Give mom a stress-free Mother’s Day
May 3, 2008 in A&E / Life&Style by SPM Wire
It’s a day for breakfast in bed, bouquets of flowers, special gifts and simply saying “thank you.” For all the work Mom does throughout the year she deserves to be [...]
Daily Archives: May 3, 2008
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Trinity
Beating stress, embracing change and finding a higher paying job
May 3, 2008 in A&E / Life&Style, Tell Trinity by Trinity
Hey Trinity, I lost my job of five years and I am so upset. I’m worried that I won’t find another one as good. Any words of wisdom? Jobless, San [...]
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Charlene Lichtenstein
Out in the Stars: May 3-15
May 3, 2008 in A&E / Life&Style, Out in the Stars by Charlene Lichtenstein
Jolly Jupiter enters Aqueerius after a two-year sojourn in Capricorn. Do you feel your world lighten and luck change? Check your rearview mirror, readjust your personal goals and step on [...]
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QNotes Staff
Summer outings around the Carolinas
May 3, 2008 in A&E / Life&Style by QNotes Staff
East to west. North to south. Summertime will soon be upon us and the Carolinas certainly aren’t lacking in a diversity of fun and engaging events, festivals and daytrips to [...]
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Jack Kirven
Green Living: Alternative fuels make headway
May 3, 2008 in A&E / Life&Style, Health and Wellness by Jack Kirven
As if security weren’t already a good enough reason to get off petroleum-based fuel sources, their escalating price is a wonderful motivation to stop using them completely. With oil and [...]
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Gregg Shapiro
Gay soccer, Beckham and an unorthodox Jesus
May 3, 2008 in A&E / Life&Style, Out on DVD by Gregg Shapiro
“Eleven Men Out” (here!/Regent/Liberation) — A few athletes on U.S. sports teams — from baseball to basketball to football — have come out as gay over the years. In more [...]
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David Stout
Superdivas: Madonna! Mariah! Leona?
May 3, 2008 in A&E / Life&Style, Audiophile by David Stout
Suck on it Madonna’s 11th studio album, “Hard Candy,” is an interesting combination of the fizzy dance-pop of her 1983 debut and the urban luster of 1994′s “Bedtime Stories.” Unfortunately, [...]
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QNotes Staff
Police harassment
May 3, 2008 in QPoll by QNotes Staff
{democracy:3} Read related story: Gay man, trans woman allege police harassment
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Jack Kirven
Gay VP of PETA makes coffee talk with Q-Notes
May 3, 2008 in A&E / Life&Style by Jack Kirven
exQlusive When deciding on a meeting place for our interview, animal rights activist Dan Mathews and I first considered one of those ubiquitous corporate coffee shops. (You know — the [...]
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Jonathan Butler
Bear-ing it all in concert
May 3, 2008 in A&E / Life&Style by Jonathan Butler
Two North Carolina artists will be the featured performers at Bearapalooza at Raleigh’s The View and Legends on May 11. The first-time event will bring together gay male artists from [...]
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Leslie Robinson
Referendum rascal
May 3, 2008 in General Gayety, Opinion by Leslie Robinson
Michael Heath is so anxious to go back in time you’d think he expects to earn frequent flier miles for the journey. Heath, executive director of the Christian Civic League [...]
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Robbi Cohn
The bathroom issue
May 3, 2008 in Opinion, T-Notes by Robbi Cohn
Remember those old and worn out saws we’ve heard for years? Gay men present a problem to society because they are more likely to be sexual predators. Or, how about [...]
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Linus Spiller
No comparison between Wright, McClurkin
May 3, 2008 in Opinion by Linus Spiller
The recent public airing of statements made by presidential candidate Barack Obama’s former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, opened a Pandora’s box surrounding the underlying racial tensions that still exist [...]
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QNotes Staff
Candidate plans fundraising ‘roast’
May 3, 2008 in South Carolina News Notes by QNotes Staff
Candidate plans fundraising ‘roast’ GREENVILLE, S.C. — James Akers, Jr., an openly gay candidate for the Greenville County Council, is turning humor into campaign cash. Akers, 27, is planning a [...]
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Lainey Millen
Windmeyer receives top award
May 3, 2008 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
Charlotte Windmeyer receives top award CHARLOTTE — Because of his commitment to social justice, education development and training, Campus Pride founder and executive director, Shane L. Windmeyer, has been honored [...]
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David Stout
GLAAD takes stand for fairness
May 3, 2008 in National News Notes by David Stout
GLAAD takes stand for fairness SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) withdrew from a “Pride Rocks” event scheduled to take place this summer at [...]
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Jack Kirven
Jamaican activist seeks asylum
May 3, 2008 in Beyond the Carolinas by Jack Kirven
Jamaican activist seeks asylum QUEBEC, Canada — After the deaths of 13 of his activist colleagues, Gareth Henry, one of Jamaica’s leading LGBT rights activists, has fled the impoverished island [...]
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Collier Rutledge
Business Guild celebrates 15th year in Columbia
May 3, 2008 in News by Collier Rutledge
ANT will be the featured performer at Columbia’s Business Guild gala. COLUMBIA — What do you get when you mix scores of LGBT people, a nationally respected, openly gay comedian, [...]
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QNotes Staff
Q-Notes Online gets makeover
May 3, 2008 in News by QNotes Staff
Regular visitors to Q-Notes Online have already noticed a change in our online presence. A week prior to this current issue, Q-Notes staff rolled out our website’s new design. The [...]
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Will Billings
Students have run-in with anti-gay preachers
May 3, 2008 in News by Will Billings
UNC-Charlotte students walk past Belk Tower, where LGBT students say they were verbally attacked by anti-gay preachers. CHARLOTTE — When LGBT and allied students affiliated with the University of North [...]
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