Archives: Print Edition 2018-04-06

In their public appeal they cite statistics which suggest that there could be thousands of UNCC students who identify as LGBTQ.

I would like to propose some “new rules” for cisgender heterosexual people regarding how they interact with the LGBTQ community.

When I was four, my cousin and I would play house. She was always the wife, and I was the husband.

“Keep our state straight”/Is among the things I hate/It is said just to alienate…

Dear black gay boy you are/life and creation/you sow the seed/for this tree, they feed from…

Across the Carolinas, LGBTQ youth are afforded the opportunity to gather with their peers and to receive valuable support from adults.

Across the nation, there are many organizations that serve as support systems and resources for youth, allies and adults.

Amy Glaser has dedicated herself to enriching the lives of young people — or rather, helping them access the resources they need to enrich their own.

We’ve experienced it in a world that has historically marginalized us and in a country that continues to do so in many areas

I was thrilled to see the positive coverage and celebration of our out gay Olympians.

Queer singer/songwriter Sarah Shook is here to shake up contemporary country music.

I never thought I would do drag — or write a monthly column called “Dishing with Buff Faye.”

Though she was 10 years old the first time she heard the word “transgender,” Sarah McBride knew from an early age that she was really a girl.

MeckPAC will hold “Tap into the Primaries,” its 2018 Spring reception and endorsements release, Northwest School of the Arts Parent Teacher Organization in partnership with CMS “Making It Better” will show the film “Screenagers: Growing Up in The Digital Age,” David Valdes Greenwood’s “The Mermaid Hour” will get a three-city National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere and the Charlotte Lesbian and Gay Fund will hold its 11th Annual Happening luncheon on May 16.

Duke Divinity School LGBTQ students are demanding justice, the Raleigh Business and Professional Network welcomes N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s LGBTQ Center will celebrate its 15th anniversary on April 14 and the We Are 1 Conference will be held in the Triangle.

Blue Ridge Community College will bring “Stories from the Table” to the stage from April 12-15 and the Asheville Lesbian Seniors Group is all set for warmer weather with a host of gatherings to welcome the sunshine.

The Freedom Center for Social Justice has announced that its Transgender Faith and Action Network Retreat call for proposals form is live and TriPrideTN, which was formed in October 2017, is gearing up for its first annual TriPride Parade and Festival on Sept. 15.

Ten states and Washington, D.C. have outlawed conversion therapy, and four bans were signed into law by governors, signaling a growing bipartisan consensus.

Quick Hits from across the globe for 04.06.18.

A reader asks: “My ex is mad, not because I dumped him, but because I did it on the phone. With my last breakup, I just wrote an email and that worked fine. Did I do something wrong?”