Cumberland County Public Library still has pride
While Pride Month ended Monday, the Cumberland County Public Library celebrates pride year-round through its expanding collection of books with LGBTQ+ representation and programs for members of the LGBTQ+ community.
E.E. Smith’s 2025 valedictorian censored, made to remove lines about transgender people’s plight from graduation speech
Gray Byrd, a transgender graduate, was forced to self-censor lines about attacks on trans people and youth from his speech after Cumberland County Schools district administrators rejected his first draft.
Pride 2024: Your official guide to events in Cumberland County
Check out CityView’s guide to Pride 2024 events throughout Cumberland County.
Fayetteville PRIDE aims to create LGBTQ+ resource center
Fayetteville is the only city in North Carolina with a population greater than 200,000 people without an LGBTQ+ center. One local organization wants to change that.
More gay and bisexual men can donate blood as eligibility policy catches up to science
State Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley volunteered at blood drives before he was old enough to donate. Then he was a regular donor in high school and some of his college years. But that was years ago. For the first time in more than a decade, Kinsley, 38, rolled up his sleeve to donate…
