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The LGBTQ Center provides resources, advocacy, and education for LGBTQ+ folks and our allies throughout southeastern North Carolina.

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08/18/2026

Come out to Riko's Pizza Carolina Beach for a Pleasure Island Pride POP-UP!
Friday August 21st 5:30-7:30
Join us on the back bar and patio with friends old and new!
Share widely!!

08/12/2026

🎉TICKET GIVEAWAY!!! Q***r NC Native, Fortune Feimster, is bringing her comedy tour to Wilmington! You may know her from The L Word: Generation Q, Glee, Life in Pieces, Chelsea Lately, or NBC’s Last Comic Standing. She came out publicly as a le***an in 2005 and weaves her experiences as a q***r person from the south throughout her comedy 🏳️‍🌈

Thank you to Wilson Center at CFCC for reaching out to give us 2 free tickets to share with our community (you!) 🩷

HOW TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY:
1) Follow our account (LGBTQ Center of the Cape Fear Coast)
2) Like this post
3) Comment below and tag a friend!!

1 winner will get 2 free tickets! 🎟️ 🎟️ Good luck!

08/05/2026

Pleasure Island Pride (Carolina Beach area) invites you to their social gathering at 5:30 on Friday, August 21st at Riko's Pizza! They are a wonderful and very welcoming group of people and we definitely recommend getting connected ❤️

See ya at Riko's back bar and patio!🍕

Riko's Pizza of Carolina Beach
1000 N Lake Park Blvd

08/02/2026

Join us on October 10th for a celebration of our beautiful LGBTQ+ community! This is our one fundraiser of the year, and our planning team has been preparing for months to bring you an incredibly special Gala!

This year’s Gala features dinner & drinks, two live music acts, entertainment, an auction, and awards for community members (nominate your choice at bit.ly/lgbtqawards!).

All proceeds from the Gala go directly to the recurring programming, resources, and support that the Center provides to the local LGBTQ community.

This cause is so close to all of our hearts, and we are deeply grateful for your generosity❤️

🎟️Tickets are on sale now! Use the code “EARLYBIRD” for $25 off until September 1st (limited availability). Ticket link: bit.ly/octobergala 🎟️

08/01/2026

TODAY!!!!!!! 4-7pm at Luna Caffe + Roasters 🏳️‍🌈☕️ We are so excited to introduce this new monthly gathering- an informal social for LGBTQ+ adults and allies (hosted by the amazing Nia).

Don’t let money hold you back- Luna Caffe has a community fund that will happily cover a cup of coffee for you! Come meet new friends and have a gay ol’ time 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

✅Accessibility info: handicap restroom, ramp, various seating options including couches and chairs, can be louder or quieter depending on the crowd, music plays in the background, non-dairy milks & GF pastries available. DM us with any accessibility questions!

07/29/2026

Pride month photo dump #1 🏳️‍🌈 We had the BEST time with y’all! This year was our (and the Cape Fear’s) largest Pride to date! Thank you so much to everyone who chose to support our small center in any way this Pride ❤️ We’re still here, still q***r, and still here for YOU with programming, support, & resources year round 🫂🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

P.S. If you have any photos or videos from Pride in the Cape Fear area you’re willing to share, please send them our way!

07/02/2026

Thank you all for an amazing Pride 2026!🏳️‍🌈 Our small (but mighty!) team of staff and volunteers are very tired from all the hard work and passion poured into Pride month events, so the Center will be closed until July 17th.

📢 All regular Center programming will continue EXCEPT Visibility Group and Q***r Family Playdates are cancelled and will resume in August 📢

Crisis resources can be found at lgbtqcapefear.org/resources.

We look forward to seeing everyone after our Pride month recovery period!🩷

07/01/2026

36 years ago in Wilmington, Talana Kreeger was murdered for being a le***an. Today, after a month filled with public Pride celebrations, I visited Talana’s bench in her honor.

Those who knew Talana describe her as fun-loving, generous, and free-spirited. She loved all animals and treated strangers like friends. She was a skilled carpenter. She was known to give her time freely and was helping with the renovation of Park View, a le***an bar near Greenfield Lake.

One night at Park View bar, Talana played pool with some friends and Ronald Thomas, a trucker passing through town. Thomas argued with them about “homosexuality” and then brutally assaulted and killed Talana (as told by Thomas himself when he later confessed to the crime). Talana was 32 years old.

Though this was clearly a hate crime, it was not legally classified as such. Today, North Carolina remains 1 of 15 states that does not include LGBTQ+ motivated offenses in the hate-crime classification.

This results in
* Inadequate court verdicts
* A lack of legal protection of LGBTQ people
* Further traumatization of the LGBTQ community as our identities are ignored in news coverage and criminal court - despite being a clear motivator of the crime

Wilmington Police told the local LGBTQ community to “not be too visible” in the days following the murder. They arranged unpublished plans for Talana’s funeral. Forbidden to post signs directing mourners to the church, organizers tied low-lying white balloons along the route up Market Street, leading to a church in Ogden.

At the last minute, the pastor called off the service after finding out that Talana was a le***an. Wilmington Police stopped the procession of cars and told them to turn around. They scrambled to find another place for the funeral. Only one church, the Church of the Good Shepherd, would take her.

This spurred on the local LGBTQ community to create their own institutions and infrastructures of support. Friend of Talana, Frank Harr, said “You had to learn to cling to each other and tote your own crosses… the only way to do that was to create our own institutions.”

They started “church in a box” out of the trunk of someone’s car, which later became St. Jude’s church when they got a building. Harr said, “Never again will we have to hunt for that place to bury our dead. Never again will we have to hunt for that place to bless your union. We won’t have to depend on the outside world.”

(Full circle moment: our LGBTQ Center was originally founded as the Frank Harr Foundation by his husband after his passing.)

Today, I stand at Talana’s bench in a small attempt to honor her. To remember her, though I didn’t know her. Somehow, I feel a profound connection to her.

Talana would be 68 years old if she was still alive today. I imagine her with silver hair and crinkles at the corners of her eyes. I wonder if she’d be laughing with Ed or dancing with Cynthia in Silver Pride Circle’s lip sync performance.

I’m so grateful for our older LGBTQ Wilmingtonians who, in their grief and trauma, built the foundation of this community that we are continuing to build today. Thank you for your courage to be your authentic selves, to forge the way. We stand on your shoulders.

I created a link tree to consolidate information about Talana’s story if you want to learn more: https://linktr.ee/honoringtalana

06/23/2026

We are excited to launch our Community Needs Survey, which is YOUR way to share your voice in the future of the Center! It will take about 10 minutes to complete. Please, please give us your input if you’re willing/able!

We want to get as much input as possible and greatly appreciate your time. This will allow us to serve you, and the Cape Fear area more intentionally.

You can fill out the survey at the link in our bio or here: forms.gle/Gxic1FtkRedyYwBc8

Address

1506 Market Street
Wilmington, NC
28401

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 2pm
Wednesday	2pm - 6pm
Thursday	10am - 1pm

Telephone

+19102620327

Website

https://lgbtqcapefear.org/

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