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Raleigh launches effort to identify, recognize historic sites for local LGBTQ community

Raleigh launches effort to identify, recognize historic sites for local LGBTQ community | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

City officials are working with a historian to document and preserve Raleigh's LGBTQ history.

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This run club provides a safe environment for LGBTQ runners and allies in Raleigh

Stonewall Sports, named from the famous Stonewall riots that happened on June 28, 1969, is a nation-wide LGBTQ & Ally community-based, non-profit sports organization.

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Raleigh LGBTQ Pride Festival: Out Raleigh event celebrates gay community, inclusivity

Raleigh LGBTQ Pride Festival: Out Raleigh event celebrates gay community, inclusivity | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Out! Raleigh fills Fayetteville Street with vendors and performers May 5, 2018. The pride celebration for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community is a fundraiser for the LGBT Center of Raleigh.
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LGBT elders often re-closet themselves in retirement. Now they are reaching out to each other.

LGBT elders often re-closet themselves in retirement. Now they are reaching out to each other. | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Despite recent gains, LGBT elders often face time-worn prejudices in retirement facilities.
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This Historic Raleigh church has been supporting LGBT equality since the 1950s

This Historic Raleigh church has been supporting LGBT equality since the 1950s | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Founded in the late 1800s, Pullen Memorial Baptist is one of the first churches in Raleigh, North Carolina to embrace LGBT rights.

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City of Beckley's LGBTQ ordinance moves forward

City of Beckley's LGBTQ ordinance moves forward | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

A nondiscrimination ordinance that aims to add “sexual orientation” and “gender identification” to the list of legally protected classes under the local Human Rights ordinance passed first reading Tuesday evening in a 4-3 vote from Beckley Common Council.

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Long-Term Care Can Often Mean Going Back into the Closet. Les Geller Wants That to End.

Long-Term Care Can Often Mean Going Back into the Closet. Les Geller Wants That to End. | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

For many older LGBTQ people, entering long-term care can mean going back in the closet. That is, people who may have been out for decades often set aside central parts of their identities in fear of discrimination or stigma as they seek places to live in senior housing, assisted-living centers, or nursing homes, says Les Geller, who helped start the Raleigh affiliate of the New York-based organization SAGE, or Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders, in 2011. 


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Out! Raleigh celebrates the LGBT community

Out! Raleigh celebrates the LGBT community | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Out! Raleigh celebrates the LGBT community
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