Archive for September, 2008
DURHAM — The openly gay Episcopal bishop at the center of a global theological crisis threatening to break up the [...]
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COLUMBIA — With attendance estimates ranging anywhere from 4,000-6,000, [...]
What do you think is the leading cause for the continuing HIV/AIDS epidemic among the gay, bi and men who [...]
‘I hope and pray that not one more teenager will have to live this way, the way I grew up,’ says ‘Crisis’ editor Mitchell Gold. |
If there is any uncertainty about the state of lesbian and gay youth in America, openly gay furniture magnate Mitchell Gold wants the truth to come out loud and queer: they are in trouble.
“There are teenagers all over the world today in crisis mode because they fear what will happen if others discover their sexual orientation,” he says. “They suffer debilitating depression, isolation, addiction and possibly suicidal thoughts.”
Gold’s dismay has led him to assemble and edit “Crisis” (Greenleaf Book Group Press), a new hardcover collection of essays, recollections, speeches and sermons from 40 gay and allied individuals who document — to quote the book’s subhead — “the personal, social, and religious pain and trauma of growing up gay in America.”
“I hope and pray that not one more teenager will have to live this way, the way I grew up,” says Gold, who has achieved much in life despite his painful experiences. In 1989, he established furniture company Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams with his namesake business partner, also openly gay, in Taylorsville, N.C. The company now boasts more than 750 employees.
When Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977 he was, as Time magazine would [...]
This year’s NC Pride Fest and Parade in Durham promise to be the most exciting yet. Last year, festival organizers [...]
Recent reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding new estimates on yearly HIV infections and transmissions [...]
Michelle Williams has been reaching out to the gay community like Barack Obama has been reaching out to the Right. [...]
So, you’re heading to Columbia, Raleigh and Durham for the annual North Carolina and South Carolina Pride Festivals? Do you [...]
After the conclusion of the Democratic Convention last month some friends of mine were bemoaning the failure of the party’s [...]
ATLANTA — Last month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report detailing new estimated figures for [...]
Ed. Note: This new column will replace, in part, Q-Notes’ regular Health and Wellness column. In the coming weeks, we’ll [...]
Ed. Note — After this issue went to press Q-Notes received new information that Asheville PrideFest found a new location [...]
Del Martin died an honest woman. After five decades of living in sin, of shacking up, of living outside the [...]
Hey Trinity,
You have said that “gay men were created to teach the world how to be fabulous looking and sexuality [...]
The Philadelphia Equality Forum has announced its slate of 31 LGBT icons and history makers for its observance of LGBT [...]
In this highly political season, the Sun enters Libra and enables us to charm our way through practically anything. Will [...]
The first thing that struck me about the Republican National Convention in St. Paul was the stunning lack of diversity. [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In what might come as a shock to many Queen City business folk, the Human Rights Campaign’s [...]
CHARLOTTE — The anti-gay spokesperson and president of the nation’s leading radical “family values” organization will speak at the National [...]