Equality NC News
The latest on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues and state politics in North Carolina.
Victory! Governor Signs Bills on Bullying, Sex Ed
7/1/2009 - Last night around 5:30, Governor Beverly Perdue signed both the School Violence Prevention Act and the Healthy Youth Act. Now these two bills to protect the safety and health of young people in our state are the law of the land.
Stonewall – 40 for Equality
6/30/09 - As we celebrate the passage of the first LGBT-positive law in North Carolina history, we also mark the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York, a seminal moment in the history of the struggle for civil rights and gay equality.
Healthy Youth Act Headed to Governor
6/26/2008 - Yesterday afternoon the North Carolina House voted to accept the Senate version of the Healthy Youth Act and send it to the Governor for her signature. The bill will put comprehensive sex education in all North Carolina schools, but retains some problematic language from the old Abstinence Until Marriage law. Equality NC celebrates this is an important step forward that will make a real difference in the lives of young people, but notes that work to improve sex education is not done.
By One Vote!
6/25/2009 - Equality NC's Executive Director, Ian Palmquist, shares the story of how we won passage of the School Violence Prevention Act in the NC House earlier this week and shares highlights from the lenghty debate on the bill.
NC Senate Rejects Bigoted Amendment, Passes Healthy Youth Act
6/24/2009 - Yesterday the North Carolina Senate passed a bill to improve sex education in North Carolina schools and rejected an attempt to deny lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students access to counseling services and information to protect their health. HB 88, the Healthy Youth Act, now goes back to the House for a vote on whether to accept the Senate version of the bill or appoint a conference committee.
Charlotte Black Gay Pride
