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Summer camp has been redefined in the North Carolina towns of Asheville, Greensboro, and Durham through Queer Oriented Radical Days of Summer. A response to the Same Sex Marriage Amendment passed in 2012, offers a place for creative expression and community building for queer and trans youth. Activities include Safe Sex and Consent and music lessons, as well as traditional summer camp activities like canoeing and nature walks.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 7, July 2016,
p52-53
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28805
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Sarah Shook and Erika Libero are local musicians setting out to increase inclusion of LGBTQ people and women in local spaces throughout the Triangle. In response to North Carolina’s House Bill Two, the duo printed rainbow-flag “Safe Space” stickers. Each sticker comes with a pledge that businesses and their employees understand the work of maintaining safe spaces.
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27226
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House Bill 2 has placed North Carolina at the center of the nation’s culture wars triggering lawsuits, demonstrations, boycotts, and intense controversy. The law's most debated section assigns bathroom access in public buildings according to the biological sex listed on the user's birth certificate. The new law is based on an effort to prevent local governments from becoming too proactive, maintain Republican control of state government, and push against legal transgender equality.
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27228
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Christine Newton Bush of Boone, North Carolina came out as a transgender woman to her family in 2004, and her sister Diana has been documenting the family’s evolution since then. The documentary, The Ties That Bind, covers the family’s tense discourse and growing acceptance of Christine. The documentary premiers at the Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington in November.
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27240
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Several lawsuits have been filed alleging that North Carolina’s House Bill 2 violates the sex discrimination provisions of Title IX. At a hearing in Winston-Salem on Monday, the judge pointed out that regardless of arguments for or against the bill, there is no enforcement of transgender public restroom occupancy.
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