Archive for July, 2008
A progressive Baptist church once formally affiliated with Wake Forest University and kicked out of the Baptist Convention of North Carolina for its LGBT-inclusive practices is now protesting the anti-gay policies of a moderate Baptist association.
Do you agree with SC Pride’s decision to raise funds in order to pay the State of South Carolina’s almost [...]
Celebrating three years of Pride Charlotte in the Queen City, organizers more than exceeded their goal of attracting more than 8,000 attendees to the annual event on Saturday, July 26.
Gone, but not forgotten. That’s how most North Carolinians are thinking of the late former Sen. Jesse Helms, a segregationist [...]
The recent flap over the “South Carolina is so gay” British ad campaign has left the heads of LGBT citizens [...]
At the 40th Anniversary of the March on Washington, D.C., in 1963: Matt Foreman, Mandy Carter and Coretta Scott King. [...]
It’s a popular notion that, after we die, we get what we deserve. So let’s assume that’s precisely what’s happening [...]
Youth: 1921-1939
1921 — Helms is born in Monroe, N.C.
1938 — Helms graduates from high school and decides to attend Wingate [...]
Note: This month’s intended column, “Alternative Realities, Part 2: Reparative Therapy” will appear next month to allow coverage of this [...]
RALEIGH — St. John’s Metropolitan Community Church is preparing for “Bakker Mania.” Since the LGBT and allied congregation announced that [...]
Originally published in the July 9 issue of The Charleston City Paper.
When Bryan and Michael decided to leave California in [...]
CHARLOTTE — Yellow Bird Theatre, a new Charlotte theater company created with a focus on LGBT issues, will premiere its [...]
I was greatly upset recently by a report on Yahoo! that said there has been an alarming increase in injuries [...]
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A new report from the University of California-Santa Barbara’s Michael D. Palm Center, led by a [...]
Celebrating more than 25 years of vibrancy, fun and charitable giving, the annual Crape Myrtle Festival returned to Raleigh July [...]
A recent Q-Notes article reported that Charlotte, N.C. was deemed to be one of the “top 10 Gay Ghettos.” (“Charlotte, [...]
Reform leader arrested again
KUALA LAMPUR, Malaysia — This Southeast Asian nation is experiencing heightened political divisions and tensions resulting from [...]
Sometimes our best laid plans take an unexpected turn. Expect to spin in these new circles as we enter August [...]
Charlotte
Batter up
CHARLOTTE — A group of women are interested in playing some ball, but are open to expanding to volleyball [...]
Frank Benedetti and Gary Trowbridge at their 40th anniversary
re-commitment ceremony in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Last month The Winston-Salem Journal ran a survey [...]
