Archive for April, 2008
Q-Notes was able to pose several questions to Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Below are her responses. Q-Notes: Senator, you have lots of support in the LGBT community. How does that figure into your campaign in North Carolina and the rest of the nation? SENATOR CLINTON: I am [...]
Q-Notes had the opportunity for a Q&A with Sen. Barack Obama and his LGBT outreach advisor Eric Stern. Our questions and the Senator’s and Stern’s responses are below. Q-Notes: How has the campaign reached out to LGBT Americans and how does it plan to reach out to LGBT North Carolinians? [...]
Q-Notes had the opportunity to pose questions to Mark Walsh, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s National Director of LGBT Outreach. Below are our questions and his responses. Q-Notes: How has the campaign reached out to LGBT Americans and how does it plan to reach out to LGBT North Carolinians? How do [...]
On Apr. 17, 2008, Q-Notes let down North Carolina’s LGBT community by refusing to endorse either of the remaining Democratic presidential candidates (www.q-notes.com/2008/04/17/primary-concerns/). It makes no sense for Q-Notes to expect North Carolinians to “get out there and work your rear off” for the eventual nominee, while at the same [...]
As First Lady and U.S. senator, Hillary Clinton has championed efforts to improve the lives of LGBT Americans. Hillary has many accomplishments championed on behalf of the LGBT community. Hillary fights against Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) In 2004 and in 2006, Hillary worked to defeat the FMA. As chair of [...]
GREENSBORO — Four candidates vying for the opportunity to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole took to the airwaves on Tuesday evening at a public university, televised debate run entirely by student broadcasters and journalists. N.C. State Sen. Kay Hagan, Chapel Hill businessman Jim Neal, podiatrist Howard Staley and attorney [...]
Was N.C. Gov. Mike Easley’s use of the word ‘pansy’ inappropriate and/or homophobic? It was inappropriate and homophobic It was inappropriate, homophobic and/or sexist It was inappropriate but not homophobic I have no problem with the comment I’m not sure View Results Read related story here
RALEIGH — Democratic Gov. Mike Easley endorsed presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton today in a ceremony on the campus of North Carolina State University. Easley said there was “nothing I love more than a strong powerful woman,” and said Clinton’s campaigning “makes Rocky Balboa look like a pansy.” The [...]
GREENSBORO – Jay Ovittore, a Democratic challenger for veteran U.S. Rep. Howard Coble’s 6th District seat, has received the endorsement of the Replacements, Ltd. Political Action Committee. Headed up by Replacements, Ltd. owners Bob Page and Dale Frederiksen, an openly gay couple who support a wide array of LGBT advocacy [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) today unveiled their nationwide mobilizing effort for the 2008 election. The announcement came with the release of the organization’s first endorsements in the 2008 election in 14 Senate races across the country. Among the various endorsements, LGBT North Carolinians will notice a [...]
STATEWIDE — Through the next week leading up to the North Carolina May 6 Primary, Q-Notes will feature LGBT leaders across the state, who they are supporting in the Primary and why. The civil, community discussion begins Monday with two online publishing North Carolinians: Pam Spaulding of PamsHouseBlend.com and OutImpact.com [...]
Article Updated 3:00 p.m. 4/26/2008 CHARLOTTE — The Clinton campaign will host an official social for the LGBT community on Thurs., May 1, 6-9 p.m., at The Forum in Uptown Charlotte with featured guest Ellen Greene, the original Audrey in “Little Shop of Horrors” and a cast member of the [...]
Article updated 2:20 p.m. 4/26/2008 RALEIGH – Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) will embark on a two-day tour across the state on Mon., Apr. 28 and Tues., Apr. 29. Currently the candidate with the most pledged delegates for the National Democratic Convention, Obama will host town hall meetings on the economy [...]
RALEIGH — North Carolina hospital patients will soon have a new right, ensuring they can receive the visitors who matter most to them regardless of the legal status of their relationship. A new statewide rule will help ensure that same-sex partners and other loved ones will be treated the same [...]
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Greenville County Council candidate James Akers, Jr. (D) will hold two town hall meetings within the next week. “An election should be about the concerns of the citizens, not about who is a big money candidate and raises the most money,” Akers said in a Tuesday press [...]
SALISBURY, N.C. – PFLAG-Salisbury chapter will play host to the national organization’s North Carolina/South Carolina Leadership Conference this week. On Saturday, April 26, more than 50 participants, as well as PFLAG national officers, will descend on this sleepy hometown of regional grocery store giant Food Lion. The event will be [...]
I’m so sick of violence I want to hit someone. I’m having one of those moments when it feels like the amount of violence in the world is just plain overwhelming. But if I respond by tuning out the news, I’ll have nothing to write about but my own life [...]
RALEIGH — A teacher is being accused of improper sexual relations with a female student. According to WSOC TV (Charlotte), 33-year-old Shannon Best is accused of having sex with one student who spent the night at her house one night prior to a scheduled track meet. Another female student also [...]
Throughout the world there are religions that celebrate the arrival of spring as a time of renewal. It is easy to understand why this season inspires awe in our spirits: In places where there are four distinct seasons, spring is the time when the world seems to burst into green, [...]
