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Proposal to add LGBT protections fails in Charlotte City Council

By Grant Masini | March 4

A proposed non-discrimination ordinance — which included new protections for the LGBT community — failed to pass in Charlotte on Monday after its ...

Seminar on campus addresses LGBTQ bullying in schools

By Trevor Lenzmeier | March 3

Students have the chance to intimately discuss sexuality with high school students from across the country today — all without leaving Chapel Hill. ...

Student presidential candidates aim for campus collaboration

By Anyssa Reddix | February 10

All three student body president candidates this year — Houston Summers, Kathryn Walker and David Marsh — said they want to see more connection between ...

There was a vigil at Peace and Justice Plaza on Wednesday night, Jan. 28.

Students gather downtown to honor transgender teenager

By Holly West and Zoe Schaver | January 29

Dozens of high school students and parents gathered at Peace and Justice Plaza on Wednesday night to honor a girl who wanted her death to inspire acceptance ...

Tim Moore, the next N.C. House speaker, received a great deal of news coverage from The Daily Tar Heel during his time as speaker of Student Congress at UNC in 1991. Moore graduated in 1992. DTH file photo.

NC House Speaker to-be Tim Moore has contentious past

By Nick Niedzwiadek | January 13

Tim Moore is slated to become one of the most powerful politicians in North Carolina on Wednesday, assuming the role of speaker of the N.C. House. More ...

Chapel Hill High School students call for gender neutral bathrooms

By Erin Kolstad | December 2

Student leaders of the Campus Y made waves when they designated the first gender-neutral bathrooms on campus in January, and, at just a few years ...

Nationwide, colleges try to reconcile faith with gay rights

By Hayley Fowler | November 24

Justin Herring wouldn’t leave his dorm in tight jeans his freshman year.

A group of on lookers pay their respects to those who have been persecuted because of their gender on Transgender Remembrance day, Wednesday afternoon in the Pit.

Transgender Day of Remembrance honors 81 killed this year

By Sofia Edelman | November 21

The UNC LGBTQ Center did not let the issue of gender-prejudiced violence go unnoticed or unaddressed on the international Transgender Day of Remembrance ...

Morgan Mclaughlin, a sophomore political science and sociology major.

LGBTQ students seek awareness of spectrum of sexuality

By Amy Tsai and Amanda Albright | November 19

Morgan McLaughlin keeps her hair long. She doesn’t wear sporty clothes. She doesn’t conform to lesbian stereotypes, and when it comes to finding dates, ...

NC schools receive “not safe” rating for LBGTQ students in survey

By Tat'yana Berdan | November 14

A state snapshot released Thursday by a national advocacy group declared North Carolina secondary schools “not safe” for lesbian, gay, bisexual and ...

Religious beliefs create conflict over gay marriage for NC officials

By Kate Grise | November 11

Since a federal judge struck down North Carolina’s gay marriage ban in October, there has been an ongoing struggle among state officials about granting ...

Court upholds state gay marriage bans

By Benji Schwartz | November 11

The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday reversed a trend of federal courts ruling against gay marriage bans — and North Carolina leaders have ...

Supporters of the Carolina Gay Association gathered on Saturday to celebrate the 40th reunion of the organization.

Gay activists at UNC reflect on 40 years

By Carolyn Ebeling | October 27

When Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt came to UNC as freshman in 1988, he was looking for a community, and he found one in the Carolina Gay Association. ...

Faculty rejoice at LGBT employee benefits

By Mohammed Hedadji | October 23

Members of the Provost’s Committee on LGBTQ Life said they were surprised at how quickly North Carolina’s ban on gay marriage was struck down.

Gay faculty at UNC receive health care for spouses

By Noelle Wells | October 20

UNC employees can now begin enrolling same-sex spouses in the State Health Plan.

Lindsay Carroll looks on at her new spouse Desiree Peterson during Sunday dinner. The two exchanged vows Friday at the Wake County Justice Center.

In NC, gay couples tie a historic knot

By Mary Tyler March | October 13

For some LGBT couples in North Carolina on Friday, patience wasn’t a virtue.

A panel of undergraduate and graduate students share their coming-out experiences for the LGBTQ Center’s Coming Out Week on Wednesday.

Students get emotional during Coming Out panel

By Bradley Saacks | October 9

Travis St. Brice began to choke up.

Thousands of LGBT advocates gather in Durham for NC Pride Parade

By Tat'yana Berdan and Mary Tyler March | September 29

DURHAM — Colorful boas and homemade signs were plentiful among the thousands of people marching, dancing and cheering across Duke University’s ...

Three Dollar Bill LGBTQ comedy group rehearsed before their performance Tuesday night at DSI Comedy on West Franklin Street. Meagan Voss of Carrboro, Robbie Wiggins of Raleigh and Brandon Holmes of Durham were playing a warm-up game called "Czechoslovakia."

LGBTQ comedians kick off NC Pride

By Samantha Sabin | September 25

Although comedy troupe Three Dollar Bill’s show for N.C. Pride tonight will be LGBTQ-themed, not every joke will be about being gay.

Pittenger defends comments about LGBT employment

By Anica Midthun | September 22

U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-N.C., is running unopposed this fall for a second term in Congress in the state’s ninth district, including Mooresville ...