Gay Charlotte and LGBTQ Carolina News, Arts & Entertainment
According to new official U.S. Census information, Charlotte, N.C. is now the 15th largest city in the country. This information looks at residents inside city limits only. In this way Charlotte far outranks Atlanta, which is only the 39th largest city.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, in partnership with the Equality Federation Institute, released its eighth annual Municipal Equality Index (MEI).
The Alliance For Full Acceptance (AFFA) is “sounding the alarm,” saying that “we are in an absolute state of emergency for black transgender women.
The Alliance for Full Acceptance (AFFA) has responded to the murder of Denali Berries Stuckey, a local transgender woman, on July 20. AFFA, Charleston Pride, We Are Family, Charleston Area Transgender Support, Charleston Black Pride, SC Equality and other community leaders organized a vigil in Stuckey’s memory on July 22 at the Equality Hub space.
Gay Bingo, a major summertime fundraising event to support Palmetto Community Care (PCC), returns in August at a new venue, the Charleston Convention Center.
In 2018, Palmetto Community Care (PCC) tested almost 1,700 people for HIV, recording 23 new HIV-positive cases. That number was up from 20 new HIV-positive cases in 2017.
The Human Rights Campaign has released it 2018 Municipal Equality Index and the Carolinas has been included.
October across the U.S. is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. During this time, communities bring out the pink as participants take to the streets to walk or run to bring awareness to the disease that affects primarily women, and more rarely, men too.
Lowcountry AIDS Services has rebranded itself and is now known as Palmetto Community Care.
The seventh annual Charleston Beer Garden is set for May 19 to benefit Lowcountry AIDS Services and Alliance for Full Acceptance is hosting “Trans Talk: Uncensored.”
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