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Equality NC is the largest statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocacy organization in North Carolina. In the past decade, Equality NC has strategically moved North Carolina from a state with extremely limited legal protections for LGBT individuals to a state with some of the most comprehensive protections in the south.
Equality North Carolina has passed monumental pieces of legislation and continues to advance equality through legislative advocacy, public education and community empowerment.
Media Inquiries
If you are a member of the media and have an inquiry or would like to be added to our media list, please email Jen Jones (jen@equalitync.org), Communications Director, or call 919-260-5906.
Press Releases
Apr 17, 2014
Equality NC, North Carolina’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organization, responded today to decisions by officials at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, to deny in-state tuition to the same-gender spouses of active duty service members despite federal law that requires them to do so.
Apr 17, 2014
Equality NC, North Carolina’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organization will file an amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Bostic v. Rainey. Bostic is a case which could decide the issue of marriage equality in several Southern states, including North Carolina.
Apr 14, 2014
Equality NC, the state’s largest LGBT advocacy organization will host a press conference and rally on Tax Day, Tuesday, April 15, at 4:30 p.m., in Raleigh (Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, 1801 Hillsborough, St. Raleigh, NC, 27605) to protest a new state tax policy targeting same-sex couples.
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General Inquiries
If you are a member of the public and have a general inquiry, please email enc@equalitync.org.