The bill would make it illegal for drag performances to take place on public property in the presence of anyone under age 18.
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UNC System Faculty, Staff Bristle as Legislature Targets DEI Efforts
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts and training on UNC System campuses is in jeopardy, employees say.
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Facing Hostile Legislation, Rising Generations Are More LGBTQ Than Ever
The percentage of US adults identifying as LGBTQ doubled from a decade ago, Gallup found.
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Transgender Youth Face an Uncertain Future as Legislation Targets Their Identities
Two new bills moving through the North Carolina General Assembly could impact how transgender young people are treated in school and how they could access gender affirming care.
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Ida B. Wells Society Relocates from UNC-Chapel Hill to Morehouse College
The move comes after the controversy over the university’s board of trustees denying one of the society’s founders, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, a vote on tenure after the university courted her to join its faculty.
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A Fight Over Gender-Affirming Health Care Unfolds in a Federal Appeals Court
A three-judge panel on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will determine if North Carolina’s refusal to cover gender-affirming health care for state employees is legal.
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UNC Board of Governors Courts More Controversy With Hiring and Enrollment Proposal
This story originally published online at NC Policy Watch. Discussions about political debates, beliefs, affiliations, ideals or principles could be banned in employment and enrollment processes at UNC System schools, if the UNC Board of Governors approves a proposed rule change. System leaders say the change, introduced in a meeting of the board’s university governance […]
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Three Stories to Watch in 2023
In North Carolina, LGBTQ rights, the UNC System, and Christian nationalism will be in the headlines.
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NC’s LGBTQ Community Struggles With More Threats, Violence as Visibility Grows
This week many in the LGBTQ community, some North Carolina lawmakers and political experts, are asking why condemnations of the rising tide of hateful rhetoric and violence against the LGBTQ community has been nowhere near as clear or plentiful.
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Celebrations Tempered as State Level Anti-LGBTQ Bills Loom
The Respect for Marriage Act passed the U.S. Senate yesterday, but advocates are cautious and say much more needs to be done for the state’s LGBTQ community.