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Trans Women Fight Eviction at South Charlotte Hotel
A group of black transgender women are at the center of an emotional legal battle between tenants and the owner of the Days Inn on Woodlawn Rd. in South Charlotte.
A group of black transgender women are at the center of an emotional legal battle between tenants and the owner of the Days Inn on Woodlawn Rd. in South Charlotte.
During this time of shelter-in-place, many in our community are facing unprecedented feelings of isolation and depression. These simple acts of kindness can brighten what seems like a mundane existence.
Wedgewood Church has been selected for the 2018 Best of Charlotte Award in the Places of Worship category by the Charlotte Award Program.
News briefs from across the Carolinas and around the world for 11.02.18.
Wedgewood Church received community outpouring after vandalism, St. John’s Baptist Church will honor George Williamson, Hildreth has put in a bid for County Commission, Charlotte Pride Band is having a concert, Condom Courture hits the runway, MCC Charlotte has a new pastor and William Ivey Long is being honored with a musical tribute.
Watch Campus Pride’s Shane Windmeyer, Senate candidate Mujtaba Mohammad, and the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Ryan Lenz discuss the issue with host Mike Collins.
The last time the church was vandalized with an anti-gay slur they painted the doors rainbow. They are planning to do likewise this time, with a couple additions.
Rev. Dr. Nancy Ledins, 84, died during the week of July 16 and was a member of Wedgewood Church, the Charlotte Pride Band will perform at the Charlotte Pride Festival and Parade on Aug. 26-27 and has extended an invitation to musicians to join them and The iconic Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize recipient “Rent” will be making its Queen City run from Sept. 26-Oct. 1 at the Blumenthal Arts Belk Theatre.
Charlotte LGBT Chamber of Commerce President Melissa Morris has stepped down, the Actor’s Theatre is reopening in new space, Wedgewood Church is holding grief workshops, the Charlotte Pride Band is in concert in November and the Charlotte Gay & Lesbian Fund will hold its first Habitat for Humanity band build.