The INDY’s 2019 Pride Issue
The history of Equality NC, a local initiative to help homeless queer young adults, the dangers of conversion therapy, and, of course, Pride events you shouldn’t miss.
The LGBTQ Center of Durham Wants to Help Homeless Queer Young Adults Find More Than Just Somewhere to Spend the Night
“It felt like it was time for us to move into that gap we felt in the community.”
Equality NC, the Country’s Oldest Statewide LGBTQ Rights Organization, at 40
An oral history of fighting for LGBTQ rights in a state where they didn’t come easy.
Telling NC’s LGBTQ Kids to Change Who They Are Is Abuse
On the evil on conversion therapy (and the time I was subjected to “blasting prayer”)
5 Pride Events You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend
Including the big one.
Hundreds Party for a Cause at Pride at Night in Raleigh
The music blared and the glitter was on point Saturday night when hundreds of rainbow-clad LGBTQ community members and allies lit up the streets outside Legends Nightclub in downtown Raleigh at the Pride at Night Festival. The block party was aimed to spread awareness, promote education and provide financial resources to the LGBTQ community at…
A Gay Teacher in a Red State Learns to Thread a Needle Between Safety and Authenticity
“When your district-mandated mentor says “personal life,” they mean yer sinnin’: abhorrent fetishes like atheism, queerness, and science.”
More Pride Guide Coverage
Wake Commissioner Greg Ford Wants to Blaze a Trail for Future LGBTQ Leaders
He doesn’t just want to be the first. He wants to be the first of many.
The Sudden Death and Necessary Resurrection of NC Pride
Now under new management and rebranded as Pride: Durham, NC, the festival is focused on transparency and inclusivity
With Courage and Changing Times, Indulge Catering’s Owners Have Made Their Identities an Asset
“We pride ourselves on treating our clients like family.”
A New Pride for New Times
The challenges the LGBTQ community faces have changed. Now the Triangle’s marquee festival has too.