LGBTQ center teaches allyship through Safe Zone trainings
The UNC LGBTQ Center has been offering Safe Zone trainings since 2003, teaching allyship strategies and bringing awareness to various LGBTQ perspectives and experiences.
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'Surreal': After years of struggle, UNC's Hunter Sigmund is unashamedly himself
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, Sigmund is finally comfortable with who he is as an athlete, student, son, boyfriend and person.
Music is for everyone with Manifest Music Festival
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
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
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 identity on Sunday.
'Forward, together, not one step back:' Raleigh celebrates 30 years of pride
"You know what they say, pride starts at home." Saturday marked Raleigh's 30th Pride festival. The event featured speaker Mandy Carter, a activist and Nobel Prize Nominee, free food and educational resources.
Queer Book Club aims to appreciate representation in literature
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
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 Sister" tour, which will also go to Duke University, North Carolina State University and N.C. Central University.
Carrboro Mayor Lydia Lavelle appointed to N.C. Commission on Inclusion
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
Napier Fuller argues that the presence of LGBT pride flags in government buildings indicates an unlawful government preference towards secular, acceptance movement beliefs.
Rainbow flags all around: Carrboro Pride Walk honors LGBT pioneer Joe Herzenberg
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 registry in 1994.
Department of Education won’t act on transgender bathroom access
The U.S. Department of Education will not hear complaints from transgender students who are banned from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity.
Queer youth find an outlet through circus arts camp
It took hanging upside-down with their left foot pointed to the ceiling for Abby Hylton to come to terms with their identity. Three years later, they are giving that same gift to queer and transgender people across the Triangle.
U.S. violence against transgender community is the highest it's ever been
The transgender community experienced the highest level of fatal violence this year than ever recorded in the United States, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
Intersex Awareness Day illuminates problems faced by intersex community
Being intersex isn’t the problem, but being persecuted is. That was the sentiment expressed by the intersex individuals in the documentary “Intersexion,” which the UNC LGBTQ Center screened on Nov. 27.
UNC community recognizes Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Day of Remembrance was held around the world on Monday to memorialize the lives of transgender and non-binary individuals who have been murdered because of their identities and to raise awareness regarding high rates of violence against the transgender community. Students and faculty at UNC also took part in the annual observance.
UNC Honor System implements gender-neutral language
The UNC honor system adopted gender neutral language, adhering to a University policy statement that calls for the use of inclusive language.
LGBTQ representation increases in North Carolina
Six openly LGBTQ politicians were elected in North Carolina’s municipal elections on Nov. 7 — bringing the total of openly LGBTQ elected officials in the state to 20.
Carrboro and Chapel Hill ranked above average in LGBTQ equality study
The Human Rights Campaign recently released their annual Municipality Equality Index (MEI), which measures how inclusive a town's laws, services and policies are of LGBTQ populations. This year, both Chapel Hill and Carrboro scored above the national average.
Local mayors sign amicus briefs supporting upcoming Supreme Court case
Mayors of Carrboro and Chapel Hill have both signed amicus briefs in support of an upcoming anti-discrimination Supreme court case involving religious belief, free speech and gay rights.
