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News Briefs for 08.10.18

By Calla Hales count, more than 18,500 protesters showed up at her [abortion] clinic last year alone. Each weekend, the numbers average more than 200 individual protesters in a day.

The Crape Myrtle Festival 38’s online silent auction is now open for bidding.

The Victory Institute announced that it has selected NC AIDS Action Network’s Christina Adeleke as one of 10 fellows for its Victory Empowerment Fellowship and Adam & Eve has released results from their annual sex survey.

One of the state’s oldest and largest charter schools, backed by a conservative donor and activist, has changed a policy that once prohibited students from promoting or affirming LGBTQ people or causes.

SAGE Raleigh will hold a 4th of July Potluck celebration on July 4, 1:30 p.m., at Umstead Park Pavilion #2, 8801 Glenwood Ave.

Wednesday marks the annual National HIV Testing Day, and local groups are using Tuesday to gear up for a day of prevention and awareness.

Two more North Carolina locales have issued official proclamations recognizing LGBTQ Pride Month, following a similar proclamation from Wake County on Monday this week.

The Wake County Board of Commissioners on Monday passed an LGBTQ Pride Month proclamation, recognizing the Stonewall Riots and the county’s recent efforts to support LGBTQ equality.

Southern Baptist elected a new president Tuesday, elevating a young pastor with a long anti-LGBTQ track record.

Three Carolinians — a longtime SC Pride leader, a Raleigh trans community leader and a North Carolina immigration activist — were recently honored for their work in the community by two major media groups.

It’s that time of the year when the LGBTQ community sets out to celebrate Pride Month. To keep the tradition going, here is a list of the celebrations taking place all over the Carolinas.

The premiere film screening of the documentary “Grief Journeys” will take place on June 16, the Triangle Gay Men’s Chorus will present their “Journey to the Past” spring concert on June 2, the Triangle Empowerment Project has invited the community to “Ignite Durham! ‘Are we PrEP-ared?’ on June 25, the Triangle Expo for LGBTQ Aging Adults will be held on June 23 and Village Hearth Cohousing is seeking participants to fill the last four units of its residential project.

The Fair Courts, Fair Votes Day of Action, sponsored by Democracy North Carolina, NAACP of North Carolina, North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections and Progress NC, will be held on June 5.

LGBTQ Pride Month kicks into high gear on Friday, with parties, fundraisers and other festivities slated across the Carolinas.

Lea Michele and Darren Criss are Carolina bound, Stan Kimer received the LGBTQIA Alum of the Year Award from Georgia Institute of Technology, Triangle Empowerment Center will hold its Power of Love cocktails and couture event on June 9 and Durham County Library’s Adult and Humanities Programming will present The Human Library-Durham on June 2.

Equality North Carolina will hold it Day of Advocacy on June 19 and NC AIDS Action Network has released a statement praising Gov. Roy Cooper’s 2018-2019 budget.

Offices up and down the ballot being up for grabs in an unusual, highly competitive campaign season. One national outlet says some N.C. congressional races will be important.

Organizers of the annual Out! Raleigh festival say they had their biggest event in history on Saturday, May 5, as some 62,000 people strolled up and down Fayetteville St. in downtown Raleigh for the event raising funds for the city’s LGBT Center.

ReachOUT NC has just celebrated another anniversary serving the Triangle area and is searching for volunteers.