Archive for June, 2009
Just days before a respected safe schools advocate is set to begin his work at the Department of Education, a national anti-LGBT and “family values” organization has a launched an online and print advertising campaign to stop his appointment. The Family Research Council (FRC) aims to keep Winston-Salem, N.C.-native Kevin [...]
The history of the LGBT community is a tough subject to study. The community has been oppressed and maligned for so long, that much of the history is forgotten. In most schools, LGBT youth never learn about the legendary events and people who helped to shape the queer community, the [...]
In the 1980s, the chances for any openly gay man or lesbian woman wining an election to public office were pretty much slim-to-none. That didn’t stop scores of gay and lesbian North Carolinians from throwing their hat into the ring and giving it a shot. With this year’s candidacies of [...]
The general manager of a popular Uptown Charlotte casual dining restaurant has launched a new local dining alliance and hopes to “ignite the local dining scene” in the Queen City. Briana Cohen, general manager of Sonoma Modern American Cuisine on N. Tryon St., says that EatCharlotte.net will serve to promote [...]
We’ve noticed a lot of ranting and raving in Q-Notes Online’s comment threads lately. Is it time for us to create a blog or similar online forum (think Washington Blade’s “Bitch Session”) for all your bloviating, gossiping and other soapbox chatter? Uh, Duh. Way past time. Get with the game. [...]
From the eastern tip of the Tar Heel State to its western mountainy edge, and from the Upstate of South Carolina to its capital city, Columbia, the Carolinas saw plenty of Pride activity in mid-June. Wilmington In Wilmington, about a dozen vendors set up shop during the OutWilmington Pride street [...]
Another openly gay man has announced his intention to run for a city council office in North Carolina. Lee Sartain, a Charlotte native and N.C. State University alumnus, made the announcement in early June. He’s running to fill one of two at-large seats on the Raleigh City Council. In a [...]
The Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) has launched and is currently running a bold, new media campaign to combat HIV/AIDS stigma in Western North Carolina. The “I Need You to Know” campaign will raise awareness about HIV and AIDS and how they affect everyone in the community. WNCAP says [...]
Judith “Judy” Cantor died on June 16 unexpectedly in Raleigh. She was 60. A life cut short as always by a directional sign that says, exit here. However, without having left her without a cause, Death was not able to keep her from leaving her mark on the landscape of [...]
Durham, N.C.-based blogger Pam Spaulding has been honored with an award from the Women’s Media Center. Spaulding, who operates the acclaimed progressive LGBT blog PamsHouseBlend.com, was one of 11 female journalists and media personalities honored at a reception held June 17 at the Women’s Media Center offices in New York [...]
Age of consent bill defeated GIBRALTAR — The parliament of this small British territory on June 18 voted down a member’s bill to equalize the age of consent for gay men, which is currently 18. The age of consent for heterosexuals and lesbians is 16. The decision by the parliament [...]
Charlotte Ante up! CHARLOTTE — Pride Charlotte will be held on July 25 at Gateway Village. Currently the Pride Charlotte Committee is actively seeking volunteers for a variety of positions, including Partners in Peace. Partners In Peace exists to keep conflict from occurring between protesters and the Pride Charlotte participants. [...]
Court ruling returns foster child CHARLESTON, W.V. — The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia ruled June 5 that a foster child should be returned to her lesbian foster parents, Kathryn Kutil and Cheryl Hess, reversing an anti-gay lower court ruling that sought to remove the child on the [...]
A century from now, the American people will look back at the beginning of the 21st century. They will see each of us, individually fighting for life, love and liberty — and they will say we were heroes. It is quite fitting that this issue is published on June 27. [...]
Stories about the two gay male penguins that are raising a chick in a German zoo have included quotes from a zookeeper and other relevant humans, but not one of the accounts has presented the penguins’ view of things. Until now. A reporter fluent in German, Spanish, English and Humboldt [...]
The “hairpin drop heard round the world” — that is how New York’s Mattachine Society, and others, 40 years ago described the June 28, 1969, events at Stonewall, a gay and queen bar in the heart of Greenwich Village. The name “Stonewall” has come to symbolize the beginning of gay [...]
Turn your ha ha ha into ha cha cha as we welcome July. Any steamy thought or comment boils over. Mercury opposes Pluto and packs a jolt. Aim your missives carefully…and shoot from the lip. CANCER (06.22-07.23) Gay Crabs may chaff at the leash now. Not only do you ache [...]
“Pins & Panzers,” the debut album by Brooklyn-based post-punk, indie pop trio Plushgun, has struck a chord with queer fans. And the LGBT community’s continued fight for equality has certainly struck a chord with the synth-driven band’s founder and lead-singer, Daniel Ingala. In fact, count him as one of the [...]
Hey Trinity, I’ve been dating a couple of people off and on for the last few months. I’m waiting for one to work out. Dating like this has always worked for me, but some of my friends think I’m dishonest. Do you think so? Multidating Doubts, Portland, Maine Hey Multidating [...]
On Thursday, June 25, the North Carolina House of Representatives voted 60-55 to concur with a Senate version of a sexual health education bill designed to revamp the state’s curre. After its passage, the bill was sent to the governor. The Healthy Youth Act (HYA) replaces the state’s current abstinence-until-marriage [...]
