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New York-based R&B/Electronica musician Halima (left) and jazz and R&B artist Madison McFerrin (also a New Yorker) will perform mainstage at Durham Pride. Credit: Social Media/Publicity Pride is ...

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A Gallup poll revealed LGBTQ+ people as a whole are now coming out at a younger age, with many surveyed citing greater societal acceptance of queerness and LGBTQ+ culture.  More than 70% of gay,...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/gallup-survey-reveals-lgbtq-people-come-out-at-younger-ages/

In our previous examination of Pride development culture, we took a look at InterPride, a global organization that provides help in development, planning and networking for Pride events and plann...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/a-look-at-the-us-association-of-prides/

For most people, including those in and out of the LGBTQ+ community, it’s easy and familiar history that global recognition of the month of June as Pride month has its roots in the Stonewall Ri...

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Reel Out Charlotte, the Queen City’s LGBTQ Film Festival, has officially wrapped its 16th season. We are truly grateful to everyone who came to celebrate our loves, lives, and triumphs on the b...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/celebrating-diversity-and-resilience-reflecting-on-reel-out-charlotte-and-embracing-the-pride-season-ahead/

Target has announced it will be limiting its in-store LGBTQ+ Pride collection this year after receiving backlash from right-wing media outlets. According to multiple media reports, the company wi...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/target-limits-pride-collection-after-receiving-backlash/

Mary Beth Clark has lived in Chatham County for over 20 years, and she’s proud to call the town of Pittsboro her home. The town is home to around 4,700 people and is known for its historic down...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/youre-allowed-to-be-here-how-pittsboro-residents-have-crafted-a-safe-space-for-lgbtq-folks/

The Asheville Choral Society proudly shares a musical celebration of love, loss, and resiliency. This concert event features a reflection in song of a heartbreaking story, Considering Matthew S...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/events/meet-me-here-music-of-life-loss-and-hope/

With LGBTQ+ History Month coming to a close, Wisconsin Democrat Mark Pocan filed two bills to start the process to create an American LGBTQ+ History Museum.  “As our community faces unpreceden...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/u-s-congressman-introduces-bill-to-create-lgbtq-history-museum/

Over five years after moving to North Carolina to join Equality NC (ENC) as its executive director, Kendra Johnson recently announced her departure from the organization in the following statemen...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/equality-ncs-kendra-johnson-to-leave-at-end-of-the-year/

T-shirts connect and bring people together in powerful ways, and they’ve had a profound impact on the LGBTQ+ community and its ongoing pursuit of equal rights.  Custom Ink has compiled a list ...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/the-most-iconic-lgbtq-t-shirts-of-all-time/

Nearly three dozen people protested a Constitution Day event in Union County on Saturday because they say county library officials favored one event over another. The spirited group involving mem...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/supporters-of-lgbtq-rights-protest-event-at-union-county-library/

Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools, one of the first systems in the state to comply with the recently passed laws impacting LGBTQ+ students, began sending out emails the first day of class that make i...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/following-nc-passage-of-anti-lgbtq-laws-cms-wants-parents-signatures-on-student-information-form/

Monroe resident Cristal Robinson recognized a need for a safe environment for queer LGBTQ+ Union County residents. They noticed one of the restaurants in Monroe, East Frank Superette and Kitchen,...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/union-county-pride-is-fighting-to-have-a-safe-space/

Annual Celebration of Diversity in Iredell County! Saturday, September 23rd in Downtown Statesville. The parade will begin at 12pm and will be immediately followed by the festival until 4pm. F...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/events/statesville-pride-parade-and-festival/

There’s a woman living in Steele Creek who when asked if she’s from Charlotte will happily tell you, “I am not, but I’ve been here so long, I feel like I pretty much qualify.” Meredith ...

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Every year, “Jesse’s Journal” tries to bring something clever or inspirational to the conversation regarding LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Though pride in one’s sexual orientation or gender identit...

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During Pride Month, it’s common to see a variety of LGBTQ+ Pride flags. But the variety of designs and meanings can be hard to decipher. Each one has its own unique history and symbolism, which...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/emblems-of-equality-discovering-the-world-of-lgbtq-flags/

by Liz Schob (she/her) Communications Manager, Charlotte Pride I’m standing in the middle of Tryon Street surrounded by a sea of rainbows and shouts of excitement from an exuberant crowd walkin...

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North Carolina’s neighboring state of Tennessee became the first in the country to kick start the stomp out drag movement when Governor Bill Lee officially signed the state’s bill regulating ...

