Archive for March, 2009
Hey Trinity, Is revenge really so wrong? The Revenger, Daytona Beach, Fla. Hey Revenger, You mean as in retaliation or vengeance? To steal from, destroy or put a mafia hit on someone or make someone’s life worse than death by filing an unethical public lawsuit? Well, if you’re talking about [...]
The challenging investment environment of 2008 taught many of us a painful but valuable lesson — it pays to know where you invest your money and whether that strategy is suitable for your circumstances. Many people rely on mutual funds, preferring that professional managers make day-to-day trading decisions. While this [...]
Oh kids, time draweth nigh and my column is due once again. My, my, my — what shall we discuss this time? A pageant in a blizzard? Rescuing Coco Couture’s and her friend’s things from a car with no keys? (Thank goodness I bought this year’s membership with AAA after [...]
DURHAM, N.C. — The Durham City Council has been presented a resolution supporting marriage qeuality in the State of North Carolina. According to The Durham Herald-Sun and The Raleigh News & Observer, resident Joshua Lee Weaver presented the resolution to the council. The city attorney will review the proposal and [...]
CHARLOTTE – Following sold-out performances during the National Black Church Week of Prayer for HIV/AIDS, the Carolinas Black Pride Movement (CBPM) has announced it will produce a special, one-night encore performance of the acclaimed hit “Before it Hits Home.”
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Guilford Green Foundation (GGF), the Triad-area’s largest LGBT charitable foundation, on March 12 announced the hiring of a new executive director. Luck Gambrell Davidson replaces the group’s first executive director and Cecelia Thompson, who left to take a position with Action Greensboro late last year. Thompson [...]
I can still remember my first night in a gay club like it was yesterday. I guess it helps that night was only five years ago. On the Friday after I turned 18, I hurriedly readied myself and got dressed in my small bedroom at my mom’s house in Winston-Salem. [...]
Surrounded by the sights, sounds and smells of a NoDa coffee shop, Charlotteans Mitzi Corrigan and Stephen Friedrich sip coffee and talk about their experiences acting in “Crossroads Charlotte: The Movie.” “It is nice to see the performing arts used in a way to serve the Charlotte area,” Friedrich says. [...]
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CHARLOTTE – A crazy month full of LGBT activity in the Queen City has come and gone. For LGBT activists and community members, February was nothing short of a full-fledged queer extravaganza, including a glitzy, glamorous awards gala, LGBT activism awareness events and challenges to local and national anti-gay organizations. [...]
RALEIGH – Several key pieces of legislation both anti-gay and pro-equality have been filed as the North Carolina General Assembly dives deep into its 2009-2010 legislative session. Conservative lawmakers introduced an anti-LGBT, anti-family state constitutional amendment on marriage at a press conference on Feb. 24. State Sen. Jim Forrester, the [...]
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Last October, Nick Shalosky was just your average 21-year-old college student studying political science. Involved in local LGBT advocacy and political circles, Shalosky was certainly aware of those running for office – in fact, he was working to help get some folks elected. No one could have [...]
[Ed. Note This column marks the last in Joseph Urbaniak s limited-run column. We hope our readers had a chance to read Urbaniak s writings with an open mind and eyes. We thank Joe for the chance to publish his columns.] I saw the notice on the bulletin board in [...]
Mayor sued for anti-gay bias BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Lambda Legal has joined a First Amendment lawsuit filed by Central Alabama Pride (CAP) against Mayor Larry Langford, who interfered with the group s right to free speech last summer when he directed city workers to treat CAP differently than other groups [...]
Charlotte Book signing on agenda CHARLOTTE – Author Frances Richter is scheduled to appear at the CBG Business Expo on March 21, where she will autograph copies of her LGBT mystery novel, Friend of the Firm, featuring lesbian homicide defense attorney Sheldon Bailey. The book is Richter s introductory novel, [...]
Group defends hotel use CHARLESTON – The Alliance for Full Acceptance (AFFA), an LGBT education group, is defending its use of the Marriott Hotel for its events after receiving criticism because of the hotel chain s close link to the Mormon Church and California s Proposition 8. The group defended [...]
LONDON – British Immigration Minister Phil Woolas publicly thanked the Labour Campaign for Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Trans Rights (LGBT Labour) organization on Feb. 25 for their campaign against the homophobic group Westboro Baptist Church. The campaign led to a ban on Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper from [...]
Queer February. It happens every year. There’s always so much to do and so little time with which to get it all accomplished. It seems I m forced to go into a state of sheer mania just so I can check off everything on my to do list. This year’s [...]
Letters to the editor and comments from Q-Notes Online. Web comments are not edited for grammar or punctuation. HRC article: Missed points Great piece on HRC and I thank you for the balanced points of view. Three quick points: 1. We do have a statewide LGBT political presence via Equality [...]
