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Equality NC director says change will “happen when we actually get out the vote, we organize people, we talk about the issues.”

The Respect for Marriage Act passed the U.S. Senate yesterday, but advocates are cautious and say much more needs to be done for the states LGBTQ community.

Democratic Governor Roy Cooper will likely veto the bill if it passes in the legislature, but it could be used to appeal to voters ahead of the November midterm elections if Republican candidates fold its contents into their rhetoric.

Out of the 10 North Carolina cities included in the index, Greensboro, Chapel Hill and Durham scored 100 out of 100. Winston-Salem, Carrboro and Charlotte were not far behind with scores in the 80s. Cary was last at 12.

Despite some progress, the LGBTQ community also endured a year of vicious attacks from some of the state’s most prominent GOP elected officials.

To ensure the repeal of the contested bill. the next time the legislature is expected to meet is january 11th. but theres no guarantee that house bill 2 will be put on the agenda. state lawmakers telling me that yesterday was their best chance at repealing the bathroom bill. chris? >> all right, our thanks to nick. lets bring in chris sgro, north carolina state representative, also the executive director of equality n.c. hes a democrat. state representative, thank you very much. this was a speci...

Created a lot of drama in the state over the course of nine months. >> particularly some of the financial fallout which well talk about coming up. mariana atenzio, thank you very much. i know you will monitor that and bring us the latest. earlier today the emergency charlotte city council meeting, charlottes city attorney defended the council vote monday to repeal a little bit of the nondiscrimination ordinance. >> suggested that something the council did on monday was a trick, a trap. what i am...