may not know who will be elected by this time, but we do know for sure this election has been hard on our LGBTQ2IA+ communities! Let’s get together and hang out, decompress, discuss, celebrate, or complain about the election together in community. We will be holding open space during this time, so whether you want to shout with joy with friends or find solace and support during moments of anxiety, we’ve got you. Light snacks will be provided.

Here's what's going on at the Pride Center this mo

Here's what's going on at the Pride Center this month!⭐

Happy Halloween from us at the NOLA Pride Center!💗 🎃 👻

This #LGBTQHistoryMonth , we're celebrating New Or

This #LGBTQHistoryMonth , we're celebrating New Orleans legend, Patsy Vidalia!🌈

Source: The LGBT Archives Project, 64 Parishes.

Happy #intersexawarenessday !💜 💛 The "I" in

Happy #intersexawarenessday !💜 💛 The "I" in #LGBTQIA represents intersex people, born with bodies that fall outside of the male/female binary. Like others under the umbrella, intersex people face stigma and discrimination. Queer people can be allies: amplify intersex voices! @interACT_adv

This #LGBTHistoryMonth , we’re paying tribute to

This #LGBTHistoryMonth , we’re paying tribute to a New Orleans queer icon, Stormé DeLarverie!

Stormé DeLarverie was a groundbreaking African American lesbian activist and drag king, often hailed as a pivotal figure in the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Born in New Orleans in 1920 to a black mother and white father, she became a prominent presence in the 1950s and 60s, known for her fierce spirit and vocal opposition to injustice.

DeLarverie is often credited with being a key figure during the Stonewall uprising in 1969, where her defiance against police brutality is said to have inspired others to fight back against police repression.

"Nobody knows who threw the first punch, but it's rumored that she did, and she said she did," said Lisa Cannistraci, a friend of DeLarverie and owner of the Village lesbian bar Henrietta Hudson. "She told me she did.”

Whether or not DeLarverie was the woman who fought her way out of the police wagon, all accounts agree that she was one of several butch lesbians who fought back against the police during the uprising. She rose to prominence in the ’50s and ’60s as the only “male impersonator” in the Jewel Box Revue, the period’s only racially integrated drag troupe.

DeLarverie's role in the Gay liberation movement lasted long after the uprisings of 1969. Her upbringing as a biracial queer child in the South inspired her to advocate tirelessly for others. For decades she served the community as a volunteer street patrol worker, the "guardian of lesbians in the Village,” and served in the Stonewall Veterans’ Association for years. She continued working as a bouncer for the LGBTQ+ community until age 85.

When asked about why she chose to do this work, she replied, "Somebody has to care. People say, 'Why do you still do that?' I said, 'It's very simple. If people didn't care about me when I was growing up, with my mother being black, raised in the south.' I said, 'I wouldn't be here.'"

🚨 Important Mpox update!🚨 Follow @crescent

🚨 Important Mpox update!🚨

Follow @crescentcarenola @st.thomas_pride @lgbtqeldersnola @transqueeryouth.nola @nolahype @blackpridenola_org @bouncetozero for more queer health information!

If you are concerned about recent mpox news or have thoughts about mpox’s impact on your community, please complete this 3-minute form at the link below that will inform our ongoing work with the White House to have your voices heard.

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Happy #Aceweek to all the ace members of our commu

Happy #Aceweek to all the ace members of our community! 🖤 🩶 🤍 💜 #asexuality #demisexual #acepride

Visit https://redcap.link/adr81tqg to take this Ne

Visit https://redcap.link/adr81tqg to take this New Orleans community health survey! 🌈 It only takes 15 minutes, so make your voice heard.

The input of the LGBTQ2IA+ community in New Orleans is critical to comprehensively understanding the community’s health needs!❤️‍🩹

🌈This #lgbtqhistorymonth , we’re highlighting

🌈This #lgbtqhistorymonth , we’re highlighting the UpStairs Lounge fire that happened in New Orleans in 1973. For more information check out @midlocenter @mccneworleans @lgbtarchivesoflousiana @frenchquarterjournal 🌟

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