5+ hour, 7+ min ago  (735+ words) When Donna Friend helped organize Holly Springs" second-ever pride festival in September 2025, she was blown away by the turnout. The celebration began with a parade from the Food Lion parking lot up North Main Street toward the Holly Springs Cultural…...

8+ mon, 2+ day ago  (518+ words) Amanda Cottrill has lived in Wake Forest for 20 years, but it was during the pandemic that she realized that the town's LGBTQ residents needed ways to come together." As fate would have it, Cottrill was scrolling through Instagram in 2023 when…...