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With a new year upon us, we have the opportunity to make Charlotte – and all of North Carolina – a more welcoming, inclusive, and safe place for all.

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President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday reversing the Trump administration's ban on transgender people serving in the military.

It was an about face for the US military on Monday as President Biden signed an executive order now allowing transgender people to openly serve without limitations or restrictions, reversing the Trump administration's 2017 ban.

Mecklenburg County commissioners say they'll consider adopting an LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination policy.

In 2016, the state banned LGBTQ+ protections in a compromise repeal of its anti-trans bathroom bill. Now, the ban is expiring.

Seeing our communities actually reflected within the halls of power in this country is nothing short of monumental.

Four North Carolina municipalities — Hillsborough, Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Durham — passed ordinances protecting members of their LGBTQ communities from discrimination.

Advocates were ready and waiting after a yearslong, statewide moratorium on local nondiscrimination ordinances expired last month.

The struggle for equality has returned to Charlotte for the same reason it made national headlines in 2016 — LGBTQ+ protections.