North Carolina

The student-run newspaper of Duke community includes an editorial piece which urges students to take voter action against marriage inequality in North Carolina. "As students, it is time that we take increased action to supplement our declarations of activism... Duke students are eligible to register in North Carolina, as state law requires only 30 days of residency prior to casting a vote here. Out-of-state students willing to transfer their voter registration should do so in anticipation of the DOMA vote...

The Asheville, NC City Council approved a resolution 5-1 late Tuesday calling for creation of a city registry for people in same-sex relationships and endorsing more rights for same-sex couples. The resolution also calls for an ordinance against bullying on city property to be drawn up and for banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or sexual identification in city government employment decisions.

The Dallas Voice reports that the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled to preserve an adoption by the state's only openly gay legislator Sen. Julia Boseman [D-New Hanover].

A lesbian couple say they were initially refused entry to a popular children's consignment clothing sale at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds.

The two moms started an online protest, and now the organizers of the biannual Kids Exchange sales say they will change a decade-old policy.

In her second speech aimed at our community, Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic Presidential Candidate, Senator John Edwards, pledged to fight for issues that effect gays and lesbians.