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July 11, 2009 in Cover Stories by Matt Comer
While LGBT community members celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots this June, political advocates, insiders and state legislators were working hard to hear and pass two historic, yet [...]
Tags: Charlotte, Legislative Watch, Raleigh, Triad
July 11, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style by Matt Comer
Since St. John’s Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) — the first MCC in the Carolinas — set up shop in 1976, the face of LGBT faith institutions has continually grown. Decades [...]
Tags: Charlotte, Columbia, Raleigh, Triad
July 11, 2009 in Pride, QPoll by QNotes Staff
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Tags: Charlotte
July 11, 2009 in Pride by Matt Comer
Below is part two of Q-Notes’ exclusive Timeless Pride, covering events from 1987 through 2005. To view part one of the exclusive, with years 1971 through 1986, click here. January [...]
Tags: Charlotte, Columbia, Raleigh, Triad
July 11, 2009 in News by Matt Comer
While more than a dozen high-profile LGBT invitees to a Democratic National Committee (DNC) dinner were pulling out in protest over the president’s and party’s sluggish movement on issues of [...]
July 11, 2009 in News by Randy Hope, Gay & Lesbian Times
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Michael Pilcher, a 21-year-old resident of The San Diego LGBT Community Center’s Youth Housing Project, was found dead inside his apartment at the East Village location, [...]
July 11, 2009 in News by Matt Comer
“Dynamic. Smart. Unexpected. Celebratory.” Those are words the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau say visitors use to describe the Tar Heel State’s capital city. And, they want LGBT visitors [...]
Tags: Raleigh
July 11, 2009 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
Charlotte It’s pool time! LAKE NORMAN — The Charlotte Business Guild will hold its annual lake party on July 18 at the home of John and Vincent. Armin’s Catering is [...]
July 11, 2009 in National News Notes by David Stout
Coalition pursues policy changes NEW YORK, N.Y. — A coalition of 17 LGBT equality organizations has announced the New Beginning Initiative, designed to push for concrete federal administration policy and [...]
July 11, 2009 in Beyond the Carolinas by Matt Comer
News site blocked LONDON — Public access to the website for the U.K.’s leading LGBT news-magazine has been blocked by Virgin Active, a nationwide gym and fitness company. Pink Paper [...]
July 11, 2009 in Editor's Note, Opinion by Matt Comer
On June 30, N.C. Gov. Beverly Perdue appointed Judge Eric Levinson to the seat of Resident Superior Court judge for Mecklenburg County. Levinson is replacing Judge David S. Cayer, who [...]
Tags: Charlotte, Raleigh
July 11, 2009 in General Gayety, Opinion by Leslie Robinson
Fred Phelps came to town and I missed him. I could just spit. To be precise, the Rev. Fred didn’t actually come here to Seattle. His minions did. Members of [...]
July 11, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style by QNotes Staff
With Pride month just behind us and several Carolinas Pride festivals yet to come, Q-Notes took a trip down to our local White Rabbit store to see if we could [...]
July 11, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style by Matt Comer
Two sisters — Kathleen Read in North Carolina, Celia Rougellis in Massachusetts — have taken to the internet to share the love of pets. “We have no agenda,” the pair [...]
July 11, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style by QNotes Staff
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July 11, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style by QNotes Staff
He’s a chef, an animal lover and did we mention — he’s sexy as hell. Tim Weaver, photographed by Bradford Rogne for the July issue of Instinct magazine, is a [...]
July 11, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style, Tell Trinity by Trinity
Dear Trinity, My boyfriend left me without a trace. A year later he returned with his new boyfriend. Now, they want me to spend time with them. But, I want [...]
July 11, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style, On Being a Gay Parent by Brett Webb-Mitchell
I am writing this issue’s column on the cusp of July 4th celebrations. Of course, you’re not reading it until a week, maybe two, later. I couldn’t help but take [...]
July 11, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style, Out in the Stars by Charlene Lichtenstein
Our eloquence is swept up in a wave of great and profound thoughts. At least it seems that way when Mercury glides into theatrical Leo. Take it to the market [...]
July 11, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style, Money Matters by J. Lynn Davidson, CFP, CLU
If retirement is in your plans during the next two-to-three years, it is clear that the dramatic market downturn that started in late 2008 could not have come at a [...]
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