Archive for April, 2009
The Sun enters Taurus and gets us moving and grooving. Plan to nibble in new pastures, run along with the bulls and enjoy the upcoming spring weather. Ready? Set? Go, go. go! ARIES (03.21-04.20) Don’t think that your best days are behind you, gay Ram. Far from it. You find [...]
“Got til it’s Gone” by Larry Duplechan c.2008, Arsenal Pulp Press $17.95 U.S. and Canada 207 pages It starts around 45. First, you notice that you need glasses. Then, you don’t remember things quite like you once did. You get up one morning, and everything creaks from head to toe. [...]
Only 10 years ago, it looked like gay people would not be able to marry until the cows came home. With an Iowa Supreme Court victory and the state legislature approving marriage in Vermont, gay couples will soon be coming home to their cows — with marriage licenses in hand. [...]
Originally published: April 16, 2009, 8:51 a.m. Updated: April 16, 2009, 3:50 p.m. RALEIGH — A bill that would replace North Carolina’s abstinence-until-marriage sex education curriculum with a more comprehensive sex ed approach passed 62-52 the House in its third and reading on Thursday. Supporters of the Healthy Youth Act [...]
Originally published: April 14, 2009, 11:26 a.m. Updated: April 15, 2009, 11:15 a.m. Please see updated May 2 print issue story: Murder in Fayetteville FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Police confirmed on Tuesday afternoon the identity of a homicide victim found near a local gay and lesbian bar. According to the Fayetteville [...]
“If I Could Write This in Fire” by Michelle Cliff c.2008, University of Minnesota Press $21.95 / $27.40 Canada 89 pages It happens when you’re not paying attention. It happens, in fact, better when you’re not paying attention. Small thoughts flit through your brain like fireflies in summer. Things you [...]
Internationlist Prison Books Collective will host a Drag Bingo event, BLINGO BANGO BINGO, Thursday April 9 at 8 p.m. at the Nightlight on 405 1/2 W Rosemary St. in Chapel Hill.
Several Pride festivals across the Carolinas have released their 2009 logos…
Originally published: April 8, 2009, 7:58 a.m. Updated: April 10, 2009, 8:00 a.m. Three North Carolina counties are the latest to pass anti-gay resolutions supporting an anti-family, anti-LGBT marriage amendment in the North Carolina legislature. According to The Winston-Salem Journal, the Davie County, N.C., Board of Commissioners unanimously backed the [...]
Charlotte-based Campus Pride, with local community leader Shane Windmeyer at the helm, has launched a new, national blog for LGBT and ally college student leaders. Press release below…
Originally published: April 6, 2009, 2:06 p.m. Updated: April 7, 2009, 2:25 p.m. On Tuesday, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the White House Domestic Policy Council and Office on AIDS Policy announced a new HIV/AIDS communications and prevention awareness campaign. At a cost of [...]
How are you liking our new look? Pretty sweet, huh? On April 4, Q-Notes unveiled a new website design, just in time for the first annual QList, Best of the LGBT Carolinas voting! (p.s., submit your ballots today for a chance to win a free iPod and other great prizes!) [...]
In these trying economic times, everyone is searching for way to save a dollar and make a quick buck. Most of us are tempted to head out to that big box, super-retailer promising to offer us the lowest prices around. But, local business owners say spending your hard-earned cash locally [...]
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“I’ll knock out anyone who makes fun of me in my Ginch,” warns Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford. And he means it too. Standing 5 feet 11 inches and weighing 170 pounds, the mighty-muscled, multi-tattooed mixed martial arts welterweight fighter is the new celebrity face of underwear fave, Ginch Gonch. [...]
Hot bars. Cool clubs. Great food. Influential community leaders. Who is the best and the hottest of the LGBT Carolinas? You get to decide! The QList, Best of the LGBT Carolinas is your chance to have a say in the who, what, when and where of North and South Carolina. [...]
Dust off that cowboy hat and boots, partner, and saddle up for this year’s Queen City Stomp. Southern Country Charlotte is gearing up for its annual hoedown, hosted at The Charlotte Eagle. The weekend-long event takes place April 17-19, including silent auctions, dance workshops, dance exhibitions, cocktail and after-hours parties [...]
White Rabbit, which for nearly two decades has been the communal and commercial heart of queer Raleigh, has pulled up stakes from its well-known retail space at 309 W. Martin St. and moved to a temporary location. It was a short trek, though — right next door to 307 W. [...]
RALEIGH — Statewide LGBT advocacy group EqualityNC says this year’s Day of Action on March 24 in Raleigh attracted a record number of participants. More than 200 LGBT and straight ally North Carolinians gathered at the Legislative Building to lobby elected officials on several issues less than a month after [...]
