Deja dances in the middle of the dance circle at Raleigh Pride on Saturday, June 22, 2024. Deja who goes by “Big Dumpy” when she dances was excited to attend her first pride event.
Maggie Rogers gives a lively performance during her “Don’t Forget Me Tour” at Coastal Credit Union Music Park on Wednesday, June 19, 2024.
Ariel Long, 15, Christopher Loughery, 16, and Sasha Knight enjoy coloring, one of the additional quiet activities offered during Pride Prom at the Harriet Tubman Cultural Center in Columbia on June 10, 2023.
Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris smiles at the crowd as she enters her rally at Coastal Credit Union Music Park in Raleigh, N.C. on Wednesday, Oct. 30.
Attendants of the rally for Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump purchase merchandice outside of Dorton Arena in Raleigh, N.C. on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024.
Members of the Chapel Hill community gather at He's Not Here while election results play on the bar's TVs on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.
Shelli Rochford from Raleigh, N.C. wears a shirt that depicts Wonder Woman fighting Donald Trump at the Kamala Harris rally at Coastal Credit Union Music Park on Wednesday Oct. 30, 2024.
The life of Meghan Lewis is honored with a candlelight memorial in Bel Air on Jan. 2, 2024. Loved ones remembered Lewis with sparklers and glitter to honor her "sparkle."
Kennedy remembers her mother, Shawnika Deniton who was killed in her home in May 2023 during a candlelight vigil for homocide victims in Baltimore hosted by Mayor Brandon Scott on Jan. 3, 2024.
Before that evening’s baseball game, Garner Baseball Inc. held a vigil for Miles Campbell and his parents Tyler and Susan in Garner, N.C., Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The Campbells were killed after an SUV driver ran a red light and collided with their vehicle on U.S. 70 Monday afternoon.
People gather in frustration at the Lake Roland light rail stop. Thunderstorms bringing down tree branches compromised the safety of the light rail route and left people questioning how they could make it home.
Patricia McAulay and her wife Margaret Roesch pose for a portrait on their porch at Village Hearth co-housing community. McAulay and Roesch founded the community to be the first co-housing specifically advertised for people over the age of 55 and identifying as LGBTQ.
Linda Hobbit poses for a portrait in the common area at Village Hearth co-housing community in Durham, NC. Hobbit moved into the first LGBTQ+., 55 and older cohousing community in search of somewhere she could grow old with community and have safe accessible housing.
Laura Saavedra Forero poses for a portrait outside the Morehead-Cain Foundation on Jan. 24. Saavedra Forero had the prestigious Morehead-Cain Scholarship "terminated" on Jan. 6.
Julien Baker tunes her guitar during a performance at All Things Go music festival in Columbia, Md on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024..
Attendees at the All Things Go music festival pack up their muddy blankets at the end of the festival on Sunday,
Sarah Lorenzi and Izzie Steinke sing with their band Braless at a concert in Chapel Hill, NC.
Erica Chanel touches up her makeup in the dressing room of Legends Club in Raleigh between performances on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Chanel is based in Charlotte, N.C. but as a full time drag queen will travel for different gigs such as performances at Legends.
Attendees of Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany dance while dressed in traditional attire at one of the tents in Old Munich on Oct. 1, 2023.
Kendra Kiser poses for a portrait after winning the 30th annual competition for Baltimore’s Best Hon.
A kindergartener at Estes Hills Elementary plays on the monkey bars during recess on Tuesday, Sept. 3.
