Healthcare & Prevention
Testing referrals, PrEP information, wellness resources, and practical sexual health education.
Building connection. Creating belonging. Strengthening Florida's Heartland.
Heartland Pride Center connects LGBTQ+ individuals, families, allies, and partners with affirming resources, trusted support, prevention education, and meaningful community across Polk County and Florida's Heartland.
Welcome
How can we help today?
Choose the path that fits why you came here. No maze. No guesswork. Just a clear place to begin.
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I Need Help
Connect with affirming resources, crisis support, housing, healthcare, mental health services, and more.
📚Find Resources
Explore the growing directory of trusted organizations, providers, businesses, and community services.
🗺️Land of Hearts
Explore the Affirming Business Network or apply to have your business reviewed for public listing.
💙Donate
Help expand outreach, prevention education, and access to affirming resources across Florida's Heartland.
Together
Support works best when people build it together.
Land of Hearts
Find and grow affirming places across the Heartland.
The Heartland Pride Center Affirming Business Network helps community members find local businesses choosing visibility, welcome, and connection. Businesses can apply to be reviewed and added to the public Land of Hearts.
Mental Health
Connection to affirming counseling, peer support options, wellness programs, and crisis resources.
Housing & Stability
Housing, food, safety planning, emergency assistance, and basic-needs resource navigation.
Legal & Employment
Support finding legal resources, identity-document help, job readiness, and affirming workforce connections.
LGBTQ+ Community
Local groups, businesses, partners, events, volunteers, and opportunities to build connection.
Immediate Support
Crisis, shelter, safety, sexual assault, domestic violence, substance use, and urgent support resources.
Our promise
Everyone deserves a place where they belong.
Not just during Pride. Not just in big cities. Every day, right here in Florida's Heartland. Whether you're looking for support, hoping to give back, or searching for community, Heartland Pride Center is here to help you take the next step.
About Heartland Pride Center
A nonprofit resource hub rooted in local connection.
Heartland Pride Center serves Polk County and the surrounding Central Florida Heartland region by connecting people with affirming resources, strengthening community partnerships, and creating visible support for LGBTQ+ people, families, allies, and neighbors.
Resource navigation
Helping people find trusted, affirming places to start.
Prevention education
Expanding access to practical HIV/STI prevention information and referrals.
Community connection
Building pathways for volunteers, partners, allies, and community members to show up together.
Community in motion
Pride is one chapter. Belonging is the year-round work.
HPC is here for the everyday moments too: finding support, connecting with people, showing up for neighbors, and building a stronger Heartland together.
Build with us
We are looking for partners, sponsors, mentors, and local allies.
HPC welcomes conversations with clinics, nonprofits, schools, faith communities, businesses, civic groups, and neighbors ready to help build a stronger, safer, more connected Heartland.
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Help build something that lasts.
Your donation helps fund outreach supplies, prevention education, resource materials, community events, technology, and the infrastructure needed to serve Polk County well.
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Heartland Pride Center
Serving Polk County and the surrounding Central Florida Heartland region.
info@heartlandpridecenter.org
Questions, partnerships, volunteer interest, resource ideas, or community connection can start here.