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PEN America launches a US safety program for authors facing harassment

April 18, 2026 Hillel Italie

NEW YORK— A coalition of publishers and literary agencies are teaming with PEN America on an initiative meant to counter a growing trend of harassment against members of the literary community. PEN America, the century-old […]

White House, NC Dems call out Lt Gov Robinson for LGBTQ comments

October 12, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Republican N.C. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is under fire by Democrats, as well as left-leaning press and activist groups, for comments he made in June at Asbury Baptist Church in Randolph County, where […]

Bill banning certain transgender treatments for minors filed in NC Senate

April 14, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Three top Republicans in the N.C. Senate filed a bill on April 5 to restrict medical treatments given to minors seeking gender transition. The bill, Senate Bill 514, called “Youth Health Protection Act,” […]

Colorado baker sued again over alleged LGBTQ bias

March 25, 2021 Colleen Slevin, Associated Press

DENVER — A Colorado baker who won a partial victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 for refusing to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple went on trial Monday in yet another […]

NC becomes 30th state with ‘Save Women’s Sports Act’ filed

March 24, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — State Rep. Mark Brody (R-Union) on Tuesday filed House Bill 358, the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” making North Carolina the 30th state this year to consider a bill limiting transgender participation in girls’ […]

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Equality Act passes US House with NC delegation split by party

March 4, 2021 North State Journal Staff

On Feb. 25 the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R 5, known as the Equality Act, with a vote of 224-206. Congressional members, depending on their party, saw the act as either a dangerous unraveling […]

A mister no more: Mr. Potato Head goes gender neutral

February 25, 2021 Joseph Pisani, Associated Press

NEW YORK — Mr. Potato Head is no longer a mister. Hasbro, the company that makes the potato-shaped plastic toy, is giving the spud a gender neutral new name: Potato Head. The change will appear […]

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LGBTQ

PEN America launches a US safety program for authors facing harassment

White House, NC Dems call out Lt Gov Robinson for LGBTQ comments

Bill banning certain transgender treatments for minors filed in NC Senate

Colorado baker sued again over alleged LGBTQ bias

NC becomes 30th state with ‘Save Women’s Sports Act’ filed

Equality Act passes US House with NC delegation split by party

A mister no more: Mr. Potato Head goes gender neutral

With sunset of ‘bathroom bill’ compromise, progressives begin push to pass local LGBTQ ordinances

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Former law enforcement reveal Cooper evacuated during May 2020 rioting

The former governor and his family went to the Emergency Operations Center