When 20-year-old Nicholas Church came to the United States on a summer trip from his home in the UK, he asked the clerk at the bus station in New York to send him somewhere pretty.
He landed in the small town of Cashiers, North Carolina for the summer, where he met Reese McCranie. The two quickly developed feelings for each other, and a romantic relationship ensued. When the summer was over, Nicholas returned to the UK.
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Raphael Warnock is assembling an advisory council of two-dozen LGBTQ elected officials, activists and grassroots organizers to help carry his U.S. Senate campaign “over the finish line” in the Jan. 5 runoff.
Warnock announced the Out for Warnock LGBTQ+ Advisory Council on Friday, the latest move from a campaign that is embracing LGBTQ equality issues as part of its effort to unseat U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler.
“The future of LGBTQ rights is on the ballot for this election. That is why bringing together so many hardworking LGBTQ+ Georgians to carry us over the finish line was a vital part of our campaign strategy,” Warnock said in a prepared statement.