Gay Charlotte and LGBTQ Carolina News, Arts & Entertainment
The model policy provides a blueprint of practices that promote the safety, dignity and well-being of transgender, gender nonconforming, and intersex (TGNCI) youth in youth justice facilities.
LGBTQ and allied community members heeded the call when director Sarah Stephens asked them to participate in taping of the “We Are the World” video project that she was creating.
New research … found that anti-bullying laws that explicitly protect youth based on sexual orientation are associated with fewer suicide attempts among all youth, regardless of sexual orientation.
LGBTQ musician Molly Adele Brown is one of the hottest young stars bursting onto the music scene.
One of the state’s oldest and largest charter schools, backed by a conservative donor and activist, has changed a policy that once prohibited students from promoting or affirming LGBTQ people or causes.
GLSEN will hold its Respect Awards ceremony on May 15 in New York, N.Y. Honorees include Ryan Pedlow, founder of Two Creeks Capital (Visionary Award), Ann Clark, superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (Educator of the Year) and First Data (Corporate Ally Award). These awardees champion LGBTQ youth in K-12 schools. Special guest will be Dr. Jill …
RTI has released a victim violence study, three Triangle choruses are holding a joint concert and Crape Myrtle Festival is having a host party to raise funds.
GLSEN has released state-level data from its “National School Climate Survey” which shows that U.S. secondary schools are slowly improving but remain hostile environments for many LGBTQ students.
