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Gov. Pat McCrory drops Title IX lawsuit against DOJ

By Kent McDonald | September 21

Gov. Pat McCrory dropped North Carolina’s lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice last week. The lawsuit challenged the U.S. Department of Education’s ...

Faculty Athletics Committee reviews recent ACC decision

By Leah Moore | September 16

At the Faculty Athletics Committee meeting on Thursday, members discussed the Atlantic Coast Conference’s recent decision to move championships out ...

ACC's championship relocations affect North Carolina communities

By C Jackson Cowart | September 15

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ACC championships moved out of North Carolina due to HB2

By C Jackson Cowart and Jeremy Vernon | September 14

The Atlantic Coast Conference has moved all neutral site championships away from the state of North Carolina for the 2016-17 academic year because of ...

Politicians react to NCAA decision to relocate championships over HB2

By Kent McDonald | September 14

The NCAA announced yesterday the organization decided to pull seven 2016-17 championship events from North Carolina because of civil rights concerns over ...

A book store in Winston Salem commissioned a cover of "Alters," which features a transgender superhero as the protagonist, mocking House Bill 2. Photo courtesy of Bret Parks.

NC comic book store commissions cover mocking HB2

By CJ Farris | September 12

House Bill 2 has a new foe — Chalice, a transgender superhero from the comic series "Alters."

NCAA pulls championships out of North Carolina because of concerns over state laws

By From staff and wire reports | September 12

The NCAA has relocated all 2016-17 championship events from North Carolina because of civil rights concerns relating to HB2. Seven events will be moved ...

After HB2 decision, professors still concerned

By Dominic Andrews | September 2

Nearly six months after the North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 2, a federal court has ruled UNC cannot enforce parts of the controversial ...

Joaquin Carcano is a transgender UNC-Chapel Hill employee who is partking in a lawsuit against House Bill 2.

UNC system barred from enforcing HB2 on 3 plaintiffs

By Staff reports | August 26

A federal court decision has partially blocked the UNC system from enforcing House Bill 2.

Texas court dismissed the Obama Administration’s interpretation of Title IX, keeping transgender students from using their gender identified bathroom.

Texas court challenges Title IX use for gender identity protections

By Kent McDonald | August 26

A Texas federal court’s decision Sunday challenged the U.S. Department of Education’s interpretation that Title IX includes gender identity in its ...

UNC campus recreational spaces are limited

Anti-HB2 beer has raised more than $42,000 for equality organizations

By Olivia Schaber | August 25

The beer is flowing and so is the money for “Don’t Be Mean to People: A Golden Rule Saison”— a beer campaign created in response to House Bill ...

Flyleaf Books posts signs meant to combat the passing of House Bill 2.

House Bill 2 costs Chapel Hill-Carrboro area an estimated $1.2 million in business

By Kiana Cole | August 23

Even though businesses in Chapel Hill and Carrboro have spoken out against House Bill 2, they’ve still lost an estimated $1.2 million because of the ...

Prominent moderator for governor debate reflects NC's political spotlight

By CJ Farris | August 23

Chuck Todd, NBC News’ political director and moderator of Meet the Press on NBC, will come to North Carolina in October to moderate the state’s gubernatorial ...

LGBTQ Center assistant director says goodbye to UNC

By Cailyn Derickson | August 23

After two years as assistant director of UNC’s LGBTQ Center, Angel Collie has moved to become the assistant director for the Center for Sexual ...

Departments voice concerns over HB2

By Dominic Andrews | June 1

House Bill 2 has drawn its most recent critic – University Academic Departments.

Board of Governors sends letter to Cooper: If you can't defend us, you'll have to foot the bill

By Cole Stanley | May 27

During Friday's meeting in Chapel Hill, the UNC-system Board of Governors voted to approve sending a letter to N.C.

RuPaul’s Drag Race fan favorites, winners, and runners-up toured in Charlotte and Durham despite the HB2 controversy (courtesy of rupaulbots).

RuPaul's Drag Queens perform to empower N.C. queer community

By Rachel Jones | May 25

Their show may be about drag, but the breakneck pace of RuPaul’s "Battle of the Seasons" tour is anything but one.

ACLU files preliminary injunction of House Bill 2

By Jessica Baucom | May 18

House Bill 2 faces potential injunction after a complaint lodged this Monday by equal rights activist groups and individuals of North Carolina.

Board of Governors holds special meeting after House Bill 2 lawsuits filed

By Jamie Gwaltney | May 11

The UNC Board of Governors held a special meeting on Tuesday after counter lawsuits were filed by Governor Pat McCrory and the Department of Justice.

DOJ files countersuit in response to HB2 legal challenge

By Cole Stanley | May 9

Just hours after North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and Secretary Frank Perry filed a suit against the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday to defend ...