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LGBTQ advocates and South Carolina youth file lawsuit challenging state’s anti-LGBTQ curriculum law

Carolinas News Notes

Lainey Millen on March 6, 2020

The National Center for Lesbian Rights and Lambda Legal, along with private counsel Womble Bond Dickinson, Brazil & Burke and law professor Clifford Rosky, have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a South Carolina statute that prohibits public school health education from including any discussion of same-sex relationships except in the context of sexually transmitted diseases.

Pride fests dot the Carolinas

Carolinas News Notes

Lainey Millen on September 6, 2019

As Pride Month is extended from June into September in the Carolinas, several towns and cities are gearing up to celebrate the lives of LGBTQ individuals. Not only that, visitors can enjoy these environs as a getaway while the weather is still on the warm side.

Port city LGBTQ teens enjoy prom

Teens Experience Enchantment

Jeff Byers on May 14, 2019

We Are Family, a Charleston, S.C.-based resource for LGBTQ youth, recently hosted a queer prom. Billed on the organization’s website as The Charleston Queer Prom 2019, the theme was “Enchanted.”

Diners help raise HIV/AIDS awareness

Carolinas News Notes

Lainey Millen on April 19, 2019

On April 25, Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) will hold its largest annual fundraising event, Dining Our for Life (DOLF) which benefits HIV prevention and care.



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