Pride: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

The world was an unfriendly place for LGBT people in June 1969. Late that month, some folks were fed… [more]

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Pride: Our Roots

The birth of our modern-day LGBT civil rights movement is largely credited to the spontaneous riots at… [more]

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Pride: 2013 Season

Orlando Black Pride May 28-June 2 orlandoblackpride.com. Boston Pride Week May 31-June 9 bostonpride.org/prideweek. LA… [more]

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City manager attends forum

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Queen City’s newly-installed city manager, Ron Carlee, attended a public forum… [more]

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Rising Appalachia is among one of several bands and performers slated to appear at the Siren Mountain Jam in Boone this weekend.

Women’s music fest comes to Appalachia this weekend

Siren Mountain Jam hosted in Boone, June 21-22

The Siren Mountain Jam slated for this weekend will make its debut as one of the newest women’s music festival held in the Southeast.

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by Matt Comer
June 19, 2013 in A&E / Life&Style

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Mayfield: City wants to diversify minority business outreach

LGBT businesses not currently included but outreach important, says leader

Councilmember LaWana Mayfield, the city’s first and only openly LGBT elected official, spoke to nearly 40 LGBT community members on Tuesday about the city’s new minority, women and small business enterprise program.

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June 19, 2013 in News

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Study: Gay couples at higher risk of housing discrimination

Federal study finds adverse conditions across nation

A first-ever national study of housing discrimination against same-sex couples has found gay and lesbian couples face a higher risk of discrimination in the private rental market when compared to heterosexual couples.

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June 18, 2013 in News

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2014 HRC Gala co-chairs chosen

Dinner to be held in Charlotte in February 2014

Organizers of the annual Human Rights Campaign North Carolina Gala have announced their new co-chairs for their 2014 dinner.

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by Matt Comer
June 18, 2013 in News

UNCC staffers Joshua Burford and Meredith Evans, pictured here int he reading room of the UNC-Charlotte Archives, want to collect and preserve local LGBT history. File Photo.

Archivists working to preserve local LGBT history

UNCC staffers hope to preserve history of Charlotte LGBT experience

Organizers of a new community archive project at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte hope they can collect and preserve local LGBT history like never before. The goal, they say: Save often untold stories for future generations.

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June 17, 2013 in News

DNC city expenses: At least $1.1 million to companies without LGBT employee protections

Commentary: City Council should amend and implement LGBT-inclusive contracting, purchasing policies, ordinances

How many of the companies who benefited from the $50 million in city DNC expenses have employment non-discrimination policies that match the city’s? How much money landed in the hands of companies who practice — or, at the very least, refuse to prohibit — the types of discrimination the city itself says is wrong?

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June 12, 2013 in Editorial

S.C. ranked high for rate of rape, abuse in juvenile justice system

Gay youth reported substantially higher rate of youth-on-youth assault than heterosexual peers

A new U.S. Department of Justice survey has found a high rate of rape and sexual abuse in the country’s juvenile justice system.

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by Matt Comer
June 11, 2013 in News