Archive for November, 2008
Online Exclusive Most of us want to make holidays and birthdays a special time for our family and friends. In these challenging economic times, however, this may require a different approach in order to keep expenses down. If you don’t feel like you can “go all out” and spend a [...]
Smack dab in the middle of downtown Durham’s popular American Tobacco District, the new Durham Performing Arts Center is sure to be a draw for all sorts of arts enthusiasts. Scheduled to open this December, the Bull City’s newest, state-of-the-art performing arts venue has plans to showcase a variety of [...]
Online Exclusive [Ed. Note — After a one column hiatus, Samantha Korb’s The Small Screen is back to its regularly scheduled boob-tube analysis.] In the mix of all things LGBT, something that I think is lost often from not only the political landscape of LGBT rights, but from queer television, [...]
Hello, folks, and welcome back to the greatest show on Earth! Or at least a column about it anyway. If you know me, you know my passion is a good show or even better, a pageant. Nothing else compares. It seems as we go to press that not a whole [...]
Raise your temperature as December gets underway and shocking Uranus redirects. It is not only the time to shake up the landscape, it is also time to grab your gifts and give some goodies away. Ho, ho, ho. SAGITTARIUS (11.23-12.22) There is a light at the end of the fiscal [...]
Dear Trinity, I love your column very much, however sometimes I need advice right away. My friends always have advice, but you know how that goes. Sometimes, I just need objective advice like yours, but immediately? Needing Advice, Norfolk, Va. Dear Needing Advice, Often the very needy ask advice from [...]
Online Exclusive Dear EarthTalk: How can the new Obama administration and/or Congress undo the many anti-environmental actions the Bush administration undertook over the last eight years, including the obstruction of Bill Clinton’s landmark “roadless rule” legislation? — Ann Lyman, Lake Tahoe, Calif. The Bush administration has certainly been no friend [...]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The newly formed LGBT student group at the historically black Winston-Salem State University will hold a lecture exploring race and sexuality in corporate life on Dec. 4 The Gay-Straight Student Alliance (GSSA), formed this fall, is partnering with WSSU’s Black Men for Change (BMC) to present Brandon [...]
CHARLOTTE — Scholar, theologian and civil rights activist Cornel West will be a featured guest at the RealEyes Bookstore fundraiser for the Charlotte Literary Festival on Dec. 15. West, who has taken stands against homophobia and heterosexism, has also spoken out against anti-gay social attitudes among African American communities. “We [...]
CHARLOTTE/RALEIGH — The 10th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance will be observed on Nov. 20 across the globe. Candle lighting vigils will be held as a way to memorialize those who were killed due to prejudice or anti-transgender hatred. It is held yearly in November to honor Rita Hester, whose [...]
EqualityNC Executive Director Ian Palmquist (l-r) and former N.C. Rep. Sharon Thompson stand with 2008 Legislative Award honoree N.C. Rep. Paul Luebke (D-Durham). View more EqualityNC Conference & Gala photos DURHAM — Over 300 advocates and EqualityNC supporters gathered at Duke University’s Bryan Student Center on Saturday, Nov. 15 for [...]
View more Carolinas Prop. 8 Protest photos On Saturday, Nov. 15, thousands of LGBT and straight ally North and South Carolinians took to their city halls and squares to protest the passage of California’s anti-gay Proposition 8 and other anti-gay ballot initiatives in Arkansas, Arizona and Florida. Estimates ranged from [...]
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 candidates ever chosen to lead the U.S. and the Tar [...]
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 his side at the hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., when [...]
[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 books, newspaper and magazines. Q-Notes is publishing a collection of [...]
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 nation’s first African-American president, to Bev Perdue, who will take [...]
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 week of October. Q-Notes first learned of the letter on [...]
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” famous have reunited for the highly anticipated album “Back to [...]
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 you make sure to keep short- and long-term health goals [...]
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 and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Asheville (population 73,000) is [...]
