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Student athletes join the fight against North Carolina’s anti-trans law
North Carolina lost 17 NCAA and ACC events during the current academic year because of the law.
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Could Duke or NC State still host a NCAA tourney despite anti-trans law?
The NCAA pulled seven championships from North Carolina in September because of the law that limits protections for LGBT people.
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Maine basketball uses game in North Carolina to show LGBTQ support
“Boycotting is one way to stand up to [HB2]. Another type of pressure is to go stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Duke and show our support.”
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North Carolina’s anti-LGBTQ law leaves Duke with hole in its schedule
Because of H.B.2, the university’s basketball schedule now says “TBA.”
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A gay Duke student threatened with death comes forward
Duke freshman Jack Donahue speaks out about a death threat he found written on the first floor of his residence hall: “Death to all fags @ Jack.”
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Duke students reject celebrated book because of gay themes
“I feel as if I would have to compromise my personal Christian moral beliefs to read it.”
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New study finds religious congregations are more accepting of gays
Overall acceptance of gays and lesbians in American religious congregations rose significantly between 2006 and 2012, but it declined in Catholic congregations, according to a new survey. Duke University’s National Congregations Study, derived from interviews with representatives of 1,331 American congregations, was released Thursday.
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More women’s colleges address transgender applicants
BOSTON — Women’s colleges are revisiting policies around enrolling transgender students as institutions of higher learning – single-sex, coed and those with religious affiliations – demonstrate varying degrees of acceptance for changing norms. Mills College in Oakland, California, recently became the first women’s college in the U.S. to declare it would accept …
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Duke University to offer health insurance coverage for transgender students
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University has announced it will begin offering student health insurance coverage for gender confirmation surgery. The university joins a handful of other institutions offering similar coverage, though the University of North Carolina System currently does not.