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Mayor Jennifer Roberts is being challenged by Charlotte City Council members Vi Lyles and Kenny Smith, as well as Sen. Joel Ford.

Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts is seeking another term during a contentious time for the city.

Gov. McCrory is trailing by over 7,700 votes to Attorney General Cooper and has filed for a statewide recount.

Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the presidential election to become the 45th president. Are you surprised by the results? Vote in our post election poll.

Vote in our latest poll asking who you support for president, Clinton, Trump, Johnson or Stein.

After the Orlando shooting claimed the lives of 49 people and injured dozens more, the largest mass shooting in modern American history, the debate over gun control is stronger than ever. The issue divides the LGBT community, like the rest…

The Charlotte City Council has been getting pressure from the North Carolina General Assembly and the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce to compromise in order to hopefully get some sort of modification to HB2. The NCGA has put forth no plan…

Since HB2 became law in North Carolina, allowing for the discrimination of LGBT people, there have been a rash of canceled shows. Most notably Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Pearl Jam, Boston and Ani DiFranco all decided not to perform in the…

The Republican controlled House and Senate in North Carolina passed the anti-LGBT House Bill 2 (HB2), which Gov. Pat McCrory quickly signed and the national media attention and economic fallout quickly followed. Chances are this discriminatory bill will eventually go the way…

The race for the Democratic Party nomination is heating up between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Who do you support, Clinton or Sanders?

What are you plans for the new year?

The LGBT community is gaining tremendous strength in the U.S. We’re able to marry our partners. We’ve gotten added to benefit packages. And, so much more. However, all this can’t possibly be achieved without feet on the streets. Volunteers are sorely needed to keep the momentum going. What is your involvement in social action projects? Giving back is essential to garnering true equality, as well as providing much needed assistance to a host of causes. Let us get your feedback.

Who do you think will win in the 2015 Charlotte mayoral race? The 2015 election season is about to wrap up on Nov. 3 and qnotes is curious to know how its readers feel about the two mayoral candidates that are running for office. Is Jennifer Roberts (D) your choice or is Edwin Peacock (R)? Or, has apathy taken over and given you election blues? Let us know how you are going to vote (or not) comes election day.

Humor, like beauty, might well be in the eye of the beholder. And the entries in the Charlotte Observer’s 20th limericks reader contest might well provoke a laugh or scorn, especially on entries focusing in on recent debates on an LGBT non-discrimination ordinance rejected by City Council on March 2.

Do you believe Charlotte City Council should have passed a compromise non-discrimination ordinances that excluded restroom protections for LGBT people?

Here’s your chance to sound off! Vote in our poll below and tell us what you think was the most important and significant local/regional LGBT news story of 2014.