North Carolina man charged with cyberstalking city's first gay council member and other men
Out Raleigh City Council member Jonathan Lambert-Melton said he had received death threats from the suspect.
DECEMBER 3, 2024
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PHOTOS: N.C. Protests 'Tyranny of the Majority'
Protesters marched through the streets of Raleigh on Monday to express outrage over Amendment One, a constitutional ban on same-sex unions that North Carolina voters overwhelmingly approved, and they plan to march every 14th to change hearts and minds.
MAY 15, 2012
Meet the celebs and honorees walking the Out100 2024 red carpet
The Out100 honors those making a difference in our community and beyond.
DECEMBER 12, 2024
This Indie Band Protested HB 2 With a Gay Couple's Vows
The band’s lead singer says he was tempted to cancel the show over North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law, but decided to use the show as a chance to demonstrate that #LoveWins.
MAY 29, 2016
N.C. Police Won't Enforce Transphobic HB 2
Police in several major North Carolina cities told NPR they will not penalize nor arrest a trans person for using the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity.
MAY 11, 2016
N.C. Conservatives Threaten to Repeal Charlotte Trans 'Bathroom Bill' Protections
Conservative lawmakers in North Carolina are threatening to repeal an ordinance that allows trans people to use public restrooms corresponding with their gender identity.
MARCH 18, 2016
LGBT Center of Raleigh Gets Plastered With Antigay Stickers
The disgusting act is in response to the monthly Drag Queen Story Hour, aiming to encourage love and inclusivity.
MARCH 16, 2020
Rep Brad Miller Urges Voters to Reject Amendment 1
As the North Carolina legislature moved last fall to put a brutal antigay amendment on the May 8 primary ballot, Rep. Brad Miller, a Democrat representing parts of Raleigh and Greensboro, decided not only to speak out against the damaging measure, but also concluded that it was time to step up and support a congressional bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
MAY 8, 2012
Two Women Charged With Attacking Trans Woman in North Carolina
The women are accused of groping and verbally harassing the trans woman in a bar's restroom.
JANUARY 10, 2019
Helms apologetic about AIDS in new memoir
In his upcoming memoir, former U.S. senator Jesse Helms acknowledges that he was wrong about the stance he took regarding the AIDS epidemic but still maintains that integration was forced before its time by "outside agitators who had their own agendas."
JUNE 9, 2005
Straight People Are 'Superior,' Says N.C. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson
In a sermon, the expected Republican gubernatorial candidate also compared LGBTQ+ people to "maggots" and "flies."
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Catholic School Cancels Black Lesbian Speaker, Black History Events
Vernetta Alston, a Durham, N.C., City Council member, was to speak at Immaculata Catholic School's Black History Month event.
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
Mother Sues TSA After Trans Daughter Pushed to Be Strip-Searched
The mother and daughter were flying out of the Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
AUGUST 30, 2021
Activists Arrested Protesting N.C. Anti-LGBT Law
Protesters gathered outside the governor's mansion in Raleigh, objecting to a new law prohibiting city-level LGBT protections.
MARCH 24, 2016
Parents Say 11-Year-Old's Suicide Attempt Was Over Bullying
The boy was teased because he likes My Little Pony.
FEBRUARY 4, 2014
Former Republican N.C. Senator Jesse Helms Dead at 86
Former senator Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists, and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86. ''It's just incredible that he would die on July 4, the same day of the Declaration of Independence and the same day that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died, and he certainly is a patriot in the mold of those great men,'' said former North Carolina GOP representative Bill Cobey.
JULY 5, 2008
BREAKING: North Carolina Now Has Marriage Equality
Same-sex couples in the state began marrying shortly after a federal judge struck down the state's ban about 5:30 p.m. today.
OCTOBER 10, 2014