News Briefs for 05.15.20
Beyond the Carolinas
News from across the globe for 05.15.20.
Looking at Blood Donation Policies
Op-Ed
It’s been almost a decade since I was eligible to donate blood or platelets. I became ineligible when I came out as gay and had sex with a man for the first time.
‘Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan & William Rufus King’
Out in Print
At that time in history, says Balcerski, homosexuality was strictly forbidden, but deeply “intimate” friendships between men were common and even encouraged.
North Carolina ranks high nationally for LGBTQ-friendly hospitals
North Carolina Had the Fourth-Highest Number of Health Care Institution ‘Leaders’ in an Annual Survey-Based Report from an LGBTQ Rights Group.
In a state where advocates for transgender health still shudder remembering HB2, the “bathroom bill” of 2016, area hospitals have stepped up in their treatment of LGBTQ patients.
From Brooklyn to Ballantyne: The story behind Charlotte’s affordable housing crisis
Charlotte’s history of affordable housing includes broken promises and empty gestures. Now that the city’s chronic shortage has become a crisis, leaders are responding with unprecedented resources. Will this time be different?
Anyone who’s lived in Charlotte for a minute knows that the Ballantyne area, wealthier than Mecklenburg County as a whole, isn’t the place to find an affordable apartment if you’re a hotel housekeeper, a fry cook, a landscaper — anyone making less than $15 or so an hour.
Concerts, plays and more usher in fall season
Arts as colorful as autumn leaves brush the Carolina landscape
Arts as colorful as autumn leaves brush the Carolina landscape
Triangle: Lez legislator, Grammy party, advocacy training, youth fest, team support
Carolinas News Notes
Deb Butler has become the newest LGBTQ legislator, Crape Myrtle Festival is hosting a Grammy party, NC AIDS Action Network is holding advocacy trainings across North Carolina, iNSIDEoUT has its Fabufest upcoming and the teams sported Nike rainbow T-shirts in support of LGBTQ community equality.
HB2 trial delayed due to 4th Circuit appeal
SCOTUS to consider suit over Virginia bathroom law
Those who have followed the controversy over North Carolina’s House Bill 2 (HB2), also known as the Public Facilities Privacy and Accommodation Act, may be momentarily disappointed with the recent decision by U.S. Magistrate Judge Joi Elizabeth Peake to delay the federal court date set originally for Nov. 14.
Federal judge grants HB2 injunction, but the conflict continues
UNC barred from enforcing bathroom dictates; appeal asks for state-wide injunction
Aug. 21 found LGBT advocates celebrating a significant victory. Federal Judge Thomas Schroeder ruled in favor of a preliminary injunction halting the implementation of the sections of House Bill 2 (HB2) most damaging to transgender citizens.
Faculty Forward NC action at Board of Governors meeting to call for UNC President’s Dismissal
The choice of Margaret Spellings as the new University of North Carolina President has been controversial, with many calling for the former Secretary of Education under President Bush to be removed before she begins. An action by Faculty Forward North Carolina at the Board of Governors meeting on Friday morning, Dec. 11, at the University of …
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