Tom of Finland Turns 100
Late Artist had Massive Impact on American Gay Male Community
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Touko Valio Laaksonen, also known as Tom of Finland (TOF).
2019: The Year In Review
News and Stories from Across the Nation
Unlike last year, LGBTQ issues did not figure as prominently in the news media. But don’t be fooled. Donald Trump and his administration have been hard at work, gutting nearly every protection put in place by former President Barack Obama.
Friends and Family We Lost
In Memoriam: 2019
During 2019, the LGBTQ community, both locally and nationally, said goodbye to a number of individuals who touched our lives in different ways.
When your family turns on you, where do you go?
A Look at Problems and Solutions for Homeless LGBTQ Youth
Although Justin Early’s book “Street Child,” published in 2013 and based on his experiences near the latter part of the 20th century as a homeless youth (beginning at the mind-boggling age of 10), the story he tells still carries weight for homeless LGBTQ youth today.
Where do you live when you’re gay and gray?
Charlotte’s Senior LGBTQ Community Facing Challenges in Housing
Two elderly women, who had shared the same home for most of their adult lives, had begun to face health issues and physical challenges. Marriage Equality was somewhere in the distant future, and the couple had no legally binding paperwork to keep their relationship safe and protected. As their lives deteriorated, … family separated the two women by placing them in elder care facilities states apart from each other…
A look at the history of housing for Charlotte’s LGBTQ community
Historic Urban Housing Once Affordable for City’s Gays is No Longer
There have been times when I’ve had friends visit and they invariably ask, “Where’s Charlotte’s gay neighborhood?” These days, that generally leaves me scratching my head.
Trump allows S.C. child welfare agencies to refuse gay adoptions
Regional News: HHS policy waiver could impact other communities not approved by organizations operating under ‘Christian policy’
The Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gave an okay on Jan. 23 to allow federally-funded child welfare agencies in South Carolina to refuse services on the basis of religion. The decision came in response to a request made by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster last year.
Supreme Court takes action on trans military ban
Around the Country: Ruling will likely be temporarily stymied by lower courts in Maryland, Washington and California
The US Supreme Court announced today it would offer a temporary uphold of current U.S. president Donald Trump’s requested policy of a ban on transgender individuals serving in the military while lower courts continue to debate the case.
Anti-violence laws don’t protect gay couples
Around North Carolina: Non-co-habitating couples can’t request legal protection for battering
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the state was left with an obscure law unlike any other in the the nation that prevents those in same-sex relationships and not sharing a residence from accessing protective orders for domestic violence.
HB2 continues to Haunt North Carolina
Charlotte and the Carolinas: Facebook shuts down Franklin Graham’s page, Netflix plans to stop Wilmington production shoot
The cloud of HB2 has continued to hang over Charlotte and North Carolina, not unlike the gray overcast skies and rain that plagued the city for much of December and early January.
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