News Briefs for 01.25.19
Beyond the Carolinas
News from across the globe for 01.25.19.
Chamber celebrates holidays, honors community members
Event’s welcome reception and social attended by Gov. Roy Cooper
Last month, the Charlotte LGBT Chamber of Commerce celebrated the holiday season in festive style, as well as conducted its final business of the calendar year with its sold out “Shimmer, Shine & Success!” event held at The Westin. The event was also graced by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper.
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.
The Year in Review: 2018
Transgender Issues at the Year’s Forefront
Despite an extremely right leaning political climate over the past year, 2018 saw a substantial drop in media coverage related to LGBTQ issues than in years past. That doesn’t mean noteworthy stories weren’t reported, however.
News Briefs 12.28.18
Beyond the Carolinas
News from across the globe for 12.28.18.
An unlikely advocate for gay rights emerges
LGBT History Month: America’s First Equality Governor
In April of 1975, a groundbreaking event occurred in the fight for gay and lesbian equal rights. In Pennsylvania, a state not generally known for liberal politics, a courageous and progressive governor, Milton J. Shapp, signed an executive order that banned discrimination in state government.
He’s been our president
Reflections on President Barack Obama
Too cerebral. Unwilling to engage in bare-knuckles political war with his Republican enemies. Naïve, in fact, about his ability to find common ground with a GOP determined to undermine, even delegitimize him from Day 1.
Texas twin to HB2: ‘bathroom bill’ introduced down south
Will Texas face similar backlash to North Carolina?
As North Carolina faces ongoing protests and ever-growing financial repercussions of their anti-LGBTQ House Bill 2 (HB2), Texas may be next in line. The Lone Star State’s lawmakers introduced their own “bathroom bill” on Jan. 5, a potential law that is a near twin to North Carolina’s HB2.
