Over the past two decades the state of North Carolina has kept a tight grip on what it would allow drivers to have printed on their personalized automotive tags. For the most part, text on car tags never stepped far beyond “family” friendly and “wholesome” American culture. The LGBTQ community has always been a resourceful […]
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Charlotte Pride looks back on 2022 and gears up for 2023
by Liz Schob (she/her) Director of Operations and Communications, Charlotte Pride The new year is here! The past year was one of great change and Charlotte Pride is eager to build on the groundwork laid for the coming year. For her first column of 2023, Liz Schob (Charlotte Pride’s new Communications Manager) looked back at […]
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CGN’s Top 12 Games
Humanity’s fascination with gaming is believed to date back 5,000 years. The first evidence of such recreational activity discovered thus far has come in the form of dice. A collection of carved and painted dice-like stones were discovered in a 5,000-year-old burial mound in southeast Turkey, making them the earliest gaming pieces ever found. Similar pieces […]
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Empowering Differences
Since coming out as a transgender woman more than a decade ago, Ashley Brundage has used her personal experiences to create further inclusion for others in the workplace. Beginning with her decision to self-identify during a job interview, she has fought through homelessness, discrimination and harassment. Brundage began her transition in 2008. At the time, […]
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Yes, drag is theatre
In February, I’ll celebrate 22 years of being a drag queen, a term that my friend Bob the Drag Queen defines as “blurring gender lines through art.” This definition, in my opinion, breaks down the archaic defining walls of drag as simply a man in a dress. Instead, it creates an umbrella term that encompasses […]
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Pride Journey: Jacksonville, Florida
The last time I visited Jacksonville, I was probably in my early-mid 20s and living in Orlando. It was a very long time ago. I was eager to visit again as I know much has changed in the city since the early 2000s. If you are ever planning on visiting Jacksonville, I would highly recommend […]
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Our People: Jonny Saldana
Jonny Saldana is a relatively new Charlotte resident (less than five years) with a busy schedule and much to offer Charlotte’s ever-expanding LGBTQ community. He’s a board member for The Plus Collective, a foundation that awards grants to organizations that support the LGBTQ community in the Charlotte region, while also cultivating partnerships with community allies. […]
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Charlotte named 2023’s hottest housing market
The real estate web giant Zillow announced on January 12 that Charlotte is at the top of the list for this year’s hottest housing market, according to an analysis performed by the company. Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Dallas, and Nashville join Charlotte in the top five of the Zillow 2023 hottest markets list. “This year’s hottest markets will feel much chillier than they did a year ago,” said […]
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Charlotte’s Mint Museum hosts an exhibit of works by Picasso
‘Picasso Landscapes: Out of Bounds’ opens at the Mint Museum Uptown on February 11 Following Charlotte’s successful presentation of the “Immersive Van Gogh” exhibit last year, the Queen City will now host another much-anticipated exhibit of a very different classic master: Pablo Picasso. “Picasso Landscapes: Out of Bounds” is the first museum exhibition to explore Pablo […]
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North Carolina House Republicans advance a new kind of bathroom bill
It’s been almost seven years since North Carolina Republican lawmakers and then-Gov. Pat McCrory hastily concocted and enacted House Bill 2 – the infamous “bathroom bill.” It targeted transgender people for ignorant, mean-spirited and altogether absurd discrimination, while simultaneously making the state the target of numerous boycotts and countless late-night TV one-liners. The bill was […]