Connection before isolation
We believe people heal, grow, and thrive when they can find each other safely and honestly.
About HPC
A community hub built from lived experience, local need, and heart.
Heartland Pride Center is an emerging LGBTQ+ community resource organization serving Polk County and the surrounding Central Florida Heartland region.
Our purpose
Real people helping real people.
HPC exists to help people find support without having to wander through confusion, silence, fear, or rejection first. We are building a place where wellness, prevention, resource navigation, community connection, and belonging can live under one roof, even before we have a physical one.
What guides us
Support without judgment
People should not have to be perfect, polished, or easy to deserve care and dignity.
Visibility with purpose
We are not asking permission to belong here. We already do, and our community deserves to be seen.
Our vision
A stronger Heartland where LGBTQ+ people have a clear place to begin.
HPC is being developed as a central resource hub, future gathering space, outreach presence, and partnership bridge for people, families, allies, and organizations across Polk County.