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  Between jaw-dropping drag shows, sequined-feather themed fundraisers and events, late night circuit parties, and colorful festivals and parades across the whole spectrum of the rainbow – the...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/pride-is-a-reminder-to-celebrate-our-journey-and-protect-our-future/

Celebrate Charlotte Pride with a special Drag Brunch with The Vanity House at Angeline’s. Each $150 ticket is priced for two people, and includes Vanity House’s drag performance, and a thr...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/events/the-vanity-house-pride-fest-drag-brunch-at-angelines/

In what seems a likely and logical response to a barrage of anti-LGBTQ legislation aimed at youth and students across the country, Time Out Youth in Charlotte is offering two educational workshop...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/time-out-youth-offers-workshops-for-educators-and-school-staff-to-support-lgbtq-students/

“Either we are a community accepting of our LGBTQ residents and this is a no-brainer or we are not,” said Holly Springs town council member Aaron Wolff, as he took Mayor Sean Mayefskie and ot...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/holly-springs-nc-mayor-called-out-for-rejecting-pride-proclamation/

This special event is a taste of what Pride Week will be like this summer for Charlotte Black Pride! There will be food trucks, vendors, a DJ, performers, and vibes introducing our theme for thi...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/events/charlotte-black-pride-2022-launch-event-black-af/

Join us at the 2022 PrideLife Expo on April 2 in Raleigh! The 2022 PrideLife Expo will feature more than 130 business and nonprofit exhibitors that support the LGBT+ community. PLUS, there will ...

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Upstate Pride SC has announced the cancellation of all remaining in-person events for 2021, based on recent data showing a spike in COVID-19 cases across the state, the highly transmissible natu...

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As of August 23, all Charlotte Pride events originally scheduled for late August and continuing through September 18 have been postponed until October, 2021.  The post Charlotte Pride Postpone...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/charlotte-pride-postpones-amidst-fourth-covid-19-wave/

For many, big parades and festivals celebrating all things LGBTQ seem like a faint memory of a pre-pandemic existence. Pride events marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in 2019 ...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/the-future-of-pride/

LGBTQ news from around the globe. The post News Briefs for 9.2.2021 appeared first on QnotesCarolinas.com .

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The Charlotte Pride Community Relief Program is intended to act as a bridge to help handle lapses in support as individuals navigate their daily lives and struggles. The post Charlotte Pride Of...

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As of August 23, all Charlotte Pride events from August 28 until September 18 have been postponed until October, 2021. Because of the Delta variant and increased rates of COVID-19 infections, Cha...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/charlotte-pride-postpones-events-until-october-2021/

The Cabarrus County Public Library is hosting a pride event on August 21, as a way to encourage LGBTQ and allied individuals in rural areas to celebrate and discuss what it means to be queer in t...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/cabarrus-county-library-hosts-pride-event/

The Independence Pro Soccer Team will be hosting Charlotte Pride Night at the newly constructed American Legion Stadium on August 14 at 7:00 p.m. The Pittsburgh Riverhounds are back for a second ...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/the-independence-pro-soccer-team-is-hosting-charlotte-pride-night-on-august-14/

Charlotte Pride invites the entire community to a citywide and regional weekend of service and solidarity. The pandemic has taught us important lessons. One of the most important things we have l...

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Charlotte Black Pride had celebrated with a week-long schedule of events earlier this month. Check out our recent video highlighting some of the festivities! The post Celebrating Charlotte Blac...

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In addition to supporting the extremely transphobic Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, Greene also co-sponsored the Old Glory Only Act. This was drafted in an effort to keep Pride flags...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-takes-aim-at-entire-lgbtq-community/

Charlotte Black Pride was created 16 years ago when previous leaders of Charlotte Pride were less inclusive, co-founder and Director of Development Jermaine Nakia Lee said. Though the two sister ...

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Upon hearing the news that the Methodist Church has sanctioned same-sex marriage, Executive Director of the Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH), Jedidah Maina, excitedly announced, �...

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News briefs from across the globe for 07.09.2021. The post News Briefs for 07.09.21 appeared first on QnotesCarolinas.com .

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More than 350 children’s books, all centering around LGTBQ characters and topics, have been donated to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation. Rosedale Health in Huntersville and Stonewal...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/local-lgbtq-groups-donate-collection-of-books-for-youth/

TikTok lightning is striking again, this time for gay singer/songwriter Jake Wesley Rogers. With more than 155,000 followers and two million likes on the platform, as well as mounting YouTube vid...

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Gov. Roy Cooper is a man committed to equality for the LGBTQ community. That’s not to say he hasn’t encountered his fair share of roadblocks from other elected officials in Raleigh since he�...

https://qnotescarolinas.com/an-interview-with-gov-roy-cooper/

With the removal of “homosexuality” as a mental disorder from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) in 1973, and the changing climate of discriminatory opinions and beliefs toward the L...

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On the Saturday before Father’s Day, Del and Ryan Nelms (their children refer to them as Papa and Dad) are relaxing in their living room, comfortably dressed in shorts and ready to share their ...

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With 2.5 million people, Sao Paulo became the most widely attended Pride anywhere on the globe in 2006. Since then, Copacabana and Rio de Janeiro have become hotspots for LGBTQ travelers. The p...

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Through their Charlotte Pride collaboration, the Independence will be fund-raising, educating and community-building during their August 14 game against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds for what they h...

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The ultimate goal for Harris Teeter and their product providers is to make every shopper and staff member feel valued and celebrated. The post Harris Teeter is Celebrating Pride Month appeared...

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Our vibrant, beautiful community comes back to the streets! Rainbows will fill Tryon Street once again as Charlotte’s LGBTQ community steps off for a beautiful celebration! The post Charlott...

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A truly unique, truly local celebration of Pride in the Queen City, the Festival will feature special zones and activations throughout Uptown, providing a familiar festival feel while avoiding ...

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