LGBTQ History Month: Robina Asti
LGBTQ History Month: Hans Christian Andersen
Biography: Fairy Tale Author b. April 2, 1805d. August 4, 1875 “Just living is not enough … one must have…
The passing of an era: Charlotte’s legendary Airport Overlook closes
Although it will likely go unnoticed by most in the LGBTQ community, this weekend marks the passing of an era. …
For the 2022 History Project: Urvashi Vaid
When Urvashi Vaid died at 63 in May 2022 after a valiant fight with breast cancer, thousands of LGBTQ people…
news
HRC announces Kelley Robinson as new president
The national LGBTQ organization Human Right Campaign (HRC) has announced that its new president is Kelley Robinson. It’s also notable to point out that she is the first Black woman to lead the organization. “I’m honored and ready to lead HRC and our more than three million member-advocates as we continue working to achieve equality…
democracy
Our Rights at Risk
Election Day is fast approaching. Voters across North Carolina will head to the polls on Tuesday, November 8, but the voting season officially kicked off earlier this month. County boards of elections started mailing out ballots as early as September 9, and over 5,000 voters have already cast their absentee ballot by mail. Voting by…
NEWS
Supreme Court to revisit LGBTQ rights – this time with a wedding website designer, not a baker
A simmering, difficult, and timely question returns to the Supreme Court this fall: What happens when freedom of speech and civil rights collide? The court took up similar questions four years ago in the famous “gay wedding cake” case, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, about a baker who refused to provide services for…
arts & culture
“Before We Were Trans”
Yes or no: before there were rockets, there were no astronauts. No, there wasn’t a need for them without a vehicle to go where people only dreamed of going. But yes – the word “astronaut” is more than a century old. Words and labels matter, as you’ll see in “Before We Were Trans” by Kit…
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