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Anti-LGBTQ discrimination on the rise as attacks on the community increase
GLAAD’s annual Accelerating Acceptance study measures American society’s attitudes and level of comfort towards LGBTQ Americans. Their latest report has recorded…
Nigerian gay men sentenced to death by stoning
Three Nigerian men convicted of engaging in same-sex sexual activity have been sentenced to death by stoning by an Islamic…
Trans woman murdered in Zebulon
Sasha Rodriguez-Mason, 45, a transgender woman who was misidentified as a cisgender male by local authorities and media, was murdered in…
arts & Culture
City of Charlotte Arts Board Awards $2.01M to Arts & Science Council
The City of Charlotte’s Arts and Culture Advisory Board awarded $2.01 million on June 21 to the Arts & Science Council (ASC) for fiscal year 2023. With this award, the board is working to fulfill a commitment by the city and its partners to the whole of the local arts community — individual artists, and arts groups big…
NEWS
Atheist and Agnostic workers fired after refusing to attend company’s Christian prayer meeting
Greensboro, North Carolina-based company Aurora Renovations and Developments, LLC, doing business as Aurora Pro Services, a residential home service and repair company, violated federal law when it required employees to participate in religious prayer sessions as a condition of employment and retaliated against employees who opposed the unlawful practice, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
charlotte
Mecklenburg County confirms first case of monkeypox
Mecklenburg County Public Health has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the area, the county announced Monday, June 27. The news comes just days after the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced the state’s first case of the rare but potentially serious viral illness. Monkeypox typically involves flu-like symptoms, swelling of…
carolinas
Never-repealed laws banning same-sex marriage and sexual activity a ticking time bomb in NC and elsewhere
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a woman’s right to choose is a reminder that state and local penal codes, rendered moot by court rulings, in many cases were never cleaned out. These dead laws just sat there collecting dust, presumably never to be heard of again. What the Supreme Court ruling in the overturn…
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