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Newly-engaged lesbian couple who mysteriously vanished were driving more than...
A newly-engaged lesbian couple who mysteriously disappeared last month were driving at more than 100mph before the fatal car crash that killed them, police have said. Stephanie Mayorga, 27, and Paige...
View ArticlePolice open fire on queer bar giving first aid and washing pepper spray out...
An LGBT+ bar owner in North Carolina was fired at by police during ongoing Black Lives Matter protests for simply running a first aid station on his own property. In the wake of the death of George...
View ArticleChurch vandalised with ‘sickening’ homophobic graffiti, Nazi swastikas and...
A church in North Carolina has been vandalised with homophobic graffiti and Nazi swastikas in a suspected hate crime. Johnsonville Church of God, which is based in Harnett County, was vandalised at...
View ArticleMaybe this is the lockdown talking, but this viral video of a guy surprise...
A viral video of a guy surprise proposing to his boyfriend has turned us into a blubbering, weeping mess – and serves as a timely reminder that there are good things in the world. In the video, Cody...
View ArticleMike Pence condemned for visit to anti-LGBT+ private school that bans...
US vice president Mike Pence and secretary for education Betsy DeVos were criticised by a human rights group after staging a photo op at an anti-LGBT+ private school. Pence and DeVos visited a Thales...
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Trailblazing gay Black ‘literary genius’ Randall Kenan has tragically died,...
Acclaimed author Randall Kenan, whose work reflected on being Black and gay in the South of the United States, has died aged 57. Keenan’s celebrated works, including A Visitation of Spirits, Let the...
View ArticleBigoted wedding venue refuses same-sex couple because its ‘Christian values’...
A wedding venue in North Carolina rejected a same-sex couple because of its “Christian values”. Brianna May and her fiancée Kacey Mayfield were planning their dream wedding when an ugly email from a...
View ArticleQueer victims of domestic violence are finally protected by law in all 50...
Queer victims of domestic violence are finally protected by law in all 50 states after a historic court ruling in North Carolina. North Carolina had been the only state that did not offer equal...
View ArticleMilitary vet lost UberEats job ‘after transphobic customers complained about...
An UberEats driver and military veteran lost her job in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic after customers complained about her being trans. North Carolina resident Rebecca, who has been driving...
View ArticleFive years after abhorrent anti-trans bathroom bill, city passes sweeping...
Five years after Charlotte, North Carolina tried to protect its LGBT+ residents but instead sparked an anti-trans “bathroom bill”, it has finally passed the LGBT+ non-discrimination laws that initiated...
View ArticleVictory for common sense and equality in North Carolina with landmark trans...
Trans state employees can sue North Carolina for failing to cover gender-affirming treatments in its health insurance plan, the Fourth Circuit has ruled. Six state employees filed the lawsuit in 2019...
View ArticleNorth Carolina lieutenant governor faces calls to resign for calling LGBT+...
North Carolina lieutenant governor Mark Robinson is facing calls to resign after a video surfaced on social media showing him describing LGBT+ people as “filth”. The video, shared by Right Wing Watch,...
View ArticleRepublican lieutenant governor says trans rights are the Antichrist’s work in...
North Carolina’s lieutenant governor Mark Robinson was caught on camera again ranting against the LGBT+ community, calling the trans rights movement “demonic” and “full of the spirit of Antichrist”....
View ArticleCruel trolls hijack family’s virtual funeral with racist SpongeBob images and...
A family in North Carolina had their funeral service cruelly interrupted when a troll hacked the Zoom feed for those who couldn’t be there in person, replacing the stream with gay pornography and...
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Anti-LGBTQ+ congressman Madison Cawthorn addresses leaked video of him nude...
North Carolina congressman Madison Cawthorn has said he was “trying to be funny” in a leaked video which appears to show him naked in bed with another man. The video, which has been shared widely on...
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Anti-LGBTQ+ congressman Madison Cawthorn loses re-election bid after nude...
North Carolina congressman Madison Cawthorn has lost his re-election bid after a video surfaced of him naked with another man. Cawthorn, an anti-LGBTQ+ Republican and once the youngest freshman in...
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Teacher accused of ‘grooming’ for showing kids loving same-sex families and...
A North Carolina teacher has resigned amid a controversy over the use of LGBTQ-themed flashcards to teach inclusivity and colours in her preschool classroom. The preschool teacher, who has not been...
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Anti-LGBTQ+ Republican official whines that God wants Christians to be led by...
North Carolina’s staunchly anti-LGBTQ+ lieutenant governor said that Christians are “called to be led by men” in a lengthy rant before a church congregation. Mark Robinson – a Republican who is...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Republican spreads fake news about five-year-olds having...
North Carolina’s lieutenant governor Mark Robinson has been criticised for falsely claiming “clinics” are performing gender-affirming surgery on five-year-old children at a rally. The Republican...
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Historic all-trans rugby match sends a ‘big f*** you’ to transphobes
As he prepared to take part in a historic all-trans rugby match, Atticus Martin felt like he was going to cry. Martin was one of the 39 trans and non-binary players who took part in an all-trans match...
View ArticleRepublican senator Thom Tillis censured by GOP for supporting LGBTQ+ rights
A North Carolina Republican has been censured by state GOP officials after he signalled support for LGBTQ+ rights. Republicans voted to formally censure senator Thom Tillis during a Saturday (10 June)...
View ArticleDonald Trump claims Republican voters care more about trans issues than...
Indicted former US president Donald Trump has claimed his Republican supporters care more about restricting trans rights than cutting taxes during a speech to the North Carolina Republican Party....
View ArticleNorth Carolina governor vetoes ‘triple threat’ of three anti-LGBTQ+ bills...
The governor of North Carolina has vetoed three anti-LGBTQ+ bills, condemning them as “a triple threat of [Republican] political culture wars”. Democrat Roy Cooper vetoed the bills on Wednesday (6...
View ArticleTrans teenager found dead after going on a date in North Carolina
A trans teenager has been found dead after disappearing while on a date in North Carolina, police say. An 18-year-old trans man who family say was known as Jacob was last seen on the evening of 30...
View ArticleTwo charged over death of trans teenager on a first date in North Carolina
Two people have been charged in connection with the death of a trans teenager whose body was found after he disappeared while on a date in North Carolina. Jacob Williamson, 18, was last seen on 30...
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Senator Jesse Helms’ hateful anti-LGBTQ+ views kept his lesbian granddaughter...
The granddaughter of late US senator Jesse Helms has opened up about feeling unable to come out as queer and suppressing her LGBTQ+ identity due to his homophobic views. Helms, who passed away in...
View ArticleNorth Carolina radio station refuses to play Met Operas over ‘non-biblical’...
A North Carolina radio station is refusing to play a set of contemporary operas over what it describes as “non-biblical sources” and LGBTQ+ themes. Listener-supported classical station, WCPE,...
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Trans nine-year-old sues North Carolina over healthcare ban
A nine-year-old transgender child is suing the state of North Carolina to challenge its ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors. Joined by his parents, a doctor, and a number of LGBTQ+ rights...
View ArticleTop Republican says trans people who need the toilet should ‘find a corner...
Top Republican politician Mark Robinson has said that trans women should be arrested for using women’s public toilets. At a campaign event earlier this month, Mark Robinson, who has previously...
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Mark Robinson: North Carolina Republican has called LGBTQ people ‘filth’ and...
North Carolina Republicans have nominated Mark Robinson – who once called LGBTQ+ people “filth” and has a history of making inflammatory remarks – as their nominee for governor. Robinson, currently...
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