Tag Archives: North Carolina
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North Carolina Would Be Senator Has Ugandan Gay Blood on his hands

BLOOD ON HIS HANDS? Molotov Mitchell, 35, is the only Republican candidate running against Josh Stein for state senate in District 16. By Melanie Nathan, March 19, 2014. An ultra conservative filmmaker who questioned President Barack Obama’s U.S. citizenship and voiced support for Ugandan anti-homosexuality laws filed Thursday to run against N.C. Sen. Josh Stein […]

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Transgender Women Win Legal Document Case

Transgender Women Can Obtain Legal Documents to Match Who they Are, After First Being Denied Under North Carolina Law By Melanie Nathan, February 23, 2014. New York, NY February 23 2014- The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund today announced favorable decisions for two transgender women seeking name changes in North Carolina. Síle Kelleher and Hadassah […]

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ACLU challenging NC ban on same-sex marriages

Posted by Melanie Nathan, July 09, 2013. Today the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation (ACLU-NCLF) announced plans to challenge North Carolina’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples by amending a federal lawsuit filed against the state last year on behalf of six same-sex couples and their children […]

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North Carolina Lesbian Arrested trying to get Marriage License

Around the U.S.A. May 12, 2012, A lesbian who sought a North Carolina marriage license with her partner and was rejected under a state law banning same-sex marriage was arrested with another person Thursday after they refused to leave a government office where several gay and lesbian couples were turned away. The civil disobedience followed […]

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GAY USA Blog Roundup | From NOM to Billy Graham

 by Melanie Nathan,  May 03,  2011 on GAY U.S.A. the Movie Rev. Billy Graham Interferes in North Carolina’s Civil Law . May 3rd, 2012 “While Graham asserts clarity in the Bible, I assert clarity in the law.  If Graham wants to talk about clear Bible as being applicable above the civil law he should be […]

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GetEQUAL North Carolina LGBT Activists Arrested at State Capitol

06/02/2011, by Melanie Nathan RALEIGH, NC – Following GetEQUAL NC’s — a direct action lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization; “Rally in Raleigh” today — an event to protest the anti-gay Senate Bill 106 — local gay activists were arrested for disrupting the legislative session in progress when they demanded full legal recognition […]

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