Archive for February, 2009
It’s a tough name for non-Scandinavians to pronounce or spell, but I promise to learn it. Cross my rainbow heart. Johanna Sigurdardottir is the new prime minister of Iceland and she’s openly lesbian. It makes me want to wave the hat I bought 25 years ago in the Reykjavik airport. [...]
Dear Trinity, I know you’re going to tell me to mind my own business, but one of my friends was a stripper and is now escorting. I’m worried about him. Should I speak to his parents? Righting A Wrong, Orange County, Calif. Dear Wronging A Right, Should you decide what [...]
Oh, kiddies, we’re down to the wire this time! My column has been due and I’m still rounding up the tea! Believe it or not, we’ll have a Rag of a pretty good size this go ’round — a lot has been going on. A clear-up from the last Rag [...]
Within the next five years, 46 million Americans are expected to retire, according to data from the National Institute of Aging at the University of Michigan. The transition to retirement results in a major shift in financial priorities — from asset accumulation to income management and wealth preservation. In the [...]
The Sun glides into Pisces and ramps up our overall mellowness. Go with the cosmic flow and let your intuition be your guide. Is there a chance that you will become too jello to hold a mold? Unlikely! PISCES (02.20-03.20) Guppies are at one with the universe. Become the center [...]
Dear EarthTalk: What is “microfinance” and how does it help poor countries and preserve the environment? — Eliza Clark, Seattle, WA The brainchild of Grameen Foundation founder Muhammad Yunus, microfinancing is a form of banking whereby financial institutions offer small loans to the poor. The idea behind the concept, which [...]
Originally published: Feb. 16, 2009, 9:44 p.m.Updated: Feb. 17, 2009, 8:20 a.m. SALISBURY, N.C. — More than 100 people turned out to the Monday, Feb. 16 evening meeting of the Rowan County Board of Commissioners as elected officials took up the issue of same-sex marriage.
Update: More than 100 people turned out to the Monday, Feb. 16 evening meeting of the Rowan County Board of Commissioners as elected officials took up the issue of same-sex marriage. In a standing-room-only board chambers, members of the board voted unanimously to approve a resolution urging the North Carolina [...]
CHARLOTTE — A former city worker says she was fired due to her supervisor’s “gender stereotype” and has sued the City of Charlotte for job discrimination. According to The Charlotte Observer, Anne Marie Clukey worked for the city for two years. She was fired in December 2006. According to papers [...]
CHARLOTTE — Local and national groups will soon converge on Charlotte, all of them holding events involving the LGBT community or set against it. On Feb. 21, the anti-gay Focus on the Family and Exodus International will hold their so-called “ex-gay” conference Love Won Out at Central Church of God. [...]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — This morning the South Carolina Parole Board denied early parole for Stephen Andrew Moller, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the May 2007 death of openly gay Sean Kennedy. Moller will serve the rest of his sentence and be released July 7, 2009. His original release [...]
RALEIGH — A coalition of anti-LGBT, fundamentalist churches has announced it will hold a rally at the North Carolina Legislative building in support of “traditional marriage.” On March 3, churches across the state will bring busloads of rally participants to Halifax Mall, the green park behind the building where state [...]
CHARLOTTE — It is the end of an era, as Charlotte’s largest AIDS service organization, founded by six gay men in 1985, comes to its end. After more than two decades of service in the greater Charlotte-Mecklenburg area, Metrolina AIDS Project (MAP) as the community has known it will cease [...]
Every Valentine’s Day, couples, gay and straight, rekindle their love for one another. What might seem so easy for straight couples is so much more difficult for same-sex couples who can’t as easily “tie the knot” as their peers. For some, like Raleigh’s Angela and Melrose Haas, “getting hitched” meant [...]
CHARLOTTE — With a star-studded attendee list including some of the most well-known movers and shakers in the Carolinas LGBT community, the 2009 Human Rights Campaign Gala returns to Charlotte once more before heading to North Carolina’s capital city in 2010. The week-long series of events has sparked protests from [...]
The Human Rights Campaign 2009 Gala, “Imagine,” comes complete with a series of fabulous events all week. Here’s your guide for the complete series of events in Charlotte, Feb. 15-22.
CHARLOTTE — In a move community advocates have been waiting on for years, members of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners voted Jan. 29 to begin official study of offering domestic partner benefits to county employees. Meeting at a private retreat in Charlotte, commissioners voted 6-3 along party lines to [...]
CHARLOTTE — When the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education approved an LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying policy last March, the three Republicans on the governing body were the only members to vote against the proposal. With the addition of another Republican and an upset in the once-Democratic controlled body, future policy decisions on LGBT-inclusion [...]
CHARLOTTE — In the Uptown headquarters of the Charlotte Urban League, dozens of members and leaders of the Carolinas Black Pride Movement (CBPM) joined together on Jan. 24 to remember the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honor community members who have made a difference in the lives [...]
In the Jan. 24 story, “Culture War (reprise),” Q-Notes mistakenly identified Rolfe Neill, former publisher and chairman of The Charlotte Observer, in a file photo published with the story. We apologize for the mistake. Q-Notes is committed to accuracy. If you ever encounter a mistake or need to seek a [...]
