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In a huge win for our communities this morning, the Biden Administration announced that they will interpret and enforce federal policy to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in health care based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

We may be rounding the corner on the pandemic, but our most vulnerable community members remain under active threat.

"As a champion of equality and the needs of LGBTQ Americans, we know that the jobs, industry and prospects created by Apple's expansion into the Triangle will greatly benefit the communities that we serve," said Kendra R. Johnson, Executive Director, Equality NC.

This announcement is a sign that we're turning the page on the horrendous legacy of House Bill 2 and the five years of trauma it wrought on our state," Equality NC Executive Director Kendra R. Johnson said in a prepared statement.

We may be rounding the corner on the pandemic, but our most vulnerable community members remain under active threat.

Duke University students and alumni are asking the university to take a stand against proposed North Carolina legislation that they say will be harmful to transgender children and adults.

New data show there are fewer than 10 transgender public high school student athletes in the state.

Fewer than 10 transgender athletes, female or male, have sought to play on public high school sport teams that align with their gender identity in the last two years.

Two new bills filed this week target transgender North Carolinians, part of a wave of anti-trans legislation filed by Republicans across the country.

Three North Carolina Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would force teachers to out any trans or gender non-conforming child to their parents.