Bars became a safe place during a decade of change for the N.C. LGBTQ+ community
By Alice Bennett | Dec. 4, 2019Bars, like the Pinhook in Durham, have been safe places to discuss and share for the LGBTQ+ community.
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Bars, like the Pinhook in Durham, have been safe places to discuss and share for the LGBTQ+ community.
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The ACC announced its return to neutral sites in North Carolina Wednesday — one day after the NCAA awarded the state championship bids.
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North Carolina was chosen Tuesday to host NCAA championship events — two weeks after the NCAA Board of Governors reluctantly voted to consider the state’s bids.
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Organizations involved in the legal fight against controversial House Bill 2 are considering their options after the bill’s partial repeal last month.
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North Carolina is among the list of states chosen to host NCAA championship events, according to an NCAA press release Tuesday.
Read More »A new bill in the N.C. General Assembly would require UNC-system schools to leave any intercollegiate athletic association — like the Atlantic Coast Conference — if they boycott the state.
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A bill filed Tuesday in the N.C. General Assembly to ban same-sex marriage will not advance in the legislature, according to a statement by N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore.
Read More »Legislators in the N.C. General Assembly filed a bill Monday to respond to any future boycott by an intercollegiate athletic association — like the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Tar Heels men's basketball team is still waiting on an invitation to the White House after winning the NCAA National Championship.
Read More »The American Civil Liberties Union has requested the release of public records from 11 sites and public universities aiming to host NCAA championship events — in order to assess whether sites are safe and inclusive.
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Political figures in the North Carolina LGBTQ community met on campus Friday to discuss LGBTQ representation in government and the newly passed House Bill 142.
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The 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation violates federal law — marking a first federal ruling on LGBTQ discrimination.
Read More »The NCAA Board of Governors announced Tuesday that it will consider North Carolina’s bids for championship sites — after a partial repeal of HB2 became law on Friday. During the legislative process, the NCAA said it did not lobby for any particular change. “The Board of Governors, however, was hopeful that the state would fully repeal HB2 in order to allow the host communities to ensure a safe, healthy, discrimination-free atmosphere for the championship sites,” the NCAA Board of Governors said in a press release. And the board remains concerned about the public perception of a moratorium on enacting or amending non-discrimination ordinances until December 2020 — which passed as a part of N.C.
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Rep. Deb Butler, D-New Hanover, woke up Thursday morning to the news that legislators had begun a new deal to repeal part of House Bill 2.
Read More »Local leaders expressed mixed opinions following the swift passage of House Bill 142, a bipartisan bill to partially repeal House Bill 2.
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