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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.
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.
Arts as colorful as autumn leaves brush the Carolina landscape
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.
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.
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.
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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