Winter Wonderland
Events, activities and travel opportunities to brush off the winter blues

The cold, dreary winter keeps pushing on. It’s time for spring, you exclaim. Too bad winter still has weeks left to go. True, we’ve had a pretty mild winter so far, but that doesn’t mean some of us aren’t still yearning for the return of those bright, warm and cheery spring and summer days.

January 21, 2012 | Comments (0)
Editor Matt Comer steps down
Comer leaves to take new position with Campus Pride

On Jan. 3, QNotes announced the resignation of editor Matt Comer, who stepped down from his position after more than four years of service on Jan. 20 to pursue new opportunities with local, statewide and national LGBT communities.

January 21, 2012 | Comments (0)
HRC Gala is around the corner: Are you on board?
National group, local steering committee to award leaders, organizations

The Human Rights Campaign North Carolina Gala is swinging into town the weekend of Feb. 23-26. With it comes a variety of statewide and national leaders, activists, entertainers, philanthropists and other movers and shakers.

January 21, 2012 | Comments (1)
This is not ‘goodbye’
Editor's Note

Friends, this is my last issue as editor of qnotes, a position I’ve had the honor and humble privilege to hold now for nearly four-and-a-half years. As you read, my time with the paper has already come to an end.

January 21, 2012 | Comments (0)
Perry and Lawrence v Texas: Oops!
General Gayety

Rick Perry jumped into the Republican presidential race in August and a spate of verbal blunders followed. The Texas governor is on gaffe-ing gas.

January 21, 2012 | Comments (0)
A new direction?
QPoll

In what direction would you like the see this publication go as it transitions into new editorial leadership?

Hazing death may be bias-based
News Notes: Beyond the Carolinas

On Nov. 19, 2011, Florida A&M University student Robert Champion Jr. was found unresponsive aboard a band bus after the school’s biggest game of the year. Police ruled the death a homicide from hazing.

Project to tour state
News Notes: Carolinas

The Vote Against Project will be taking to the super slab during the next few months to photograph participants who wish to defeat the anti-gay amendment on the May 8 ballot.

Triangle: Film addresses HIV heartbreak
News Notes: Carolinas

“Absolutely Positive,” a dramatic short film that follows four characters from different walks of life as they get tested for HIV, will be premiered at red carpet screenings at Club 313, 313 W. Hargett St. on two dates, Jan. 25, 8 p.m., and Jan. 29, 5 p.m.

Charlotte: Center to present film series
News Notes: Carolinas

The GayCharlotte Film Series has announced its upcoming three-part “Breaking In: The Business of Movies” schedule. It is a project of The LGBT Center of Charlotte.

Triad: Foundation nears goal
News Notes: Carolinas

The Adam Foundation has reached approximately 70 percent of its $50,000 2011-12 spring grant fundraising cycle goal and are asking the community to help them raise the additional $15,000 it needs to sustain its work.

January 21, 2012 | Comments (0)
Lawzie mercy, I’m here, there, everwhere!
Drag Rag

Well, Happy New Year, kiddies. My, my, my — 2012 is off to a great start. Life is truly great and I’m ready for some good drag and some good pageantry as well.

The Test Ahead
On Being a Gay Parent

I am bewildered already by the blizzard of emails I receive daily about the upcoming vote (May 8, 2012) on a constitutional amendment in North Carolina that would further restrict and solidify what it means to be married in this state. I’ve been talking about the vote since both houses of the General Assembly voted upon its passage in September 2011.

January 21, 2012 | Comments (0)
Out in the Stars: January 21 – February 3

The Sun sparks a change as it moves into rebellious Aqueerius. Our hopes and dreams catch fire. But, don’t sit around and wait for a hot delivery. Don your asbestos gloves and grab the glowing coals. AQUARIUS (01.21-02.19) The joint is jumping and so are you. The cosmos casts you [...]

January 21, 2012 | Comments (0)
Is there more than one rule?
Tell Trinity

A reader asks, “Why do gay people and straight people think about monogamy so differently?”

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A new direction?
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January 21st, 2012 Comments (0)
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