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Gay W. Virginia High School Soccer Player comes out by dancing with Homecoming King

By Michael S Martin on Dec 16 2014, 8:34a 4 It was something I thought I’d never do — dance a slow dance with the homecoming king at his high school. I am an 18-year-old senior all-state high school soccer … Continue reading

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TIPS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

National PFLAG has adapted a piece by Mariana Caplan entitled When Holidays Are Hell…A Guide to Surviving Family Gatherings to help parents and siblings make the up-coming holidays really welcoming for visiting LGBT family members. It is reproduced below. If you are the … Continue reading

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Support for Same-Sex Couples in Alamance County

By Chris Lavender / Times-News Published: Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 07:02 PM. Ken Smith described the joy he experienced when he was legally allowed to marry his partner last month. After a federal judge in North Carolina struck down … Continue reading

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Aggravated Assault on Gay Veteran in Greensboro

(from Q Notes on November 13) GREENSBORO, N.C. — A suspect is being held by police after an aggravated assault in the early morning hours of Nov. 9 in a downtown hotel. Police say the attack on the victim, whom … Continue reading

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NC Gay Marriage Dispute Revived

From the Raleigh News and Observer RALEIGH A divide over same-sex marriage that has split magistrates in North Carolina may be deepened by a federal court ruling Thursday that says courts should not compel states to approve such unions. Within … Continue reading

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New NC Tax Status for Same-Sex Couples

(from website of EqualityNC) North Carolina Announces New Tax Status for Married Same-Sex Couples Raleigh, N.C. – This week, the North Carolina Department of Revenue released a new directive on 2014 tax filing status for legally-married same sex couples living … Continue reading

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RECOGNIZING OUR NEIGHBORS IN THIS NEW LAW

By Carr Harkrader / Guest column Published in Burlington TimesNews: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 08:21 PM. Corrected on Oct. 26 Having been born and raised in Burlington, I’ve watched with great interest how Alamance County has grappled with the … Continue reading

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THE ORDER OF THE JUDGE, Exact Words

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 3:14-cv-00213-MOC-DLH THIS MATTER is before the court on its own Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. In light of the decision of the Court of Appeals for … Continue reading

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THE SUPREME COURT JUST QUIETLY MADE MARRIAGE EQUALITY THE LAW OF THE LAND IN MANY STATES

by Ian Millhiser In a surprising anti-climax to one of the most important legal battles of the last several decades, the Supreme Court announced this week that it would not hear several cases where federal appeals courts held that the … Continue reading

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MARRIAGE WATCH AT THE SUPREME COURT

SEP 30, 2014 Today, we are in what some people refer to as SCOTUS-watch: that is, waiting to hear what, if anything, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) plans to do with five marriage equality cases they currently … Continue reading

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