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UNC graduates sponsor students' attendance to virtual LGBTQ+ journalism convention

By Yunshu Yu | October 15

UNC Hussman School alumnus and board president at the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, Sharif Durhams offered to sponsor LGBTQ students from ...

Ackland receives grant for LGBTQ+ community reading, drag storytime

By Chloe Joseph | October 5

The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read at the Ackland Art Museum will highlight LGBTQ+ perspectives in their virtual community reading programs ...

'Trauma and ostracization': Students 'call in' Christian groups for discrimination

By Kyle Ingram | August 16

After Zach Ripberger shared his story of discrimination and homophobia on social media, dozens of other UNC students and graduates came forward to 'call ...

Artists, activists commemorate Black Lives Matter movement with murals

By Alexandra Smith | July 13

“They say the eyes are the gateway to the soul, so when you see something so beautiful, it just speaks to you,” Nina Scott, an artist involved in ...

Health tech company founded by UNC alumni brings care to N.C. transgender community

By Isabella Sherk | July 7

Plume, the first health technology company focused on offering gender-affirming care to transgender patients, has recently expanded into North Carolina ...

Post HB2, North Carolina may have its first transgender legislators

By Taylor Heeden | January 14

North Carolina has never had an openly transgender individual serve in the state legislature. In 2020, that could change. Two openly transgender ...

Bars became a safe place during a decade of change for the N.C. LGBTQ+ community

By Alice Bennett | December 4

Bars, like the Pinhook in Durham, have been safe places to discuss and share for the LGBTQ+ community.

Chapel Hill ranks second statewide in LGBTQ+ equality index, falls behind national cities

By Suzannah Claire Perry | December 2

Chapel Hill has scored its highest score ever in the LGBTQ+ Equality Index, but due to limitations from HB2, it cannot meet all the needs it wants to. ...

'A community that's more like a family:' Trans Talk Tuesday celebrates a decade

By Elizabeth Wheless | November 4

Since 2007, the UNC LGBTQ Center has been hosting a space for non-binary people to discuss identity and feel heard: Trans Talk Tuesday.

HRC Triangle's Queer Prom allows people to reclaim high school memories

By Rylee Parsons | October 31

HRC Triangle's Queer Prom provides everybody with a safe, inclusive and fun environment that many were not able to experience in their teenage years. ...

Hundreds of mourners came to the Three Winners vigil to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Chapel Hill shootings.

SCOTUS to rule on workplace LGBTQ+ discrimination, but where does North Carolina stand?

By Brent Van Vliet | October 22

As the Supreme Court decides whether federal law prohibits discrimination by employers based on sexual orientation or gender identity, this issue ...

Column: LGBTQ+ people are resilient as hell

By Devon Johnson | October 8

Any workplace would be lucky to have queer and trans staff members, and the Supreme Court should back this up by protecting our right to equal employment ...

Honors Carolina launches new PRIDE group, creating a space to serve LGBTQ+ members

By Addison Skigen | September 27

Honors Carolina PRIDE aims to create a safe community for its LGBTQ+ students on campus. A launch party on Oct. 11 will commemorate its official unveiling. ...

North Carolina leads the South in cutting funding for conversion therapy for minors

By Alice Bennett | August 19

While the state will no longer fund conversion therapy for minors, some activists are still frustrated that the practice will remain legal.

Local group holds benefit concert to move transgender inmate to women's prison

By Meredith Radford | June 6

The House of Kanautica, an organization advocating for Kanautica Zayre-Brown, a transgender woman's, transfer to a correctional facility meant for women ...

Column: Colors of pride

June 2

"What exactly is symbolized by each color of the Pride flag, the visual representation of the LGBTQ+ community?"

'You are who you are': How UNC's Dave Lohse came out, thrived in Chapel Hill

By Chapel Fowler | May 9

Intertwined with Dave Lohse's work at UNC is something larger than the sports world he operates in: his role as a trailblazer. Lohse, to his knowledge, ...

Carolina Blue and lavender too at the LGBTQ Center's 13th annual Lavender Graduation

By Kyra Miles | April 25

UNC will be holding its 13th annual Lavendar Graduation on May 5. The event is meant to provide an accepting space for LGBTQ+ students to celebrate their ...

Look back at the history of LGBTQ+ activism in North Carolina

By Alice Bennett | April 3

From the 1950s to today's LGBTQ+ activism, the gay rights movement in North Carolina has been different, unique and well worth looking back on. Like many ...

N.C. legislators propose new protections for LGBTQ+ residents

By Alice Bennett | March 28

Three bills were recently filed in N.C. legislature that would significantly increase protections for LGBT citizens, including banning discrimination ...