Archive for July, 2009
Kudos goes out to Revolution Restaurant in Durham. This new restaurant has taken the initiative to reach out to the LGBT community for job openings. In a time when most LGBT folks can be fired for the sexual orientation and gender-identity, it’s a welcome change to see a businesses go [...]
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 highly controversial, bills, the School Violence Prevention Act and Healthy Youth Act. Both have huge implications for LGBT students, both [...]
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 later, nine MCC congregations dot the Carolinas map. Each are making in-roads among their surrounding communities and offering places of [...]
Will you be attending any of the Pride Charlotte events this year? Yes, I’ll be at all of them. Yes, I’ll be attending some of them. Yes, but only the festival at Gateway Village. No, I’m not attending any of the events. No, I can’t attend; I live too far [...]
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 1987 — In an editorial published in Q-Notes, editor Don King makes one of the first public calls for a [...]
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 equality, one North Carolina businessman and philanthropist instead chose a different tack to address his concerns with party leaders and [...]
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, on Monday, June 29. “The resident’s body was discovered morning by on-site staff and the appropriate authorities were immediately notified,” [...]
“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 to walk away with the same feelings and excitement. Marking National LGBT Pride Month, the bureau launched its first LGBT [...]
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 sponsoring the event. Cost is free for members (a perk of membership). Guest fee is $10 each, which includes food [...]
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 regulatory changes benefiting LGBT people and eliminating discrimination from federal policies. This is the first time such a coalition of [...]
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 reported the news on July 2, after being notified their site was censored by a reader and Virgin Active customer. [...]
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 has accepted a position as U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Western District of North Carolina. Levinson isn’t a newcomer to [...]
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 his Westboro Baptist Church, located in Topeka, Kan., journeyed to Seattle to stage protests around the city that featured their [...]
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 find any rainbowishly delightful items for our LGBT pet lovers. To our surprise, we found a few neat items made [...]
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 says. “We just care about animals and want to help share helpful information and tips on feeding your dog and [...]
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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 sweet guy raised in a religious family and who served in the Air Force. “I was raised in a Baptist [...]
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 some closure first. If I don’t get it should I still see them? And, how can I get over him [...]
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 the opportunity. This annual holiday weekend promises the usual array of fire work sellers in temporary tents planted on the [...]
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 and see who buys your package. Going…going…gone. CANCER (06.22-07.23) The general economic picture may be fuzzy for others, but for [...]
