A Legal Guide for Lesbians and Gay Men In North Carolina

What is it?

While there are other legal guides that generally address the laws as they apply to gays and lesbians, The Legal Guide published by NC GALA and Equality NC focuses on North Carolina law and explains how it applies to the LGBT community at home and in the workplace.

The Guide is here in Web format

1. Introduction
2. Employment
3. Finances, property & insurance
4. Housing and public accommodations
5. Immigration & naturalization
6. Libel, slander & defamation
7. Military law
8. Parenting
9. Rights of a Co-parent
10. Relationships & divorce
11. Social services & health care
12. Sodomy laws
13. University student organizations
14. Violence against gay men and lesbians
15. Wills, estate planning & inheritance taxes
16. Other Resources of Information & Acknowledgments
17. Same-Sex Marriage and the Impact of the Massachusetts Decision