WCCB Charlotte s CW
June 2, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. June is Pride month, which celebrates the LGBTQ+ community and commemorates the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots. Charlotte’s Pride festivities begin in August and run through November with a parade in October. Local Drag Queens Erica Chanel and Vanna and Valley Vanity stopped by Rising to talk all things Pride and Drag.
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We are very excited to be coming back in person after missing last year, Comer added.
In 2019, Charlotte Pride week brought in some $8 million to the Queen City according to the organization, but not in 2020 thanks to the pandemic.
Uptown businesses, which have been some of the hardest hit by restrictions due to COVID-19, are thankful to have the event back in action and hopeful it will bring new and old visitors through the doors.
We’ll be following this story tonight at 11 on @wcnc ! What it means for our LGBTQ community, businesses, and city. https://t.co/mqMJMSKZeU Hunter Sáenz (@Hunt Saenz) May 19, 2021
April has been a cruel month for North Carolina’s transgender community.
The General Assembly has debated bills that would exclude them from sports teams, bar them from receiving gender-transforming surgery before they’re 21, and allow doctors to discriminate against them.
These crises are linked, LGBTQ advocates say. Anti-transgender rhetoric and legislation drives the rising violence in North Carolina and nationwide against transgender people, many of whom already face staggering health and social inequities.
“Being a Black trans woman in America means you’re far more likely to experience inequities and prejudice, including extreme poverty and systemic, state-sanctioned violence and murder,” said Rebby Kern, director of education policy for Equality NC, at a press conference this week.
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New Bill Aims to Legalize Marijuana in North Carolina
N.C. Rep. John Autry of Charlotte was one of four North Carolina legislators to introduce HB 617 a bill to legalize and regulate the sale, possession, and use of cannabis in North Carolina in the General Assembly this week.
As written, HB 617 will:
Establish the creation of the Office of Social Equity to conduct community reinvestment and repair, social equity, cannabis education and technical assistance activities.
Make legal the use, possession, and cultivation of up to 12 cannabis plants for persons 21 or older for personal use.
WCCB Charlotte s CW
April 21, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. LGBTQ+ community organizations announced in a news conference on Wednesday that they would come together to commit $10,000 to immediately support the emergency relief needs of Black transgender women in Charlotte.
Officials say this commitment comes after the two local murders of Black trans women, Jaida Peterson and Remy Fennell, that further highlighted Charlotte’s status as one of the nation’s deadliest cities for transgender and gender-nonconforming people.
Officials with the Campaign for Southern Equality, Charlotte Pride, Equality N.C., and Transcend Charlotte came together to provide the $10,000 to support housing, food, and other emergency needs in light of the recent tragedies.