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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N.C. is the only state that forbids same-sex restraining orders, but that could change
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
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
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 and gender non-conforming individuals can feel empowered and at home.
UNC rings in homecoming with drag and comedy shows
“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, and this event will hopefully will get them something out of homecoming.”
UNC activists respond to Trump administration's proposed definition of gender
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 activists looking back to North Carolina's HB2.
'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.
