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Blue Cross NC will now include coverage for gender-affirming facial surgery and voice therapy for transgender and gender-nonconforming people as medically necessary care. The move comes after what LGBTQ advocates say was a record-breaking year for anti-transgender legislation, and they are celebrating a small victory in North Carolina.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced LGBTQ safe spaces to go online. Now that option may be here to stay.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested two Union County men Friday in the shooting deaths of two transgender women in the Charlotte area in the span of 11 days. Police said they are considering hate crime charges.

Members of the two parties are split on how transgender students should participate in sports, according to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. But opposition to legislating the issue is roughly uniform.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are telling members of the LGBTQ community to "exercise extreme caution" after two transgender women have been killed in the Charlotte area in the last 11 days.

North Carolina Democratic lawmakers unveiled four bills on Tuesday they say are aimed at ensuring LGBTQ residents have greater legal protections.

A committee in the South Carolina House rejected a bill Tuesday that would have prevented transgender students from playing on girls’ sports teams in middle and high school.

The House voted Thursday to approve the bill to add and expand protections for LGBTQ people in the Civil Rights Act. Here's what it would do and why it's controversial.

Local LGBTQ protections have been approved across North Carolina in recent weeks, and Charlotte is about to get in on the action five years after the city touched off what became a national debate over LGBTQ rights.

A coalition of 41 LGBTQ groups in Charlotte has signed a letter showing support for the Black Lives Matter movement. The letter was published on social…