Kentucky lgbtq+ Health & Wellness Fair

12/16/2025

Right now a lot of sickness is circulating across Kentucky. Make sure you take steps to protect yourself and prevent the spread: wash your hands, cover your cough, and stay up-to-date on immunizations. Learn how to spot the signs of some major illnesses with this handy chart.

12/03/2025

12/01/2025

❤️ Today is World AIDS Day. And the truth is this ➡️ the South is still seeing the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses in the country. In rural communities like ours, access to testing, prevention, and affirming care is still limited... and stigma is often the biggest barrier of all.

✊🏽 This reality also falls heaviest on Black and Hispanic communities. In 2022, Black individuals made up 38% of new diagnoses.

🏳️‍🌈 And gay and bis*xual men (and other MSM) accounted for 67% nationwide.

These numbers represent real people in our towns and hollers.

💊 Testing, PrEP, PEP, education, and community support save lives, but only if they’re available to everyone. Learn more:

❤️ What is PrEP?
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: A medicine that can reduce the risk of getting HIV from s*x by about 99%. (and from injection drug use by at least 74%).

‼️ How you can get PrEP:
1) Talk to a healthcare provider you feel safe with.
2) Get tested. You must be HIV negative to get PrEP.
3) Get your prescription filled at your pharmacy.

❤️ What is PEP?
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis: A medicine you can take after being potentially exposed to HIV to prevent infection.

‼️ How you can get PEP:
- Must be started within 72 hours after a possible exposure to HIV.
- Prescribed by emergency rooms, primary healthcare providers, or some s*xual health clinics.
- Know where you can get PEP before you need it.

💙 AVOL Kentucky offers free, confidential HIV testing and connects individuals to prevention supplies and medical interventions like PrEP: https://avolky.org

12/01/2025

12/01/2025

Today, December 1 marks World AIDS Day. First observed in 1988, it serves as a day to promote awareness about HIV and AIDS, demonstrate support for those living with HIV, and honor the lives lost. The day seeks to encourage individuals to educate themselves and others about HIV, take action to reduce HIV transmission by promoting prevention strategies, and ensure that people living with HIV can fully participate in community life, free from stigma and discrimination.

11/26/2025

📢🧡 We hope to see you tomorrow on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday November 27) at MoreLove 2025 Community Thanksgiving from 1pm-5pm at The Stargazer Lounge in Morehead, Kentucky. This is a free meal in a welcoming, all-ages space. It’s a relaxed, come-as-you-are gathering, and you’re welcome to drop in whenever it works for you.

Address: The Stargazer Lounge ➡️ 109 N Wilson Ave, Morehead, KY 40351

💚 Vegan options will be available.

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 This is an LGBTQIA2S+ safe space. You are safe with us.

🌎 Estás a salvo con nosotros.

🥤 This event will be sober from 1-3. The Stargazer Lounge bar will be open, offering libations for purchase after 3:00pm – just remember, please don’t drink and drive.

➡️ When you RSVP, VOLUNTEER, or DONATE you’re helping ensure there’s a place at the table for everyone. So do that at https://moreloveeky.org/ct/

Marketing and Advertising Funding Provided By: Visit Morehead and Rowan County KY

11/21/2025

No matter your town, holler, or highway mile — you’re invited to MoreLove 2025 Community Thanksgiving. Travel is encouraged, because community knows no borders. Join us for this FREE meal in a welcoming, all-ages space.

➡️ When you RSVP, VOLUNTEER, or DONATE you’re helping ensure there’s a place at the table for everyone. So do that at https://moreloveeky.org/ct/

🧡 Join us on Thanksgiving Day
Thursday November 27
1pm-5pm
The Stargazer Lounge
109 N Wilson Ave, Morehead, KY 40351

🥤 This event will be sober from 1-3. The Stargazer Lounge bar will be open, offering libations for purchase after 3:00pm – just remember, please don’t drink and drive.

💚 Vegan options will be available.

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 This is an LGBTQIA2S+ safe space. You are safe with us.

🌎 Estás a salvo con nosotros.

Learn more about MoreLove at MoreLoveEKY.org

Marketing and Advertising Funding Provided By: Visit Morehead and Rowan County KY

11/13/2025

Today begins 11/13-11/19, A week to raise visibility for our transgender and non-binary siblings and issues our community face.

Join us next Thursday, November 20th at 7:30pm , as our community gathers for Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil as we remember and honor our Trans siblings that were lost during the last year to violence and transphobia.