Archive for August, 2009
In Robert Fulghum’s simply written, yet profound book, “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” we learn how our communities would be a better place if we, who are adults, would remember to practice the same rules as kindergarten children. Of course, Fulghum did not mean all [...]
The summer party is winding down, but there is still the clean-up. Thankfully, the Sun enters practical Virgo just in time to help out. Focus on areas of your life where you can make a difference, even it if it just entails light dusting. LEO (07.24-08.23) If you have been [...]
Hello Trinity, My lover is very controlling and would “kill me” if I suggested breaking up. I’m planning on running away when he’s gone on a business trip. Could this work? Away I Go, Los Angeles, Calif. Hello Away I Go, Running away is not the best solution. It is [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seeking input to fulfill a pledge to develop a national strategy to combat HIV/AIDS, White House officials announced Aug. 20 a series of community discussions on HIV/AIDS to take place in various cities across the country. The first event will take place in Atlanta on Aug. 25 [...]
On Aug. 24, Q-Notes will debut its brand new weekly email newsletter, Q-Notes Weekly. QN Weekly will bring you the best content of our print and online editions and information on entertainment, events, parties and more! In addition to our Daily News Alerts (for all you news junkies out there), [...]
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, Aug. 18, to preserve an adoption by the state’s only openly gay legislator. Sen. Julia Boseman’s (D-New Hanover) former partner, Melissa Jarrell, had sought to void Boseman’s parental rights. Jarrell gave birth to the couple’s six-year-old son, whom Boseman later adopted. The [...]
In the works since March, the Durham City Council finally took up the matter of a pro-gay marriage resolution at its meeting on Monday, Aug. 17. After no debate and little public comment, the council passed the resolution unanimously. Presented by Durham resident Joshua Lee Weaver, the resolution calls upon [...]
Thousands of LGBT community members from across the Carolinas gathered at Uptown’s Gateway Village for the 2009 Pride Charlotte festival on Saturday, July 25. Organizers said the event was a success, despite vocal anti-gay protests from religious leader Dr. Michael Brown and his Coalition of Conscience. Event co-chair Clay Smith [...]
[Ed. Note — This writer was the host of the Charlotte Eagle’s Miss Pride Charlotte preliminary.] This year’s Pride Charlotte festival was a success — with as many as 12,000 attendees or more, no one can doubt it. But two weeks before the festival, the Miss Pride Charlotte Pageantry System [...]
Before Ina, before Rachael, before Emeril, there was Julia, the woman who forever changed the way America cooks. Now comes “Julie & Julia,” the new film starring Meryl Streep as Child and Amy Adams as secretary-turned-food blogger Julie Powell. The film, set in post-9/11 New York and post-WWII Paris, is [...]
The LGBT community might be an overwhelmingly liberal bunch, but don’t think for an instant that progressivism prevents an occasional prudishness. As in any community or society, the LGBT community has its own set of “taboos,” or issues and topics it finds socially unacceptable, revolting or simply too inappropriate for [...]
CHAPEL HILL — Men and women who are gay or lesbian are more likely than their heterosexual counterparts to smoke, according to findings from a review study carried out by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The findings, published in the August issue of the journal, Tobacco Control, show that [...]
CHARLOTTE — The Mecklenburg County Health Department is urging more testing as a dramatic rise in syphilis cases puts the sexually transmitted disease back on the department’s high priority list. Other areas across the state are also dealing with a surprising increase in cases this year. In Mecklenburg County, new [...]
Gay-friendly companies announced COPENHAGAN — The International Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (IGLCC) has released its first edition of the International Business Equality Index. The Index is the first-ever, worldwide ranking of LGBT-friendly companies. The IGLCC named BT Group, IBM and The Dow Chemical Company the best corporations for [...]
Charlotte Adieu CHARLOTTE — The Queen City Alternative, an LGBT Charlotte email newsletter, bid farewell to its readers at Pride Charlotte 2009 on July 25. Over the years, founder Jeff Schmehl has provided an important resource for information, news and services. With the advent of listservs and social networking groups, [...]
‘No Excuses’ for inaction WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Human Rights Campaign has launched a national effort called “No Excuses” to lobby Congress on key issues of equality. Timed to take advantage of the congressional summer recess, when members are in their local offices and meeting with constituents, the campaign calls [...]
Looking back on the couple days I spent moving furniture and old files from our old offices on Independence Blvd., all I can say is I know I hadn’t worked so hard and sweat so much in a very long time. Boy, am I glad our move is done! And, [...]
At the recent Episcopal General Convention, Episcopalians effectively lifted their temporary ban on gay bishops. They also chose to begin drafting an official prayer for same-sex unions. In leading with its conscience like that, the Episcopal Church, the American wing of the worldwide Anglican Communion, has given Anglicans abroad, and [...]
Thom Bierdz is a man of many talents. During the 1980s, when he first played Philip Chancellor III on the top-rated soap opera “The Young & the Restless,” he was a teen idol. But, as he recalls in his memoir, “Forgiving Troy,” Bierdz had a secret. As millions of teenagers [...]
In the years since MTV announced the creation of its LGBT specialty channel, LOGO, LGBT Carolinians have been clamoring for the opportunity to tune in. South Carolinians got that opportunity a while back, but folks in North Carolina remained waiting. For those LGBTs living in and around Charlotte, all those [...]
