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Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Greensboro will host author Susan Cottrell, Guilford Green Foundation will hold its granting ceremony and an evening of bingo will benefit Metropolitan Community Church of Winston-Salem.

Metropolitan Community Church of Winston-Salem, 4105 Patsy Dr., held a congregational meeting on June 11 following its morning worship where it presented a candidate selected by its board of directors to become the new pastor of the Triad church.

Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance, 1047 W. Northwest Blvd., is holding “mega auditions” on June 24 at 8 a.m. for its fall 2017 productions.

Contemporary folk artist Eli Conley will play at a benefit for North Star LGBTQ Community Center, Christian artist Chastity Scott will perform at Metropolitan Community Church of Winston-Salem and Triad Health Project is engaging in a fundraising dinner event.

The Carolinas, as well as the U.S., are filled with scores of LGBTQ-focused support and family groups to provide a shoulder or welcoming arms for those in the community who seek the solace of safety.

Author and filmmaker Mark Spano will take a chair as a judge for the 2017 OUT at the Movies International LGBT Film Festival in the fall and the Young Democrats of North Carolina elected new officers at its recent convention.

The childhood home of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray obtained designation as a National Historic Landmark and Carrboro might get a rainbow crosswalk.

The Queer Fish youth organization recently met to discuss youth issues, applications are due for the Carter Stroupe Scholarship, Elsewhere is hosting a seder and the North Star LGBTQ Community Center is now accepting applications for The Kevin Jennings Equality Winston-Salem Scholarship.

North Star LGBTQ Community Center has started a veteran’s support group and Creation Justice Network of the United Church of Christ Southern Conference will present “Creation Justice Pathways in North Carolina.”

‘Loggerheads’ will be screened at Out at the Movies, the North Star LGBTQ Community Center is holding community programs and the Guilford Green Foundation has set the date for its gala.

“Rock of Ages” begins its performance run on Feb. 10, Faith Forward Affirmation is gathering and the Young & College Democrats Convention has been slated.

“The Laramie Project” is being staged in Greensboro, an organization is hosting a legal clinic and it’s time for Green Queen Bingo.

The Guilford Green Foundation will host its 2nd annual Red Party and PFLAG Greensboro is having their holiday party.

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, in partnership with the Equality Federation, has reported that Greensboro, N.C. is in the number one spot in North Carolina for LGBTQ inclusion in municipal law and policy with a score of 80 points. The total number of cities rated numbered 506 from across the nation.

The Triad Pride Men’s Chorus has announced its new season and the addition of a women’s chorus and the North Star LGBTQ Community Center is hosting an arts series.

Pride Wireless will contribute a portion of receipts to an anti-HB2 initiative, Triad Health Project to receive benefit funds, MCC Winston-Salem is holding a drag bingo event and the Guilford Green Foundation is hosting a Halloween-themed fundraiser.

Social justice and HIV/AIDS conferences have been slated, NCAAN has announced its award winners, an LGBT-friendly folk festival heats up in Greensboro, an OUT at the Movies film screening is upcoming and Pride Winston-Salem T-shirts are on sale.

The Adam Foundation bestowed its 2016 grants, Salisbury Pride is conducting a survey, and an HIV/AIDS advocacy conference has been announced.

For decades, drag has been a staple of the LGBT community. Dating back to the era of activism of drag queens at The Stonewall Inn in New York, N.Y., to today’s visibility through Pride festivals and television shows like “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” it’s never been as open and accepted as it is today.

North Carolina Bar Association presents awards and PFLAG gets set for ice cream.