On Sunday, October 30, Weesie Pigman and Meg Donahue completed the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC. As if running 26.2 miles wasn’t enough, they also raised funds for CSE, with folks from across the …
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Promotion to Benefit CSE from Dr. Jen Cournoyer
Dr. Jen Cournoyer, an Asheville-area chiropractor, is currently offering a promotion to benefit CSE. This is another amazing example of how local business owners are finding creative ways to support CSE. For more information contact …
Get Your Holiday Photos & Help CSE, All at Once
Betsy Archer was part of the WE DO Campaign. She’s also a photographer in the Asheville area and is offering a great deal on holiday photos, with 50% of proceeds going directly to CSE’s work. …
BREAKING: WE DO Campaign Intensifies Tactics to Resist Unjust Laws
Same-sex Couples, Clergy from Across the Country Stand for Full LGBT Equality in Asheville, NC, as WE DO Campaign Intensifies Tactics Since the WE DO Campaign launched on October 3, eighteen same-sex couples have requested …
WE DO Campaign Enters Week 2
Same-Sex Couples, Clergy and Elected Officials Call for Full Equality as the WE DO Campaign Enters a Second Week in Asheville, NC Today, three more couples will join the thirteen same-sex couples that have requested …
There Comes a Time
This is a truth I would stake everything on: LGBT people are fully human and fully equal. As LGBT people in the South, however, we are told in ways both explicit and implict that despite …
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.
Heather and Lee
Action: Heather and Lee wrote a commentary about being LGBT in the South that appeared in the Mountain XPress, a weekly paper in Asheville, NC, that reaches thousands. They also wrote a companion piece sharing …
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.
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 …