Southeast

Apple criticized for North Carolina consideration

Tech giant Apple is facing a backlash for considering North Carolina in its expansion plans. The Cupertino-based firm has floated the prospect of locating a development site in North Carolina's Research Tria...

UT Alumni Help Pride Center After Legislative Backstab

The Pride Center at the University of Tennessee has been defunded by that state's Legislature. Also defunded: several inclusion and diversity initiatives at the Knoxville campus. Law-based targeted attacks on m...

One gay magical weekend at Disney celebrates 25 years

Before Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, there was an online BBS, or bulletin board system. And if you were logged on to the Florida gay BBS in early 1991, you might have seen a message from Orlando software des...

Georgia military commander cites ‘party atmosphere’ in refusing color guard request for Augusta Pride

A post-Don’t Ask Don’t Tell military still is not on board in Georgia with having a color guard march at the front of a Georgia Gay Pride parade later this month because of its “party atmosphere.” Augusta Pr...

Arkansas Supreme Court rejects motion for stay in same-sex marriage ruling

The Arkansas State Supreme Court has denied a request to stay a lower court’s ruling that the state’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional. Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel had asked for a stay...