Archive for July, 2008

Baptist church protests Cooperative Fellowship hiring policy
Wake Forest Baptist no stranger to gay controversy

July 28th, 2008 Comments Off

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.

SC Pride ‘So Gay’ fund

July 28th, 2008 Comments Off

Do you agree with SC Pride’s decision to raise funds in order to pay the State of South Carolina’s almost $5,000 debt for the ‘So Gay’ ads? Yes No I’m not sure View Results See related story

Pride Charlotte reaches 10,000 goal

July 28th, 2008 Comments (1)

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.

Burying a fossil
Racism and homophobia will forever be Helms' legacy

July 26th, 2008 Comments Off

Gone, but not forgotten. That’s how most North Carolinians are thinking of the late former Sen. Jesse Helms, a segregationist Democrat-turned-Republican who held his seat in the U.S. Senate for 30 years. But where the mainstream media, conservative Republicans and fundamentalist Christians have been busy whitewashing his past and glorifying [...]

Sanford is so stupid
Editor's Note

July 26th, 2008 Comments Off

The recent flap over the “South Carolina is so gay” British ad campaign has left the heads of LGBT citizens in the Carolinas spinning. What the hell happened and how’d it happen so fast? One minute, South Carolina’s going about its “Dixie”-whistling ways and the next it’s busting out with [...]

Helms created our ‘Stonewall’
N.C. Senate Vote 90 was a defining moment for queer N.C.

July 26th, 2008 Comments Off

At the 40th Anniversary of the March on Washington, D.C., in 1963: Matt Foreman, Mandy Carter and Coretta Scott King. Photo credit: Mandy Carter Mandy Carter leaps onto the comparison like a cat pouncing on a cricket. “Yes, I so agree,” she says excitedly. “That was a defining moment for [...]

The future of Jesse Helms
General Gayety

July 26th, 2008 Comments Off

It’s a popular notion that, after we die, we get what we deserve. So let’s assume that’s precisely what’s happening to Jesse Helms, the longtime U.S. senator from North Carolina who expired on July 4. As I picture things, after Helms died he immediately passed into a spiritual realm. He [...]

Year-by-year: Jesse Helms

July 26th, 2008 Comments Off

Youth: 1921-1939 1921 — Helms is born in Monroe, N.C. 1938 — Helms graduates from high school and decides to attend Wingate Junior College. 1930 — He is forced to get a job sweeping at the local newspaper to help his family during the Great Depression. His exposure here has [...]

Historic hearing addresses trans issues
Transmissions

July 26th, 2008 Comments Off

Note: This month’s intended column, “Alternative Realities, Part 2: Reparative Therapy” will appear next month to allow coverage of this groundbreaking event. Never has it been easier to be proud of both the Trans community and our elected leaders. On Thursday, June 26, history was made. The Congressional Subcommittee on [...]

St. John’s MCC scores with Bakker booking
Enthusiastic community response forces move to larger venue

July 26th, 2008 Comments Off

RALEIGH — St. John’s Metropolitan Community Church is preparing for “Bakker Mania.” Since the LGBT and allied congregation announced that Jay Bakker, son of PTL Club founders Jim Bakker and the late Tammy Faye Bakker-Messner, would speak at their church on Sept. 28, the response has been so great that [...]

Gay Charlestonians hear wedding bells in Golden State
Crosscountry chapel run

July 26th, 2008 Comments Off

Originally published in the July 9 issue of The Charleston City Paper. When Bryan and Michael decided to leave California in 2005 and relocate to suburban Charleston, they didn’t realize they’d be heading back to the West Coast three years later to tie the knot. On June 14, the State [...]

High school drama, new play debuts in August
Charlotte's Yellow Bird Theatre to produce LGBT-themed plays

July 26th, 2008 Comments Off

CHARLOTTE — Yellow Bird Theatre, a new Charlotte theater company created with a focus on LGBT issues, will premiere its first production, “Play on Words,” on Aug. 8. Founded by Greensboro College sophomore Benjamin Brian McCarthy, who is also directing “Play on Words,” Yellow Bird is almost entirely student-run and [...]

Physical Fitness: The seven paths of yoga
Health and Wellness

July 26th, 2008 Comments Off

I was greatly upset recently by a report on Yahoo! that said there has been an alarming increase in injuries associated with the practice of Yoga in the U.S. It turns out that strained muscles, slipped discs and even strokes have become far too common because of poor instruction from [...]

Military leaders: ‘Don’t Ask’ ban counterproductive
Former top brass call for repeal

July 26th, 2008 Comments Off

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A new report from the University of California-Santa Barbara’s Michael D. Palm Center, led by a team of retired senior flag and general officers from the U.S. military, has concluded that the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on openly gay service members is counterproductive and should [...]

Crape Myrtle Festival continues to help
Events include performances, club parties, annual gala

July 26th, 2008 Comments Off

Celebrating more than 25 years of vibrancy, fun and charitable giving, the annual Crape Myrtle Festival returned to Raleigh July 17-26. Created in 1981, the festival is the oldest AIDS-related fundraiser in the Southeast. Through its yearly events and galas, over $1 million has been raised for AIDS service organizations [...]

Letter: Top 10 ‘Gay Ghettos’

July 26th, 2008 Comments (2)

A recent Q-Notes article reported that Charlotte, N.C. was deemed to be one of the “top 10 Gay Ghettos.” (“Charlotte, Raleigh among top 10 ‘Gay Ghettos’”) The number of Gay folks moving to a city, living there or requesting information does make any city a Gay Ghetto. For Charlotte the [...]

Malaysia: Reform leader arrested again
Global News Notes

July 26th, 2008 Comments Off

Reform leader arrested again KUALA LAMPUR, Malaysia — This Southeast Asian nation is experiencing heightened political divisions and tensions resulting from a gain in power by opposition forces seeking to wrest control from the ruling parties. This past Spring, Anwar Ibrahim led the opposition People’s Justice Party to a stunning [...]

Out in the Stars: July 26-August 9

July 26th, 2008 Comments Off

Sometimes our best laid plans take an unexpected turn. Expect to spin in these new circles as we enter August and the Sun opposes Neptune and Uranus. If you are intent on following your dreams, don’t be surprised to find yourself wafted on clouds. Happy landings! LEO (07.24-08.23) Proud Lions [...]

Triangle: PFLAG fundrasing, Raleigh Center board slated
North Carolina News Notes

July 26th, 2008 Comments (1)

Charlotte   Batter up CHARLOTTE — A group of women are interested in playing some ball, but are open to expanding to volleyball and/or soccer as well. This gathering would be held either once a week or every other week depending upon participants’ schedules or desires. Time and place is [...]

We are just as deserving
Guest Commentary

July 26th, 2008 Comments Off

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 on same-gender marriage, which was opposed by 66 percent of the participants — mostly on a “religious” basis. This negative backlash is not unusual. After the U.S. Supreme [...]

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