The following information concerning state-wide and area news, events, and activities is updated at the beginning of each calendar month. Please check with the originating organization to check on possible cancellations or changes that might have occurred since they were originally posted here. See Local News for non-CCSJ events and activities organized and/or occurring in the Morgantown area. See WVU News for Social and Environmental Justice related activties and events organized or occurring at West Virginia University.
West Virginia NOW has a Facebook page and a web page. Or email Amanda Ray, the state NOW president, at amandajray@yahoo.com.
Kanawha Valley NOW: Follow them on Facebook.
Huntington NOW: Follow them on Facebook.
See more about ACLU West Virginia here or Facebook. This is a very active Facebook page so please check it for current issues and actions. Email them at mail@acluwv.org.
The ACLU of West Virginia has posted its 2026 Legislative Candidate Questionnaires here.
“Ahead of the 2026 Election, we sent questionnaires to candidates running for the WV House of Delegates and the WV Senate. There are 100 House of Delegate seats and 17 State Senate seats on the ballot this November.
“The ACLU of West Virginia sent questions to all candidates to gauge their positions on ICE, the death penalty, voting rights, and other issues.
“These responses have been provided by the candidates and have not been edited by us. The ACLU is non-partisan. We do not endorse candidates, and these responses are for voter education only.”
Fairness West Virginia is a civil rights advocacy organtization dedicated to the fair and equal treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender West Virginians.
“Fairness West Virginia, the state’s leading LGBTQ+ civil rights organization based in Charleston, seeks a full-time Communications Director to help guide our communications strategy, publicize our work throughout the state, and advance our public education programs in West Virginia. The Communications Director will report directly to Fairness West Virginia’s Executive Director. . . . Applicants are encouraged to apply by May 15 for priority consideration. We will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. Fairness West Virginia is an equal opportunity employer.” The easiest way to find the details and application information is to go to the Facebook page above and click on the link with this notice.
Several communities are starting to post their PRIDE events for June 2026 on their webpage. The June 6th event will be from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Slack Plaza, 182 Summers Street, Charleston. At “press time,” there are events scheduled in Lost River and Parkersburg for Saturday, June 13th. Details are available here.
Follow Fairness West Virginia on Facebook.
For more on this group’s events, go to Facebook www.facebook.com/RainbowPrideWV or their website here.
Thursday June 4th: Pride Edition of Drag Queen Bingo Lee Street Lounge. $20 at the door.
Friday June 5th: Drag Race & Block Party on Summers Street. 6 p.m.-10 p.m. Free to attend. Bringing you the biggest Pride Block Party in WV. Charity Drag relay race, local & State wide Drag performers and our very own DJEJ hosted by Viki Williams Ted Brightwell and Priscilla Divine (Yep, she's coming back for our 30th Anniversary!)
Saturday June 6th: Pride Parade & Festival 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. with hosts Viki Williams Ted Brightwell, Priscilla Divine and Danaya Reid Walker with national musical headliner Mila Jam, from RuPaul's Drag Race Sam Star and our very own Olivia Knowles and our fave DJEJ . Free to attend.
Saturday June 6th: Pride Parade on Laidley St. Step off is 12:3 p.m. Who will win best parade float? Free to attend and free to march.
Sunday June 7th: Pride Kickball & "Together We Win" Field Day featuring at least 5 regional Pride organizations, partnering with ACLU of West Virginia and West Virginia Trans Coalition. 2:00 p.m. at Shawnee Sports Complex. Free to attend.
Thursday June 11th: Pride Night with the Charleston Dirty Birds at GoMart Ballpark featuring Pride family entertainment, NOH8 Campaign photo opportunity and Drag performances and a Pride fireworks display!
"The West Virginia Transgender Coalition is a grassroots organization that works to ensure the wellbeing, safety and lived equity of all trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive community members within the state of West Virginia.”
Meetings will now be held the first Monday of the month! Meetings are open to any community member interested in joining..
For more information, please go their Facebook page.
This group organized in December 2021 in Charleston “to illuminate the experiences of LGBTQ+ people of color in West Virginia and provide them with a safe space of fellowship,” according to a story in the Juneteenth edition of Black By God: The West Virginian. For more information, email WVBPfoundation@outlook.com or Kasha@wvpfoundation.com.
According to its website, “We are an emerging news and storytelling organization centering Black voices from the Mountain State. We provide a more nuanced portrayal of the Black experience in the Appalachian region.” Crystal Good is the editor/publisher/founder of Black By God.
There is a weekly online edition and a quarterly print edition.
To contact Black by God, email Info@Blackbygod.org or call 304-207-0352. The mailing address is 2156 University Ave. Suite 400, Morgantown, WV, 26505. To make a tax-deductible donation, go to blackbygod.org/donate.