Press Releases
Tonight, the Buncombe County Commission voted 6-0 to pass an ordinance that protects residents from discrimination based on race, natural hair or hairstyles, ethnicity, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, pregnancy, veteran status, religious belief or non-belief, age, or disability.
One anti-transgender bill, HB358, will be heard by the North Carolina House Judiciary Committee today, April 14, at 12:00pm.
This week lawmakers in North Carolina proposed two bills that would jeopardize LGBTQ North Carolinians' access to healthcare in the state.
Today, state legislators in North Carolina introduced a package of bills to advance dignity and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in North Carolina.
The bill is part of a wave of legislation targeting the transgender youth across the country
On Monday, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction announced a statewide update to the PowerSchool student information system which will provide "preferred name" fields populating student records.
Equality NC urges the NC congressional delegation – including Sens. Tillis and Burr – to follow their constituents' lead by protecting LGBTQ North Carolinians from discrimination.
On Thursday, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that the agency would implement President Joe Biden's Executive Order that bars discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
More than 91,000 active military personnel and 790,00 veterans reside in the Tar Heel State.
Orange County becomes the first North Carolina county to pass nondiscrimination protections, while Greensboro and Durham join three other cities in adopting ordinances.
