Finding Solutions for Labor and Workplace Equality
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Entrepreneurship in the community
Starting a business and maintaining it is one of the most difficult tasks an entrepreneur can face. For those in the LGBTQ+ community, finding the resources to support their business ventures can be more challenging than what their heterosexual counterparts have to contend with. However, there are organizations for LGBTQ+ business owners to connect and…
The story behind Raleigh’s LGBT+ and Allied Chamber rebranding and new leadership
Four years ago, Kade Kimber was approached by a friend, asking Kimber if he would be interested in joining the board of directors for the Raleigh Business and Professional Network (RBPN). RBPN served as an LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce for the 50 eastern North Carolina counties, helping to uplift LGBTQ+, ally and minority-owned businesses. “I…
Upstate SC LGBT+ Chamber aims to support queer businesses
In the 12 years Tyler Prescott has lived in Greer, he has dedicated his time to creating a more accepting environment for LGBTQ+ residents. Along with the help of many friends, Prescott has advocated for a more inclusive and diverse Upstate. He also created the LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce Spartanburg, Greenville, Greer and its surrounding…
Nonbinary and seeking a job
Working At Starbucks: Are Benefits Worth It?
Boone Town Council most recent to pass NDO, but will it be the last in NC with new GOP supermajority?
Getting the LGBTQ community job ready
Disney announces huge LGBTQ+ conference just weeks after Gov. DeSantis says he’s their ‘sheriff’
QueerSpace is a limited series from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Airspace podcast.
Seven year years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v Hodges that same-sex couples have the fundamental right to marry under the constitution. If you dig into an amicus brief for Obergefell, you’ll see mention of another case, Norton v Macy. This case set the precedent ruling that the federal government can’t fire an employee for being gay.
In this episode of QueerSpace, from the Smithsonian National Air and space Museum, attorney Paul Thompson, lawyer from the Mattachine Society of Washington, DC, and writer of that Obergefell amicus brief, walks us through the case of humble NASA civil servant and petitioner Clifford Norton and how its impacts are still seen in our legal system today.
NC HBCUs on list of best LGBTQ campuses.
Building a better workplace, one t-shirt at a time
Charlotte Pride Hosts Job Fair at CPCC’s Central Campus
Unapologetically Positive: a young man makes his dreams come true
Winston-Salem Trans Educator accepts position with Wildacres Leadership Initiative
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,…
Charlotte Catholic School tries to wriggle out of responsibility for teacher’s firing
How a mentorship program is helping first-gen college students and grads succeed
How an LGBTQ conference is shaping the business job market
Doors open and hundreds of students fill the expansive Columbia Hall at D.C.’s infamous Washington Hilton. It’s day two of the ROMBA conference, or Reaching Out MBA’s LGBTQ+ MBA Conference, an annual event billed as the largest gathering of LGBTQ business students in the world. Workshops, panels, competitions and the expected dinners and cocktail parties…
Register now for tech classes aimed at the LGBTQ community by Nov. 14
Charlotte-based Campus Pride launches ‘Career Connect’
The man who won LGBTQ job protections nationwide settles his case with former employer
Workplace equity in Charlotte
How millennials are reshaping the workplace
Laboring Comes in Many Forms
United for LGBTQ Hotel Workers
What it takes to make ends meet in each North Carolina county
Atheist and Agnostic workers fired after refusing to attend company’s Christian prayer meeting
Choosing Who We Work With
Time Out Youth offers workshops for Educators and School Staff to Support LGBTQ Students
A New OUTlook
On October 8, 2019, the story of Aimee Stephens was shared before the U.S. Supreme Court. It was one of three cases heard that day that determined whether LGBTQ people are protected from employment discrimination on the basis of sex under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Stephens had been fired six…
Finding Solutions for Labor and Workplace Equality
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One Third of NC’s Population Covered by NDOs- Many Gaps Still Left
A year ago, North Carolina saw a window of opportunity open. One prong of House Bill 142, the weakened successor to the infamous House Bill 2, expired once again, allowing local governments to pass ordinances to protect marginalized groups, including the LGBTQ community. With its sunset, cities, towns and counties could once again protect queer…
CLT City Council Unanimously Votes Yes On NDO
A unanimous City Council vote August 9 signifies that all Charlotte residents will now be protected from discrimination in the workplace. The ordinance covers sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and natural hairstyles. It will also bar discrimination in public accommodations, such as hotels and housing.
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