'Bathroom Bill' Fight Returns To Winston-Salem Federal Court
North Carolina's so-called “bathroom bill” was partially repealed two years ago, but critics say its effects still hurt the state.
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'Bathroom Bill' Sponsor Among GOP Hopefuls in NC-9
The race for North Carolina's Ninth District congressional seat has drawn a crowded field of Republicans for the Tuesday primary.
Greensboro Swim Meet Shows HB2 Backlash Not Over
The Greensboro Aquatic Center will host the NCAA 2019 Division III Swimming Championships this month, bringing in college teams from across the country.
United Methodist Church Votes To Keep Bans On Same-Sex Weddings, LGBTQ Clergy
Delegates rejected change despite a Virginia pastor's warning: "You will be putting a virus into the American church that will make it very sick, and it will be sick quickly."
Activists Say 40 Detained And 2 Dead In Gay Purge In Chechnya
The "new wave of persecution" began when a social media group administrator's phone contacts were accessed by Chechen authorities, according to the Russian LGBT Network.
In Newly Found Audio, A Forgotten Civil Rights Leader Says Coming Out 'Was An Absolute Necessity'
Bayard Rustin was an adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. and the organizer behind the 1963 March on Washington. And though he was gay, his legacy remains little known among many in the LGBTQ community.
Tanzanian Leader Launches Anti-Gay Crackdown, Expects to Round Up Hundreds
"Report them to me," Paul Makonda, Regional Commissioner of Der Es Salaam urged the public on Monday. Days later he announced a new surveillance squad will begin arresting people next week.
U.S. Military To Allow Transgender Recruits After Trump Administration Drops Appeal
An LGBT activist says the Trump administration has waved "the white flag," dropping an appeal of court rulings blocking a ban on transgender troops.
Virginia Statehouse Race Pits 'Bathroom Bill' Author Against Transgender Woman
If Democrat Danica Roem succeeds in unseating Republican Delegate Bob Marshall, she'd become the nation's first openly transgender state lawmaker.