Community Outreach Events
Shelby Pride is an organization dedicated to serving the LGBTQIA+ community of Cleveland County by creating safe social spaces, providing education on LGBTQIA+ issues, and advocating for equality. DATE for 2025 Festival coming soon!
The largest celebration of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies in WNC. WNCAP will be there with a booth and mobile HIV testing van. Stop by and see us for games, giveaways, free HIV testing, and more!
Sylva Pride is dedicated to celebrating and uplifting the experiences of our LGBTQIA+ community throughout Western North Carolina.
Don we now our gay apparel at Christmas in July, a dazzling drag show brunch extravaganza set for Sunday, July 6. There will be TWO SHOWS, one beginning at 11:00 a.m. and a second at 1:00 p.m.
This year’s Christmas in July will take place at Highwire Brewing in Biltmore Village at 2A Huntsman Pl. Asheville, NC 28803.
The event, hosted by Asheville Drag Brunch, is an all-ages, family-friendly affair, and all proceeds will be donated to the Western North Carolina AIDS Project’s (WNCAP)
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online by clicking the button below. Buy your tickets today! Asheville Drag Brunch fundraisers are popular, and shows sell out fast!
Don’t miss your chance to get your FREE HIV test this year on National HIV Testing Day, taking place on June 27th. New screening guidelines recommend that everyone between the ages of 15 and 65 get tested for HIV because early diagnosis and treatment, helps people live a long, healthy life and drastically reduces the risk of transmission.
Free testing will be available at Walgreens in Cleveland County on Dekalb St, and in Walgreens in Buncombe County on Patton Ave., and Merrimon Ave. from 11 AM – 2 PM on June 27th.
For more information, contact Raymond Velazquez-Turner.
Haywood County’s first full-scale Pride Parade & Festival, Pride on Main works towards a future without discrimination where all people have equal rights and access to safe spaces both virtually and physically.
Join us Wednesday, June 25, for a book launch, reading and discussion with Rahim Thawer, author of “The Mental Health Guide for Cis & Trans Gay Guys.” Thawer’s book offers a safe, inclusive space to examine, understand, and heal from systemic and interpersonal threats to mental well-being. WNCAP’s own Director of Prevention Raymond Velazquez-Turner will be leading a discussion of Thawer’s book.
Join us for a celebration of Trans lives, Trans culture, Trans health, and our beautiful community of Trans youth.
Join MY Pride for PrideFest: Holler Back Stronger—a joyful, in-person celebration of LGBTQIA+ resilience, creativity, and community.
Get ready for a full day of music, movement, making, and magic — a space to embrace your true self, connect with others, and celebrate all the vibrant ways we show up in the world.
Hendersonville Pride is committed to promoting respect, visibility, acceptance, and building a community of inclusion for all people.
Signature Events
For World AIDS Day 2025, Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP), the National AIDS Memorial, Campaign for Southern Equality, and Revolve Gallery are partnering together to bring 7 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt to Asheville as part of the Community Display Program.
The Quilt panels will be on display from 9 AM to 6 PM at Revolve Gallery on Riverside Drive from December 1st through December 13th. The display is free to the public, with any donations received supporting the mission and work of Western North Carolina AIDS Project.
Learn more HERE!
On the last Thursday of April, Dining Out For Life encourages residents of Asheville and surrounding counties to eat out at Participating Restaurants. This celebration supports both the local restaurants that host the events, and the lives of those living and thriving with HIV. Now in its 23nd year, the money raised by WNCAP’s annual Dining Out for Life is more critical than ever. Donations provide care, rental assistance, and education in our fight against HIV/AIDS. Dine Out. End HIV.
Don't miss this year's film screening of Day With(OUT) Art, a creative film project produced by Visual AIDS. View short films by national and international artists living with HIV.
2025 showtimes and locations:
Pack Library: Thursday, December 4th at 4:30pm
REVOLVE Art Space: Sunday, December 7th at 6pm
Firestorm Books: Wednesday, December 10th at 6pm
Learn more about Visual AIDS here: www.visualaids.org