Archive for March, 2009
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The premier organization for politically-active lesbians age 60 and over will head to South Carolina’s capital city for a regional gathering in July. The meeting comes a year ahead of the group’s national conference to be held in Cleveland, Ohio. Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC), celebrating [...]
CHARLOTTE — Organizers for the first annual GayCharlotte Film Festival have announced the weekend-long schedule of events. The Festival kicks off at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 3 at the Lesbian & Gay Community Center of Charlotte and runs through Sunday, April 5. The event will feature more than a [...]
Dustin Lance Black has made me cry again. The Academy-Award-winning screenwriter of “Milk” takes on the life of another dead gay hero in “Pedro,” which premieres April 1 on Logo, MTV and associated networks. In 1994 Pedro Zamora put a face on the AIDS epidemic for Generation X the way [...]
CHARLOTTE — The House of Mercy, a 24-hour housing and care center for those living with advanced HIV/AIDS, has announced it will hold their first annual comedy show in the artsy NoDa district on April 2. The AIDS Benefit Comedy Show will be held at The Comedy Zone at Club [...]
BOONE, N.C. — The town council here passed unanimously two LGBT-inclusive measures at their March 19 meeting. The Appalachian town, home to Appalachian State University, is now the third city in North Carolina to include both sexual orientation and gender-identity in city employment non-discrimination policies. The council also passed a [...]
Should companies promoting addictive and unhealthy products (cigarettes, alcohol, etc.) be included in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index? Yes, they should be included. The Index isn’t about health. Yes, they should be included, but should have some points deducted. No, they should not be included. They harm our [...]
Public high schools; libraries and museums; public and private colleges and universities; hospitals; foundations and charities — the list of beneficiaries of the legacy of R.J. Reynolds, his family and the Winston-Salem tobacco company he founded more than a century ago is long and valuable — perhaps endless. There is [...]
You don’t have to move to Atlanta, D.C., or New York to get a taste of urban, downtown living on the East Coast. Cities small and large across the Carolinas offer exciting options for those who desire something a bit more than the usual Southern suburban experience. Charlotte The newest [...]
Q-Notes editor Matt Comer speaks with the director Glenn Griffin and actor Kristian Wedolowski of Queen City Theatre’s production of “Dangerous,” an all-male, gay version of “Les Liaisons dangereuses” (“Dangerous Liaisons”). Comer, Griffin and Wedolowski discuss Charlotte, Southern culture, gay life, sex and art. The play will debut in Charlotte [...]
CHARLOTTE — For LGBT Charlotteans who miss the queer cultural scene celebrated by the 1990s’ OutCharlotte festival, the long wait will come to a close during the first weekend in April.
BELMONT, N.C. — Spring is coming back — everyone knows what that means. As the days get longer and warmer, non-profit groups are organizing fundraisers and other activities to raise awareness and cash. The House of Mercy, a non-profit residence for low-income persons living with advanced stages of AIDS, will [...]
Charlotte Still hanging out CHARLOTTE — LOAFERS (formerly Lesbians Over the Age of Forty, which is now open to all ages) is a support/discussion/social group that meets at 6:30 p.m. at The Lesbian and Gay Community Center, 820 Hamilton St., Suite B11, on the second Friday of each month. This [...]
Prop 8 challenge goes to court SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Attorneys for same-sex couples, civil rights organizations and the state Attorney General’s office appeared before the California Supreme Court on Mar. 5 to urge the court to strike down Proposition 8. At issue in the case is whether the initiative [...]
Anti-discrimination laws essential for Serbian democracy BRUSSELS — Members of the European Parliament made calls in early March for the Serbian government to put back on its agenda proposed anti-discrimination legislation that would protect LGBT citizens. The draft legislation is said to have been withdrawn before the vote in the [...]
In the past few weeks we’ve seen North Carolina’s religious right (I like to refer to them as “Rabid Righties”) praise and laud a proposed state constitutional amendment that would discriminate against LGBT people and jump, scream, yell and holler over proposed pieces of legislation that would offer safety — [...]
In pandering to the fanatical and the fearful — both religion and Republicanism may have compromised their future. First, the Republican Party seems in an awfully big rush to implode with Rush Limbaugh as its mercurial mouthpiece. The GOP’s other savior, Michael Steele, is just a big mouth who seems [...]
State senators in Utah and Colorado delivered hugely homophobic rants lately. It seems this country is suffering an outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fervor. In the Utah case, Sen. Chris Buttars (R-West Jordan) sat down with a documentary filmmaker to discuss the involvement of The Church of Jesus Christ of [...]
Dear EarthTalk: Some say that polar bears are going to disappear in 50 years, but Alaskan officials insist their populations are recovering. What’s the real story? — Harper Howe, San Francisco, Calif. There is no doubt that polar bears are in serious trouble. Already on the ropes due to other [...]
No doubt about it: America is captivated by dancing at the moment. The proof is all over TV — in the form of current reality hits “Dancing With The Stars,” “So You Think You Can Dance” and ”America’s Best Dance Crew” — and in theater houses nationwide — where productions [...]
Make room for energetic Mars as it pushes its way through Pisces. There is nothing as powerful as an idea whose time has come. Hurry up and move on it before it goes. ARIES (03.21-04.20) Gay Rams have a way of unearthing the truth even when it’s deeply buried and [...]
