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Fort Bragg meeting brings no resolution in discrimination by spouses group
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A meeting lasting more than an hour on Thursday brought no resolution to nearly two weeks of controversy surrounding the denial of Ashley Broadway, the wife of an Army Lieutenant Colonel, for membership in the Association of Bragg Officer’s Spouses.
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Lesbian wife of Army officer denied membership in Ft. Bragg spouses’ club
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The same-sex spouse of a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel stationed at Fort Bragg has been denied membership in a base club for officers’ spouses, sparking protests and accusations from a national military spouses organization that the woman was prevented from joining only because she is a lesbian.
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Lesbian candidate called ‘ugly dyke’ in North Carolina House race
An Asheville-area Republican political operative has taken to Twitter to call Susan Wilson, an openly lesbian contender for a N.C. State House seat, “an old ugly dyke.”
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Man says he was imprisoned by church for four months because he is gay
A North Carolina man has accused his former church of holding him against his will for four months while he was physically and emotionally abused because he is gay.
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Gay couple attacked, beaten on Asheville street after called gay slurs
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A gay couple from Charlotte, N.C. said they were attacked and beaten on the street during a recent visit to Asheville, and claim they were attacked because they’re gay.
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Lesbian soldier killed in Taliban suicide bomber attack in Afghanistan
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Donna R. Johnson of the North Carolina Army National Guard was among 14 people killed Monday when a Taliban suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle packed with explosives into a joint U.S.-Afghan patrol in Afghanistan.
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Democratic Convention attracts LGBT youth organizers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Thousands of Democratic National Convention delegates and guests will celebrate the renomination of President Barack Obama this week as thousands more people show up to protest the national political convention.
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Stuart Milk: Obama is a ‘no-brainer’ for the LGBT community
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Barack Obama’s campaign has put a premium on North Carolina, a swing state that turned blue in 2008 for the first time since Jimmy Carter first ran for president in 1976. Placing the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina’s largest city was no accident, but the campaign is doing much more […]
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Democratic Convention to bring prominent LGBT attendees to Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Democratic National Convention is expected to bring 35,000 convention delegates, journalists and other guests to Charlotte next week. Among them will be big names in the LGBT community known for their work in national and regional politics and in the media.
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Charlotte’s LGBT community prepares for Democratic Convention
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Volunteers and business owners in the LGBT community have been hard at work ensuring their visitors and guests during the week of the Democratic National Convention receive star treatment.