Daily Archives: November 15, 2008

President Barack Obama. Governor Beverly Perdue. Senator Kay Hagan. What do all these names have in common? For LGBT North Carolinians, one thing is for sure: the slate of leaders elected by North Carolina voters are among the most LGBT-friendly…

Life partner Donald O’Shields (left) and Rick Wilds Charlotte nightclub owner Rick Wilds passed away Oct. 9 after a hard-fought, nine-month battle with cancer. He was 50 years old. His life partner of 29 years, Donald O’Shields, 52, was by…

[Ed. Note — Joseph Urbiniak is an inmate at Harnett Correctional Institution in Lillington, N.C., and is the plaintiff in a pending lawsuit against the N.C. Department of Corrections to secure the right of LGBT prisoners to possess non-sexual, LGBT-themed…

Linda Ketner’s South Carolina U.S. House campaign saw early success with hard hitting radio and TV ads against her incumbent Republican opponent. There’s no doubt the 2008 election was historic on many levels. From Barack Obama, who will become the…

COLUMBIA — A statewide LGBT advocacy and lobbying group in South Carolina is facing possible closure if it doesn’t meet its budget requirements by the end of the year. SC Equality sent notice to members by letter during the last…

Nona Hendryx, Sarah Dash, and of course, Miss Patti LaBelle, are the ladies of the funk ’n soul group Labelle. After 30 years, the gals who made the lines “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?” and “mocca chocolata ya ya”…

For most Americans, Thanksgiving without turkey is like the Fourth of July without fireworks. That’s why it’s important not to deprive yourself during holiday meals. The holidays are full of temptations and an occasional treat is fine as long as…

OutTraveler has listed the beautiful, North Carolina mountain town of Asheville in its “Top 5 Surprisingly Gay Small Towns.” In fact, the blossoming, queer city ranked number two! The magazine said: “Set in the midst of the Blue Ridge Mountains…

Q-Notes readers reflect on the results of Nov. 4 • • • All I have to say, is thank God Obama is in office! It’s about time that this country has someone in office that is going to unite the…

Letters to the editor and comments from Q-Notes Online. Web comments are not edited for grammar or punctuation. [Ed. Note — This is a response to the Nov. 1 QLiving feature, “Veterans’ Affairs.”] While I don’t want to take anything…

My girlfriend Anne recently took a business trip to South Bend, Ind. While staying at a Hyatt, she decided to use one of the hotel’s public computers in the lobby to check out the offerings of the upcoming gay film…

It’s 3 a.m. in the morning — Wednesday, Nov. 5 — and I am still in a daze from last night’s election results. History was made and Nov. 4, 2008 will forever be recorded in history as the beginning of…

Dear EarthTalk: What are these “ocean deserts” I’ve been hearing about? Also, didn’t I read that there was a huge mass of plastic bottles floating around somewhere on the ocean surface? — Wally Mattson, Eugene, OR So-called “ocean deserts” or…

You spent the entire day cooking the perfect holiday feast. But it’s an hour before your guests arrive and you find yourself standing in front of the table, listening to a little nagging voice in your head. Does the knife…

When you think of the traditional holiday feast, visions of turkey overflowing with stuffing, rich green bean casserole and heaping helpings of mashed potatoes slathered in rich brown gravy likely come to mind. While it’s hard to shake a fork…

CHARLOTTE — A popular Friday-night club and bar event for gays is heading out of town and into the North Carolina mountains for a weekend of winter fun. Just in time for the holidays, Takeover Friday is organizing its first…

Fall is the busiest time of the year for new music releases. Every time you turn around one superstar or another is issuing a blockbuster (or so the ailing industry hopes). Toiling beneath the behemoths are the second-tier majors and…

In 1968, the year before Stonewall, playwright Mart Crowley’s gay tragicomedy “The Boys In The Band” premiered Off-Broadway and caused a sensation. Two years later the play was adapted into a landmark motion picture by director William Friedkin. Now, a…

Hello Trinity, We all know the court system is biased and dependent upon whether a judge is having a good day or not. But, even worse, I got in trouble and have to go to court. Any suggestions for playing…

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