Weekend news wrap-up: Asheville, Charlotte rally, Winston-Salem Pride

by Matt Comer  Editor  editor@goqnotes.com
Published: October 17, 2011 in Blog

Winston-Salem Pride

The LGBT community in Winston-Salem, N.C., held their first Pride festival and parade since 1996 this Saturday. Organizers said as many as 5,000 turned out throughout the day and many festival-goers expressed concern over an impending anti-LGBT state constitutional amendment. Local news-media in the Triad area was on hand to cover the festivities, including The Winston-Salem Journal, WXII, WFMY and Fox 8. qnotes will have photos and a follow-up report online later today.

Charlotte rallies against anti-LGBT amendment

While community members in Winston-Salem were celebrating Pride, Charlotteans took to the streets to protest the anti-LGBT amendment. WSOC has a report…

Asheville’s ‘We Do’ hits primetime

The Daily Tar Heel covers Asheville’s “We Do” Campaign. Also, the campaign got a shout out on Lawrence O’Donnell’s primetime MSNBC show. See the video below…