Gay Charlotte and LGBTQ Carolina News, Arts & Entertainment
Too cerebral. Unwilling to engage in bare-knuckles political war with his Republican enemies. Naïve, in fact, about his ability to find common ground with a GOP determined to undermine, even delegitimize him from Day 1.
Janice Covington Allison had bid for the North Carolina Democratic Party chair position, MCC Charlotte will hold a MLK service, an inmate has filed suit against a Mecklenburg sheriff, Queen City Theatre Company is staging a comedy production, Campus Pride is moving, Create-ster received a NGLCC company certification, Lupie’s has closed its Huntersville location.
Theatre Alliace is stagging “Zanna Don’t,” OUT at the Movie is screening “Akron,”movie screening, North Star LGBTQ Center has launched a men’s group and the Guilford Green Foundation has revealed the Red Party location.
Stephen Edward Zamparelli is being mourned by the community and SAGE Raleigh is seeking committee members.
Affinity Health Center is hosting a National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness event, the Exaugural Ball will benefit SC Equality and the Coastal Business Guild will hold a lunch and learn meeting.
The North Carolina Center for Nonprofits is still on a search for a permanent president and the Human Rights Campaign North Carolina has opened its 2018 co-chairs application process.
In 2016, LGBT HealthLink conducted its biannual tobacco census which surveyed all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico to determine the level of LGBTQ inclusion in their tobacco control work, expressly about implementation of the updated LGBT Best and Promising Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs.
Charlotte City Councilmember John Autry, a longtime ally to the LGBTQ community, has moved on up in the world. Having won his bid for the 100th district seat in the North Carolina House, Rep. Autry has big dreams for his growing political career.
As North Carolina faces ongoing protests and ever-growing financial repercussions of their anti-LGBTQ House Bill 2 (HB2), Texas may be next in line. The Lone Star State’s lawmakers introduced their own “bathroom bill” on Jan. 5, a potential law that is a near twin to North Carolina’s HB2.
Most Recent Articles
