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Here are some of the top stories this week:
The Faces of HIV
HIV has been with us for a long time. Longer than most realize. The oldest known tissue samples that exist come from a male in Kinshasa, The Republic of the Congo, and date back to 1959. […]
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Political tensions rise in N.C. Senate over Sen. Lisa Grafstein’s residency
By Taylor Heeden
North Carolina Senate Republicans are calling for the resignation of a Wake County Democratic senator after she moved to a new address. Lisa Grafstein, who currently serves in Senate District 13, recently moved to southern Wake County. As a result of that move, Republicans claim she shouldn’t be able to […]
AIDS Walk Charlotte aims to educate and advocate
In 1997, RAIN Inc. — a HIV/AIDS service organization in Charlotte — was looking for […]
Our People: Wesley Thompson
Wesley Thompson is pretty much a fixture in the Charlotte metro area. For decades, Thompson […]
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THIS WEEKEND
Being gay in public: Tennessee city removes ‘ban’ from local ordinance
Officials in a Tennessee city elected to remove language from its “public decency” ordinance to reverse a ban on being gay in public that was implemented during Pride month. No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you: Murfreesboro’s municipal government passed an ordinance forbidding public acts of affection between same-sex partners in public, and they reversed their […]
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Former Charlotte city council candidate to run for NC Senate Dist. 41
A former candidate for Charlotte’s city council announced his run for North Carolina’s Senate District […]
Charlotte spiritual leader Gwendolyn Woodard Rawls dies at 75
Gwendolyn Iris Woodard Rawls, 75, passed away November 4 after an extended illness, which she […]
Carrboro candidates team up with Raleigh-based drag queen to encourage residents to vote
Eliazar Posada — along with other candidates for office — wanted to find a way […]
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