2021 Brings LGBTQ Folks Opportunities for Change
Op-Ed
With 2020 nearly behind us — and truly, the end can’t come soon enough for such an unspeakably awful year — I know that we’re all eager to turn the page and head into brighter times.
SCOTUS & LGBTQ Rights Update
Legal Eagles
On Nov. 4, 2020, the Supreme Court will hear the case of Fulton v. Philadelphia to decide whether private agencies that receive taxpayer funding to provide government services, such as foster care agencies, food banks, homeless shelters and more, could be given a constitutional right to discriminate against and deny services to LGBTQ people based on the agency’s religious beliefs.
Support for Doyenne
Charlotte Barbershop is Recipient of Human Rights Campaign and SHOWTIME’s Queer to Stay
The buzzing sound of clippers fills a small barbershop tucked away at Salon Plaza off Galleria Blvd. in Charlotte. Owners Alicia Phillips, who goes by Brown, and Sakinah Dunlap are all smiles and laughter behind their masks. These two women know how to make you feel at home.
Pride: Durham, NC to host weekend-long event
Carolinas News Notes
From Sept. 25-27, the Triangle will see Pride: Durham, NC roll out their three-day programming for virtual festival goers.
N.C. Reparation Efforts Focus on ‘Generational Wealth,’ Avoid Direct Payments
Cities Explore Ways to Right Age-Old Wrongs
The approval of reparations for Black residents in Asheville this month is being followed by similar demands in other North Carolina cities.
‘It’s All Of Us Or None of Us’
Black LGBTQ Community’s Call To Action
Members of Charlotte Black Pride and representatives from nearly 40 other gay organizations gathered at Camp Northend to celebrate gay Pride with a call to action to the larger gay community — Black Lives Matter.
Study shows zero risk of HIV in gay men under treatment
ART Can Suppress HIV Virus, Render it Incapable of Transmission During Sex
A report published in The Lancet medical journal is stating that the risk of passing on the HIV virus is eliminated by effective drug treatment
Triad: Museum nets arts funding
Carolinas News Notes
Elsewhere Museum, 606 S. Elm St., has been awarded with $35,000 in funds for Art + HealthCare Residencies from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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