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, was the first openly gay man to work in athletics communications. And he's thrived.
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 graduation.
Three bills were recently filed in N.C. legislature that would significantly increase protections for LGBT citizens, including banning discrimination based on sexual and identity, fully repealing H.B. 2 and banning conversion therapy.
The UNC LGBTQ Center has been offering Safe Zone trainings since 2003, teaching allyship strategies and bringing awareness to various LGBTQ perspectives and experiences.
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 other rights movements, the one pertaining the LGBTQ+ community has shouldered the brunt of turmoil, conflict and victories. Sharing the history and experiences of peers encourages a reflection of the past, and an eye toward the future as the struggle for equality continues.
"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 Music U are hosting a cabaret to increase representation and visibility of LGBTQ+ people in theater.
The LGBTQ Center of Carrboro works to uplift members of the community throughout Carrboro, including Kanautica Zayre-Brown, a transgender woman being held in a men's prison.
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. Department of Motor Vehicles has adopted a new policy making it easier for transgender people to have their gender identity represented on their driver's licenses.
North Carolina has become the only state in which people cannot get restraining orders against members of the same sex.
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.
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.
“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.”
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.
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.
Manifest III only features bands with members who identify as femme, transgender or non-binary.
The Southern Oral History Program online database allows students to look back into the lives 6,000 people in the American South.
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.
"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.
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.
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