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Charlotte will be eligible to pass another LGBTQ non-discrimination ordinance in 2020.
The Charlotte LGBT Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for elections, Time Out Youth Center wants help, speed dating comes to the Queen City, lesbians mount performance, Charlotte’s public library is hosting a grant workshop, pagan Pride is being held in Belmont and Raleigh and the Arts & Science Council offers grants.
The Charlotte City Council has been getting pressure from the North Carolina General Assembly and the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce to compromise in order to hopefully get some sort of modification to HB2. The NCGA has put forth no plan publicly stating what they would change and LGBT activists and leaders have been calling on the …
The British television station Channel 4 recently broadcast a news segment on North Carolina’s anti-LGBT legislation HB2, as well as the Obama administration’s directive to allow trans students to use the bathrooms consistent with their gender identity and the states suing the federal government as a result. Charlotte transgender activists Lara Americo and Che Busiek …
The Charlotte City Council had added “Economic impact of HB2” as a topic for their Monday night dinner meeting. It was rumored that they might take a vote to repeal the LGBT non-discrimination ordinance in order to strike a deal with the North Carolina General Assembly, who is reported to have told council members in …
The Charlotte City Council removed the topic of the economic impact of HB2 and opted not take a vote on the repeal of the expanded LGBT non-discrimination ordinance at Monday night’s dinner meeting, which had been feared by community members and non-profit groups. Related: LGBT rights groups urge Charlotte City Council not to compromise with NCGA over HB2 …
The Washington Post recently posted a video featuring Charlotte transgender woman Lara Americo, as well as other members of the local trans community and their allies, fighting back against HB2. The video features interviews with Americo, as well as footage with her girlfriend Joanne Spataro and friend Che Busiek as they prepare for the Transgender …
Ever since signing the discriminatory anti-LGBT HB2 into law, Gov. Pat McCrory has been on the defensive. Not only is he facing a legal challenge by the ACLU, Equality NC and Lambda Legal, but he has to answer to the backlash as cities like Atlanta and Dayton, as well as states such as New York …
Charlotte, N.C.’s own Funky Geezer has something to say to N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory, “Since your nose is in my business, you know, could you give me a little wipe? Down there?”
Local transgender individuals have come together to ask the North Carolina General Assembly not to override Charlotte’s LGBT non-discrimination ordinance, which allows trans people to use the bathroom and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity, among other protections.
