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UNC men's basketball survives Syracuse's second-half push in 88-82 win

| February 15

LGBTQ

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 ...

Campus Y's gender-neutral restroom signs taken down, replaced by UNC

By Cailyn Derickson | August 25

Gender-neutral restroom signs were ripped down in the Campus Y Wednesday morning.

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 ...

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 ...

'Pride Place' residential community opens doors, UNC housing rebrands

By Maria Prokopowicz | August 22

The UNC Department of Housing and Residential Education is opening a new residential community called Pride Place that focuses on LGBTQ identities. The ...

Emilio Vicente (right) Winston Crisp (guy in suit) Mark Kleinschmidt Lydia Lavelle

Vigils honored victims of the Orlando shooting

By Zoe Schaver | June 15

Rainbow flags flew and contemplative words were spoken — both in Spanish and in English — across Chapel Hill this week as communities gathered to ...

UNC system will not enforce HB2

By Cole Stanley | June 1

The University of North Carolina system told a federal court Friday it won’t enforce House Bill 2, which would require transgender students to use the ...

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.

House Bill 2: from a local to a federal issue

By Cole Stanley | May 11

With North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory suing the federal Department of Justice on Monday, and the DoJ responding with a countersuit just hours later, ...

Transgender teen joins House Bill 2 lawsuit

By Zaynab Nasif | April 25

The case against House Bill 2 just met its youngest plaintiff — a junior in high school.

Federal ruling upholds Title IX, sets stage for challenges to House Bill 2

By Kent McDonald | April 20

A ruling Tuesday determined a transgender student in Virginia could sue his school board for preventing him from using the bathroom that matches his gender ...

Conservative groups protest House Bill 2

By Sam Killenberg | April 20

House Bill 2 was passed by a Republican legislature and signed by a Republican governor — but not all Republicans support the controversial law.

NC transgender youth feel psychological impacts of HB2

By Corey Risinger | April 17

It’s been a long 26 days for James Miller, executive director of the LGBT Center of Raleigh.

Booksellers ask for repeal of House Bill 2

By Janna Childers | April 17

Independent booksellers and publishers across North Carolina have joined together to ask for the repeal of House Bill 2.

"Damage already done," McCrory's executive order unlikely to aid re-election

By Haley McDougal | April 13

When N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory issued an executive action Tuesday, he included sexual orientation and gender identity in the state’s nondiscrimination policy. ...

South Carolina introduces its own "bathroom bill"

By Sam Killenberg | April 13

A “bathroom bill” modeled after North Carolina’s House Bill 2 faced scrutiny in the South Carolina Senate Wednesday.

UNC's enforcement policy for House Bill 2 is still unclear

By Belle Hillenburg | April 13

University officials are refusing to speculate on how UNC will enforce House Bill 2’s requirement that people use the bathroom that corresponds to their ...

Intersex conditions pose unique challenges for UNC, Duke doctors

By Danny Nett | April 12

When Georgiann Davis was 17, she underwent surgery to remove what doctors called pre-cancerous ovaries.

McCrory backtracks on parts of HB2 in executive action, bathroom provision still stands

By Benji Schwartz | April 12

Sexual orientation and gender identity are now included in the state's nondiscrimination policy thanks to an executive action signed by North Carolina ...