News Briefs for 12.25.20
Beyond the Carolinas
News from across the globe for 12.25.20.
LIVE Reading of ‘Life Versus the Paperback Romance’ and Conversation
Project Enough presents a reading of the 1999 Play by Samantha Gellar, “Life Versus the Paperback Romance” followed by a conversation, with the playwright and Shannon Bauerle from Project Enough.
Housing in Uncertain Times
Time Out Youth Continues to Serve Those in Need During COVID-19
Time Out Youth Center (TOY) has been serving the LGBTQ youth population of the Charlotte region for decades and their housing support programs have never been more important than in 2020, as a pandemic rages on across the region.
Allyship is Alive and Well
LGBTQ Support Mounts as Allies Emerge
Dating back to the Stonewall riots, allyship has been a vital component in the continued fight against the oppression, discrimination, social injustice and inequality plagued by the LGBTQ community. Simply put, an ally, also referred to as a straight ally to distinguish from other types of allyship, is someone who in some way supports LGBTQ people.
PFLAG Founder Manford’s 100th Birthday Celebrated
Beyond the Carolinas
On Dec. 4, Jeanne Manford, the mother who inspired a movement of parents, families and allies to advocate for their LGBTQ loved ones would have been 100 years old.
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.
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