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In Holly Springs This Year, Pride Prevails
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (735+ words) When Donna Friend helped organize Holly Springs" second-ever pride festival in September 2025, she was blown away by the turnout. The celebration began with a parade from the Food Lion parking lot up North Main Street toward the Holly Springs Cultural…...
In a New Book, Gene Nichol Calls On North Carolina Progressives to Get "Up Off the Mat
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (236+ words) In a political era where many Democrats feel disheartened, shell-shocked, and numb to the parade of dictatorial edicts handed down by Trump during his second term, commentator and constitutional scholar Gene Nichol asks a question we've all dwelled on: "Now…...
Wake Forest's Second Annual Pride Fest Celebrates "Camp," LGBTQ History, and Resilience
8+ mon, 2+ day ago (518+ words) Amanda Cottrill has lived in Wake Forest for 20 years, but it was during the pandemic that she realized that the town's LGBTQ residents needed ways to come together." As fate would have it, Cottrill was scrolling through Instagram in 2023 when…...
There's a Softer Way to Hold Gender: An Interview With Jacob Tobia About Their New Book
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (1498+ words) Before I can ask my first question, Tobia launches into the story." It actually speaks to the profound uphill battle that this book is. In some ways, I've written the book that everybody needs that nobody wants. Everyone's exhausted by…...