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Several upcoming events in the Triad are scheduled for LGBTQ Pride Month. Here's a partial list of happenings in Winston-Salem and Greensboro.
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Civil rights group says North Carolina public schools harming LGBTQ+ students, violating federal lawA civil rights group has filed a complaint with federal departments alleging North Carolina's public schools are systematically marginalizing LGBTQ+ youth as two new laws are being carried out. The Asheville-based Campaign for Southern Equality filed the complaint Tuesday against the State Board of Education and Department of Public Instruction.
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The Guilford County Board of Education voted to approve revisions to three district policies that align with the state’s new Parents’ Bill of Rights. This includes removing instruction about gender and sexuality in some lower grades.
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The Guilford County Board of Education will vote on revisions to three policies next week in alignment with the state’s new Parents’ Bill of Rights. Numerous parents wrote to the district opposing the changes.
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The City of Greensboro’s Transgender Task Force is hosting its second annual summit on Saturday. Liz Lennon, the commissions administrator for the city’s…
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Transgender residents of North Carolina and Montana added Wednesday to a growing list of lawsuits challenging the recent onslaught of Republican state…
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A federal appeals court is considering cases out of North Carolina and West Virginia that could have significant implications on whether individual states are required to cover health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance.
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The facility provides a welcoming space for individuals in the queer community. Board of Directors Chair Cindia Gonzalez says the center receives visitors from Winston, surrounding counties, and even rural areas.
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Across the country, books and lessons that represent different families and identities are increasingly the target of conservative pushback — even when they're for the youngest of learners. Educators and free-speech advocates say the books and lessons caught up in these bans often simply acknowledge the existence of different identities. That's crucial, experts say, to help young children develop empathy and an understanding of themselves — especially for children whose families include people of color or LGBTQ+ relatives. Of the bans targeting picture books, about three-quarters are books that address LGBTQ+ themes and roughly half mention race, PEN America says.
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North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Wednesday a trio of bills aimed at LGBTQ+ youth that would ban gender-affirming health care for minors, restrict transgender participation in school sports and limit classroom instruction about gender identity and sexuality.