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Against opposition from business interests and LGBTQ activists, Tennessee legislators are continuing to advance homophobic and transphobic bills, the so called “Slate of Hate.”
Lydia Lavelle, the openly lesbian mayor of Carrboro, has been appointed to the N.C. Commission on Inclusion, adding yet another LGBT voice to the new statewide board created by Gov. Roy Cooper last year.
Two more North Carolina locales have issued official proclamations recognizing LGBTQ Pride Month, following a similar proclamation from Wake County on Monday this week.
Cooper said the repeal of HB2 allowed North Carolina to be in the running for Amazon’s HQ2, but added “we have more work to do in the area of fighting discrimination and encouraging diversity.”
Beth Monaghan, whose son is gay, is challenging Sen. Dan Bishop in the Republican primary.
After a series of court decisions, legislative candidates are running in new districts, most drawn last year by GOP lawmakers.
“Yesterday, I got cussed out at a (pancake) restaurant. It was not fun. In fact, it felt dangerous.”
North Carolina, you may have “repealed HB2,” but you still have a problem.
How much of a difference will it really make for transgender North Carolinians?
LGBTQ rights groups are cautiously praising the move, but noting that the community is still not fully protected against discrimination.
