Southeast

NC University Names LGBTQ Center After Atlanta Gay Activist

It’s now the largest LGBTQ Center in the UNC-system, located on the East Carolina University, and the state-of-the-art center will now hold the name of one of Atlanta’s most-influential gay activists, Dr. Jesse...

Netflix Won’t Film Series in North Carolina Over Anti-LGBTQ Law

North Carolina won’t be the filming location for an upcoming Netflix series because of the state’s lingering House Bill 2, the bathroom bill that caused numerous production companies to forgo North Carolina in ...

New Florida Gov Excludes LGBT People from Non-Discrimination Order

Newly sworn-in after his victory over Andrew Gillum in the Florida gubernatorial race, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on Wednesday an executive order ensuring non-discrimination in state employment and state contract...

First Trans Person Murdered This Year in Alabama

Transgender woman Dana Martin from Alabama was murdered on Sunday – the first reported murder of a trans person in the U.S. in 2019. According to the Montgomery Advertiser, Martin, 31, was fatally shot and f...

Trans Woman Attacked in Bar Bathroom in North Carolina

North Carolina police said two women sexually assaulted a transgender woman at a bar in the state’s capital Raleigh, reported ABC 30. 38-year-old Amber Harrell and 31-year-old Jessica Fowler started verbally...