Charlotte Pride’s Reel Out LGBTQ film festival is back
These days, living in our post pandemic world and with the way cultural participation has evolved, it often seems challenging to convince friends and acquaintances to step out for a big night of fun. Sometimes it seems practically impossible to convince friends to barely step foot outside of their door! If ever there was a…
Final verdict in Raleigh LGBT Center embezzlement case reached
After almost two years, legal proceedings regarding embezzlement in the LGBT Center of Raleigh’s…
United Methodist Church delegates vote to end anti-LGBTQ policies after decades
One local minister was happy that the United Methodist Church ended a longtime prohibition…
Gather around the campfire this summer at LGBTQ+ summer camp
Many people remember summer camp as one of the highlights of childhood, but for…
Trans students’ safety in question after proposed South Carolina budget provision revealed
South Carolina trans students may be barred from using the bathroom that corresponds with…
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Juicy Body Goddess goes viral on TikTok for empowering plus size women
Summer Lucille wasn’t always comfortable in her own skin. She graduated from college with a degree in computer science and worked at Bank of America in Charlotte. On the outside, it appeared Lucille was living the life people dream of, but for her, it wasn’t fulfilling. “That nine [to] five job, it was just so…
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With Michele Morrow, it won’t be a brighter tomorrow for North Carolina schools
The North Carolina Constitution guarantees residents’ rights to a free public education, stating “The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and otherwise for a general and uniform system of free public schools, which shall be maintained at least nine months in every year, and wherein equal opportunities shall be provided for all students.” The public…
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South Carolina superintendent says schools should ignore new Title IX protections for trans students
The South Carolina superintendent of education recommended ignoring new federal protections expanding the definition of sex discrimination under Title IX to protect queer, trans and gender-nonconforming students. In addition, the superintendent also stated she believed once the rules go into effect August 1, they will most likely be challenged in court. President Biden’s administration announced…
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New data: LGBTQ+ Community continues to face financial challenges compared to hetero peers
On April 3, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, released a report in partnership with Community Marketing & Insights featuring data collected from 1,899 LGBTQ+ adults (age 18 and older) in the United States. The report, which comes…
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