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In a week marked by controversy over police treatment of protestors, and the upcoming Republican National Committee Convention, a ray of sunshine peaked through the clouds on the east side. The Charlotte LGBT Chamber of Commerce cut the ribbon on a small business command center on June 5.

Charlotte’s annual pride parade has officially become the city’s largest annual parade, with 152 entrants and 4,500 marchers registered to show up Sunday afternoon in uptown

Another well known Charlotte family has joined the Belks in supporting the state’s first homeless shelter for lesbian, gay and transgender youths: The Levines. Howard Levine, former CEO of Family Dollar, and his wife Julie have issued a $100,000 matching grant, asking the other donors to match his gift dollar for dollar.

North Carolina senator and Charlotte mayoral candidate Joel Ford has apologized to LGBT activist Matt Comer over a tweet some found offensive, though the fight is likely to carry over into the city’s Democratic mayoral primary, where he’ll face Jennifer Roberts and Vi Lyles.

Harrison Wilkerson is now a cheerleader at NC State, which recruited him to play football.

The region’s first permanent support center for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youths opens on Monroe Road Sunday in east Charlotte.

In two years’ time we have seen North Carolina emerge as ground zero for anti-LGBT laws.

Charlotte’s LGBTQ community has unveiled a new scholarship for lesbian, gay, transgender and queer youths, but with an unexpected twist: It is open to straight youths.