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Caba-Gay! The UNC Pauper Players are celebrating the LGBTQ+ community with a cabaret

By Maddie Anderson | March 26

"It’s about making people feel represented by what they see onstage and makes them feel connected to other people.” UNC Pauper Players and Warner ...

Here are all the ways the LGBTQ Pop-up Center of Carrboro supports the community

By Crystal Yu | March 25

The LGBTQ Center of Carrboro works to uplift members of the community throughout Carrboro, including Kanautica Zayre-Brown, a transgender woman being ...

Dr. Terri Phoenix LGBTIQA Speaker Series

This UNC speaker series has been promoting LGBTQ+ research for a dozen years

By Montia Daniels | February 5

The LGBTIQA+ Speaker Series of the UNC LGBTQ Center aims to create a community of support for people working in and interested in research.

The N.C. DMV just made it easier to change sex designation on your driver's license

By Ares Zerunyan | February 4

The N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles has adopted a new policy making it easier for transgender people to have their gender identity represented on their ...

N.C. is the only state that forbids same-sex restraining orders, but that could change

By Laura Rong | January 15

North Carolina has become the only state in which people cannot get restraining orders against members of the same sex.

Join us in our jealousy of this UNC first-year who met Ellen DeGeneres

January 14

Hunter Sigmund and his boyfriend's relationship has been thrust into the public eye. But they're using this attention to help other LGBTQ+ youth.

'Wrench Night' aims to create gender inclusive space for bicyclists

By Aislinn Antrim | October 31

Nestled in Carrboro is a bike repair shop that offers so much more than tire repairs and chain oiling. It's a place where women, femme, transgender, non-binary ...

UNC rings in homecoming with drag and comedy shows

By Lucas Thornton | October 30

“We wanted to create an event that will make those who come to homecoming, who maybe have not felt as included in homecoming activities in the past, ...

On-campus activist groups centered around people of color and queer/transgender advocacy shut down the intersection of Franklin St. and Columbia St. on Mar 29, 2016 in protest of newly passed House Bill 2.

UNC activists respond to Trump administration's proposed definition of gender

By Aislinn Antrim | October 28

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services is considering to strictly define gender as unchangeable at birth under Title IX, a move that has local ...

'Surreal': After years of struggle, UNC's Hunter Sigmund is unashamedly himself

By Chapel Fowler | October 16

Hunter Sigmund, a swimmer from St. Louis, came out as gay after years of struggling with being open about his sexual identity. Now a first-year at UNC, ...

LGBTQ center teaches allyship through Safe Zone trainings

By Praveena Somasundaram | October 15

The UNC LGBTQ Center has been offering Safe Zone trainings since 2003, teaching allyship strategies and bringing awareness to various LGBTQ perspectives ...

The Cave, a bar on West Franklin St., is set to re-open in June 2018 under new ownership.

Music is for everyone with Manifest Music Festival

By Macy Meyer | October 14

Manifest III only features bands with members who identify as femme, transgender or non-binary.

Southern Oral History Program aims to give a voice to untold stories

By Suzanne Blake | October 8

The Southern Oral History Program online database allows students to look back into the lives 6,000 people in the American South.

HB2's replacement isn't going anywhere

By Zoe Beyer | October 2

For the first time, a federal judge stated that HB142, HB2's replacement, does not prevent transgender people from using facilities that match their gender ...

'Forward, together, not one step back:' Raleigh celebrates 30 years of pride

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford and Emily Davis | September 30

"You know what they say, pride starts at home." Saturday marked Raleigh's 30th Pride festival. The event featured speaker Mandy Carter, a activist ...

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Queer Book Club aims to appreciate representation in literature

By Rachel Jensen | September 27

The Queer Book Club is back, and despite midterms season rapidly approaching, the club's founders want to offer a unique way to squeeze in leisure reading. ...

‘You will be mesmerized’: Drag queens are coming to UNC to kick off college tour

By Jessica Hardison | September 9

Naomi Dix and Stormie Daie are drag queens starring in "Sister Sister," coming to UNC Chapel Hill Sept. 11. UNC will be the first stop of the "Sister ...

Carrboro Mayor Lydia Lavelle appointed to N.C. Commission on Inclusion

By Marin Wolf | July 25

After bringing gender-neutral bathrooms and statements of inclusion to Carrboro, here's what the Mayor is doing now.

N.C. resident demands that Orange County remove pride flags from courthouse

By Veronica Correa | June 21

Napier Fuller argues that the presence of LGBT pride flags in government buildings indicates an unlawful government preference towards secular, acceptance ...

Mayor Lavelle and other Carrboro officials address participants of the Pride Piper Walk on Carrboro's role in LGBT history.

Rainbow flags all around: Carrboro Pride Walk honors LGBT pioneer Joe Herzenberg

By Marin Wolf | June 5

Carrboro has long been a leader in supporting LGBT rights. The town elected North Carolina’s first openly-gay mayor in 1995 and voted to create domestic-partner ...