Stories tagged: "Pride Month"

LGBTQ 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 Emily Jaeger June 17, 2022 2:15 pm EDT
LGBTQ The Charlotte Pride celebrations in 2019. It's Pride Month in NC, and we've curated the best events to check out this month. (Shutterstock)
LGBTQ Drag Shows, Family Picnics, and Parades: This Is How You Celebrate Pride Month in North Carolina

Pride Month is, alas, only 30 days. From Wilmington to Asheville, we’ve curated the best ways to fill it with fun, frivolity, and community.

Emily Jaeger Emily Jaeger June 3, 2022 6:35 pm EDT

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The Charlotte Pride celebrations in 2019. It's Pride Month in NC, and we've curated the best events to check out this month. (Shutterstock) LGBTQ Drag Shows, Family Picnics, and Parades: This Is How You Celebrate Pride Month in North Carolina
A protester at an abortion-rights rally in Raleigh in May. (Photo by Michael McElroy) Law and Policy Abortion Is Still Legal in North Carolina for Now—But There Are Restrictions
Advocates say enhanced background checks for gun buyers under 21 might have stopped the mass shooting by an 18-year-old gunman in Uvalde, Texas. Photo by Jinitzail Hernandez Law and Policy What the First Major Gun Safety Legislation Passed in Decades Means for North Carolina
This May 8, 1964 file photo shows Linda Brown Smith standing in front of the Sumner School in Topeka, Kansas. The refusal of the public school to admit Brown in 1951, then nine years old, because she is black, led to the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the "separate but equal" clause and mandated that schools nationwide must be desegregated. Tuesday marks the 68th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. (AP Photo, File) Commentary 68 Years After Brown v. Board of Education, the Work to Desegregate Our Schools Isn’t Finished