Republican lawmakers introduced more than 200 anti-LGBTQ bills nationwide in January. Seventy-one percent of LGBTQ youth—and 86% of trans and nonbinary youth—said state laws restricting the rights of LGBTQ young people have negatively impacted their mental health, according to a recent poll.
Law enforcement says they have found no connection to anti-LGBTQ protests outside of a local drag show.
Rep. John Torbett introduced a bill last week that would make North Carolina the 19th state to ban and/or restrict how teachers can discuss racism and sexism.
All abortion bans are dangerous, a Charlotte doctor told us, so Republican legislators would not get any points for passing a 12-week ban instead of a 6-week or outright ban like in other southern states.
Abortion rights advocates have increased their efforts in recent weeks to highlight just how perilous abortion access is in North Carolina.
Opponents of the bill argue it’s an effort to target, censor, and erase anyone who identifies as LGBTQ.
With 1.4 million kids returning to the state’s public schools this week and next, the need is great.
North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature could expand Medicaid to cover 600,000 more residents this year, but they could also try to ban abortion in the state, robbing their constituents of their reproductive freedom.
It was a good night to be a Republican. But there are bright spots for the left-leaning North Carolinian.
Your vote on Nov. 8 could make all the difference in climate change, school funding, and equitable health care.
