20 Questions: L.A. Berlyn, Charlotte

May 12th, 2012 Comments (1)

A recent Queen City transplant, L.A. Berlyn has thrust himself upon the Charlotte scene to become the burg’s self-proclaimed “Digital Media Darling.” The style guru works in the “business of pretty,” as a wardrobe stylist, makeup artist and writer of the popular humor blog, The Handsome Savage.

20 Questions: Gil Croy, Charlotte

April 28th, 2012 Comments (0)

Gil Croy is a renaissance man. He’s the owner of Gil Croy Designs, is an accomplished painter and fine artist and is the driving force behind The Human Canvas body art project, which was highlighted in a March 17 qnotes cover story.

20 Questions: Peter Presta, Charlotte

April 14th, 2012 Comments (0)

Hey DJ! Put a record on — I wanna dance with my baby! International circuit DJ Peter Presta is a recent transplant to Charlotte. Over his career, the Brooklyn, N.Y., native has racked up over 400 productions and remixes for artists spanning from Usher to Duran Duran to Sade.

20 Questions: Kristian Wedolowski, Charlotte

March 31st, 2012 Comments (0)

Actor Kristian Wedolowski grew up in Uruguay. He came to Charlotte after studying at the Universidad Católica del Uruguay to fulfill his dream of appearing in 20 Questions.

Adoring the human canvas
I ink, therefore I am

March 17th, 2012 Comments (1)

Humans have adorned their bodies since the earliest recorded times. In some ancient cultures these embellishments were primarily temporary decorations, like the use of make-up by the Egyptians (as early as 3500 B.C. according to archaeological evidence) or the art of mehndi, in which a henna-derived ink is used to draw intricate designs on the skin, in India.

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Carlos Capps aka Angela Lopez, Charlotte

March 17th, 2012 Comments (0)

Carlos Capps, and his drag alter-ego Angela Lopez in particular, are glam fixtures on the Queen City club scene. Whether it’s a bar show, a pageant or a circuit event, this dynamic entertainer always turns it out.

Beyond the Carolinas: HRC names strategist as new prez
Beyond the Carolinas

March 17th, 2012 Comments (0)

Chad H. Griffin has been named the next president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization. He is a national communications and policy strategist who is widely credited for being the mastermind behind the federal lawsuit to overturn California’s Proposition 8, which has now been ruled unconstitutional by two federal courts.

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Zuni Johnson & Jason McCraw, Charlotte

March 3rd, 2012 Comments (0)

Zuni Johnson and Jason McCraw are the longtime couple behind Just Twirl, a popular party promotion and events company that stages several major soirées in and around Charlotte each year.

Maryland gov’t approves marriage
News Notes: Beyond the Carolinas

March 3rd, 2012 Comments (0)

Mirroring a landmark Maryland House of Delegates vote from the previous week, on Feb. 23 the state Senate approved a same-sex marriage equality bill introduced by Gov. Martin O’Malley.

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Dan Mauney, Charlotte

February 18th, 2012 Comments (0)

The HRC North Carolina Gala is fast approaching (Saturday, Feb. 25 — visit hrccarolina.org for details), so we’re putting event co-chair Dan Mauney (who is serving alongside Cherie Green and Rich Hurley) in the glaring spotlight of 20 Questions. Read on, dear reader, to see what the Titan of Takeover had to say.

Beyond the Carolinas: HUD extends housing protections
News Notes: Beyond the Carolinas

February 18th, 2012 Comments (0)

The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will implement an important new rule that greatly increases protections against housing discrimination for the LGBT community.

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O’Neale Atkinson, Charlotte

February 4th, 2012 Comments (0)

Welcome to our new column, “20 Questions.” This is the place where we ask a member of our community a series of questions to find out more about them through their answers. The column is meant to be entertaining above all else so the questions will rarely be deep or hard-hitting, but rather will be fun, offbeat, sometimes titillating and occasionally just plain weird.

Popular gay bookstore closes
News Notes: Beyond the Carolinas

February 4th, 2012 Comments (0)

A regional LGBT institution is gone with the Jan. 26 closing of Outwrite Bookstore and Coffeehouse. On the day of the closing, owner Philip Rafshoon told the Georgia Voice, “It’s been a great run, but we’re closed for businesss. For good. We’re not able to relocate. We thought we could. It just didn’t come together. It was a long shot to begin with and we wanted to cling to hope that we could find a new place.”

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

January 21st, 2012 Comments (0)

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.

Naked Twister
QNotes writer strips down for the inside story

January 7th, 2012 Comments (1)

If not for the fact that we are all undressed, this could be any mixer I’ve ever been to. It occurs to me how comfortable I have become with my own naked body in such a short period of time. It’s one of those wonderful “a-ha” moments.

Archbishop’s KKK remark condemned
News Notes: Beyond the Carolinas

January 7th, 2012 Comments (0)

Chicago Archbishop Cardinal Francis George ignited a firestorm when he compared advancing LGBT equality to the Ku Klux Klan in a television interview with Fox Chicago a few days before Christmas. Cardinal George said: “You don’t want the gay liberation movement to morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan, demonstrating in the streets against Catholicism.”

Openly gay sailor reinstated
News Notes: Beyond the Carolinas

December 24th, 2011 Comments (0)

Petty Officer 2nd class Jase Daniels (pictured), discharged from the U.S. Navy in April 2005 and again in March 2007 under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” has been reinstated and returned to active duty. He was sworn in on Dec. 12.

HIV study results troubling
News Notes: Beyond the Carolinas

December 10th, 2011 Comments (1)

Nearly three out of four Americans living with HIV do not have their infection under control, according to a Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released in conjunction with World AIDS Day, Dec. 1. The low percentage comes from the fact that 1 in 5 people with HIV do not know they are infected and, of those who are aware, only 51 percent receive ongoing medical care and treatment.

Speaking of George Michael…
Audiophile

December 10th, 2011 Comments (0)

At press time, pop icon George Michael is hospitalized in Vienna, Austria, recovering from a severe bout of pneumonia. The latest official news states that he is out of the ICU and getting better. Thank goodness for that. Michael is one of my favorite artists.

Study: Couples need immigration relief
News Notes: Beyond the Carolinas

November 26th, 2011 Comments Off

A new Williams Institute study released Nov. 18 finds there are more than 28,500 binational same-sex couples in which one partner is a U.S. citizen and one is not and nearly 11,500 same-sex couples in which neither partner is a U.S. citizen.

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