Stories tagged: "Charlotte"

Ray Shawn McKinnon, a former Methodist minister from Charlotte, talked to C&P about his journey and coming out while in a straight marriage.

LGBTQ ‘Standing in My Truth’: A North Carolina Man on Coming Out in a Straight Marriage

For Pride Month, a former Methodist minister and activist from North Carolina talks to Cardinal & Pine about his journey to coming out and his supportive wife.

Emily Jaeger June 17, 2022 2:15 pm EDT

Commentary

There's a housing crisis for LGBTQ youth. (Shutterstock)

Commentary There’s a Housing Crisis for LGBTQ+ Youth

Federal nondiscrimination protections would go a long way toward helping.

Sarah Mikhail April 26, 2022 11:07 am EDT

Work

Work NC Starbucks Workers Join Push for Unions Across the South

Starbucks employees in Charlotte rallied for a union this week, joining a growing movement for labor rights across the South and beyond.

Emiene Wright April 7, 2022 2:10 pm EDT

Women's History Month

Mr. Talford, a 77-year-old Charlottean, reached out to FTS in 2020. His driveway was just over the property line and when a real estate company purchased the land, they obtained a demolition permit to tear it down, leaving him without access. Alesha Brown, right, successfully argued that Talford acquired the property through adverse possession and was now the lawful owner. He received a deed officially transferring the property to him so similar challenges won’t arise in the future.

Women's History Month Seeing Seniors Displaced ‘Pissed Off’ This Charlotte Attorney. Now She Fights Gentrification.

Alesha Brown founded For The Struggle in 2019 to stop the displacement of seniors in west Charlotte’s rapidly gentrifying, historically Black communities. 'We owe them that,' she said.

Emiene Wright March 30, 2022 4:57 pm EDT

Entertainment

Vogue editor Andre Leon Talley arriving at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala benefit in 2011. The 6'5 tastemaker favored authoritative robes and caftans in later years. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

Entertainment How Andre Leon Talley’s Epic Style Was Informed By His Durham Grandmother

At the height of the fashion world, Talley credited his grandmother for teaching him to use style as a defense. 'Clothes were my armor of warfare...I had to represent.'

Emiene Wright January 21, 2022 5:18 pm EST