Shannon Fleming

Shannon Fleming is the Granville County Democratic Party Chair

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Opinion My Child Is Leaving North Carolina Over New Anti-LGBTQ Laws

"I don’t know when I’ll see my child again after they board that plane," Shannon Fleming writes in an op-ed. "Because of NC Republican lawmakers' intentional and targeted hatred of the trans community, my family is being ripped apart."

Shannon Fleming August 21, 2023 3:41 pm EDT

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