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Matt Comer
October 17, 2009 in Cover Stories by Matt Comer
There’s no doubt the LGBT community has seen success in North Carolina. Our achievements aren’t quite as grand as those in New England or elsewhere, but they are steps forward [...]
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Matt Comer
October 17, 2009 in Editor's Note, Opinion by Matt Comer
Bessemer City: 5,119. Boone: 13,843. Carrboro: 16,782. Charlotte: 687,456. Population isn’t the only fact or figure separating these three small towns from the largest city between Atlanta and Washington, D.C. [...]
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QNotes Staff
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Matt Comer
October 17, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style by Matt Comer
“Being an artist is like being an athlete,” California-born, Broadway, Va. resident Lisa Aronzon says. “You have to train your body. Teach yourself all the moves, how to handle the [...]
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Matt Comer
October 17, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style by Matt Comer
The Carolinas are known for their majestic, mountain beauty and seaside serenity. In between, urban high rises dot the rural, Piedmont landscape. LGBT-friendly oases in the Bible Belt Carolinas include [...]
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Lainey Millen
October 17, 2009 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
GREENSBORO — An Obama Administration official and liaison to the LGBT community has been announced as this year’s keynote speaker at the Equality North Carolina Conference & Gala, as the [...]
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Lainey Millen
October 17, 2009 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
Story to tell? WILMINGTON — Meaghan Nappo, a Public History graduate student at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington is currently involved in a 1976 Bicentennial acquisition project. Objects are being [...]
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Lainey Millen
October 17, 2009 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
BOONE — High Country Pride (HCP) will hold its Masquerade Halloween dance for ages 21 and up on Oct. 31 from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. at the Broyhill Inn, 775 Bodenheimer [...]
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David Stout
October 17, 2009 in National News Notes by David Stout
Gay man tapped for Ambassador NEW YORK, N.Y. — The White House wants David Huebner to be the U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and the Independent State of Samoa. If [...]
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Lainey Millen
October 17, 2009 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
Nominations sought CHARLOTTE — Campus Pride has released its official call for the Voice Action National Leadership Award, an honorary recognition highlighting the extraordinary contributions of young adult leaders at [...]
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Leslie Robinson
October 17, 2009 in General Gayety, Opinion by Leslie Robinson
In his New York Times Magazine column called “The Ethicist,” Randy Cohen recently tackled a modern dilemma. A mother wrote in to say that her daughter, in her late 20s, [...]
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Robbi Cohn
October 17, 2009 in Opinion, T-Notes by Robbi Cohn
Given increased press coverage trans issues have garnered over the past five years, I remain skeptical regarding the media’s ability and/or desire to report fairly and objectively. Any fiction that [...]
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David Alex Nahmod
October 17, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style by David Alex Nahmod
Matthew Shepard was neither the first nor the last to die in a brutal gay bashing, yet his death, in particular, touched hearts around the world. Perhaps it was his [...]
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Charlene Lichtenstein
October 17, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style, Out in the Stars by Charlene Lichtenstein
Get into your groove when Sun enters strategic Scorpio. We suddenly see things for what they are and people for who they are. Discover your hidden talents and find new [...]
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David Stout
October 17, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style, Audiophile by David Stout
Autumn is to album releases what Summer is to movie releases — the season that matters more than any other. As a result, every year the Fall musical harvest yields [...]
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Trinity
October 17, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style by Trinity
Dear Trinity, Everything, including sex with my lover, couldn’t be better with one exception: he wants me to defecate on him. Despite my refusals, he persists, but I’m afraid if [...]
On our cover this issue, QNotes profiles the recent activism over controversy at CPCC. Plus, more features including news on a gay Senate candidate's upcoming primary, interviews with three Carolina Lambda Literary Award nominees, a profile of a local young person from rural North Carolina, a recap of Gay Men's Chorus of Charlotte's annual gala and more.
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First GOP Senate debate passes over LGBT issues
Questions on LGBT equality were omitted by moderators and journalists during the first televised debate between Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina.
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Female student wearing pants kicked out of local prom
A female student says she was kicked out of her prom for wearing pants and says she wants an apology from the school, which allegedly had not previously communicated a dress code for the event.
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Transgender rights take front seat
Charlotte has seen a flurry of attention, advocacy and activism on behalf of transgender rights as community members, activists and organizations have rallied around transgender young people seeking safety and inclusion at local schools.
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May primary will decide fate of gay Senate candidate
North Carolina’s May 6 Democratic primaries will decide the fate of an openly gay candidate vying to represent a portion of the Queen City and Mecklenburg County in Raleigh.
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Carolina Connection: Fiction writers net Lammy nominations
Every year the Lambda Literary Foundation receives nominations from across the country for exceptional writers in a variety of categories. These hopefuls bring their own perspective and experience to their works and do so for the love of the art.
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