LGBTQ

For the first time, "GAYPRIDE" is available as a vanity license plate in North Carolina.

As shootings at two electrical substations cut power to thousands of central North Carolina homes last weekend, they also sparked widespread speculation that the days-long blackout might be the latest of several attempts to shut down a local drag show meant to celebrate the LGBTQ community in rural Moore County.

Statehouse victories for Republicans around the country in this month's midterm elections are resonating for trans people as they mark Sunday's Transgender Day of Remembrance, an international observance honoring victims of anti-transgender violence and raising awareness of the threats trans people face.

A civil rights group says North Carolina's refusal to allow vanity license plates with LGBTQ themes raises “constitutional concerns.” 

Some vanity license plate submissions related to the LGBTQ community are likely to be rejected in North Carolina.

Elio González organized Miss Gay Latina for the first time in 2008. He has a background in event planning but had never thought of creating a pageant.

A Winston-Salem-based LGBTQIA+ film festival is introducing a grant program for rising filmmakers. One of its goals is to build community through sharing diverse cinematic experiences.

The North Carolina state employee health plan unlawfully discriminates by excluding treatments for transgender people by refusing to pay for hormone therapy and surgeries, as it once did briefly, a