Charlotte’s Culture & Arts scene welcomes ‘preMETitated: Love Affair’
It’s time to get seriously creative for the upcoming event “preMETitated: Love Affair 2023.” The first of what is planned to become an annual Met Gala-inspired evening benefiting Time Out Youth, the event will be a mix of Fashion, Food, Drinks, Performances and Music.
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Getting the LGBTQ community job ready
It’s Saturday afternoon, but the Zooms don’t stop for college students and job seekers trying to open doors. On this day, a group of Point Foundation scholars are listening to Alan Cruz share his story of how networking has been instrumental in taking him from high school organizer to becoming a first-generation college student to most recently an Out in Tech mentee and Senate legislative intern.
As with every cyclical societal gain for marginalized communities, conservative politicians are creating laws to bar LGBTQ individuals, especially transgender people, from access to healthcare to sports to education. Corporations like society at large are more progressive. They are recruiting LGBTQ individuals as new hires. It’s the next evolution after corporations started adding non-discrimination policies and inclusive benefits.
This story is part of QnotesCarolinas’ special project “OUTlook: Finding Solutions for LGBTQ Labor and Workplace Equality.” It is supported by the Solutions Journalism Network.
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