Buncombe County Register of Deeds responds to WE DO campaign By Jake Frankel The Campaign for Southern Equality launched its WE DO Campaign Oct. 3, through which same-sex couples will request marriage licenses from the …
CSE in the News
WE DO: WLOS ABC 13 News
A terrific interview with Rev. Katheryn Cartledge and Elizabeth Eve about there involvement with the WE DO Campaign on WLOS ABC 13 News.
WE DO: The Associated Press
Group launches N.C. bid to get same-sex marriage rights By JOURNALNOW STAFF RALEIGH –A gay-rights group launched a campaign Monday in Asheville that seeks to go beyond opposition to a May referendum question on constitutionally …
WNC Volunteers Work Against Anti-Gay Amendment
In this story, WLOS News 13 covers Equality NC’s Asheville efforts to defeat the anti-gay amendment and our August 17 phone bank, which brought together volunteers from Asheville, Black Mountain and Hendersonville.
Asheville Works to Beat Anti-Gay Amendment
The Asheville Citizen Times covers phone banks and other efforts in Asheville to beat the anti-gay amendment. If you’d like to be part of these efforts, come to a phone bank, held every Wednesday (from …
Continued Coverage of Dollywood Incident
The New York Times covers Dolly Parton’s statement of support and Olivier Odom and Jennifer Tipton’s continued efforts to clarify Dollywood’s policies.
Tennessee Couple Expresses Belief in Marriage Equality as Media Covers Dollywood Story
On July 9, 2011, Olivier Odom and her wife, Jennifer Tipton, visited Splash Country at Dollywood with their friend’s daughters. Before entering the park, Odom was instructed to turn her t-shirt, which read “Marriage is …
Asheville Hate Crime Highlights Need for LGBT-Sensitive Policing
WLOS reports that when Luke Hankins was assaulted last week, his attackers targeted him because they thought he was gay, despite the fact that he is straight. Then, when the Asheville Police Department (APD) was …
Asheville Has Highest Rate of Same-Sex Couples Among NC Cities
“Asheville has the highest rate [of same-sex couples] of any city in the state at 19 per 1,000, with 737 couples,” according to a new report from The Williams Institute, reports the Asheville Citizen-Times in …
Local Reactions to LGB Census Numbers
Check out this WLOS story on LGB Census figures in Western NC and local reactions.
