Connecting the LGBTQ Community
Northwest Arkansas Equality is a nonprofit organization providing programming, education, and advocacy to serve, connect, and empower the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community. We provide free HIV/STI testing services, various support groups, resources, and social and community outreach events. Each summer, we produce Northwest Arkansas Pride, the state's largest LGBTQ celebration!
Upcoming Events
Our GenPride program provides time and space for the members of the region's LGBTQ community, ages 50+ to socialize and have fun! Sign-up to receive specific GenPride notifications here! We'll meet this… Read more about March GenPride Coffee Hour We celebrate both Women's History and Transgender Visibility in March. This month's book selection is Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton, winner of the 2022 Lammy Award for transgender fiction. The main… Read more about March Gay Book Club This support group is open to all people, 18 and over, who experience being a woman and a member of the LGBTQ community. We welcome cis and trans women, nonbinary… Read more about LGBTQ Women’s Support Group Now that drag is legal again in Arkansas – Hang out with Taylor Madison Monroe, Shawn Tyler Andrews, Cassandra Rae, Mr. Arkansas Continental Holland, Miss Gay Arkansas America Savvy Savant,… Read more about 2023 Dickson Divas Drag Bingo This support group is open to all individuals over 18 who are ready to take the first steps to come out as any sexual orientation or gender identity. It welcomes… Read more about Coming Out, Welcoming In Support Group This month, we're reading John Copenhaver's The Savage Kind, winner of the 2022 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Mystery. Two lonely teenage girls in 1940s Washington, DC, discover they have… Read more about April Gay Book Club This peer support group is open to all individuals over 18 who identify as transgender, non-binary, gender fluid, and gender non-conforming. The group is a safe place to explore experiences,… Read more about Transgender & GNC Support Group This peer support group provides a stigma-free and inclusive space for members of the Queer community to share struggles with mental health issues, drug addiction, or alcoholism. It is open… Read more about LGBTQ Addiction & Recovery Support Group
March GenPride Coffee Hour
NWA Equality 179 N. Church Ave., Fayetteville 
March Gay Book Club
Pearl's Books 28 E. Center Street, Fayetteville
LGBTQ Women’s Support Group
2023 Dickson Divas Drag Bingo
Fayetteville Town Center 15 W. Mountain Street, Fayetteville, AR Coming Out, Welcoming In Support Group
April Gay Book Club
Brick Lane Books 113 S. 2nd Street, Rogers, AR Transgender & GNC Support Group
LGBTQ Addiction & Recovery Support Group