A Tipping Point: What Will You Do?
Political Voices
Every single day it feels like the news cycle can’t get more brutal. But then we wake up, something new happens, and we have to adapt, respond and keep moving.
Pride: Will You Show Up?
Political Voices
It’s been over two months since we all became sequestered in our homes, both locally here in North Carolina and around the world. As we inch ever closer to the start of June, many LGBTQ people are beginning to wonder: what will Pride look like this year? And does it even matter?
Equality North Carolina: The Path Forward
Political Voices
The world around us changed beyond recognition. The ongoing COVID-19 crisis is disproportionately impacting our communities and the most vulnerable among us while revealing massive flaws and holes within our social and political systems.
Rye Fellowship Town Hall: Transgender Day of Visibility
In celebration of Transgender Day of Visibility, Equality North Carolina is hosting a Town Hall with four of our past and current Rural Youth Empowerment (RYE) Fellows. Please join us for a conversation about the experiences of young, trans folks navigating COVID-19 and ways the public can support the transgender community at this time.
We Believe in the Power of Youth
Political Voices
The RYE Fellowship is a year-long mentorship and training program for LGBTQ young people hailing from rural areas of North Carolina.
Remembering Dan Kirsch
Former QNotes Editor and Community Leader Dies at Age 66
At a recent meeting of the LGBTQ Elders Steering Committee, co-chair Cindy Hostetler said, “Every LGBTQ organization today (in Charlotte, N.C.) ties back to Dan Kirsch.” Kirsch died suddenly on Friday, Feb. 21. He was 66.
Orgs share endorsement picks
Federal, State and Local Races
It’s finally 2020 political season and the country is off to the start for voting for their favorite candidates across a plethora of races. Here in the Carolinas, races are being run in hopes of capturing voter’s nods when they cast their ballots on Super Tuesday on March 3.
‘STRONG’ participants take on capitol
Carolinas News Notes
On Feb. 8 a crowd of 30,000 individuals marched and rallied in downtown Raleigh at the 14th annual Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) People’s Assembly and Moral March.
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