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November 14, 2009 in News by Matt Comer
Originally published: Nov. 10, 2009, 10:30 a.m. Updated: Nov. 14, 2009, 3:10 p.m. GREENSBORO, N.C. — Celebrating a year of legislative success, 300 local activists and statewide advocates met Saturday [...]
Tags: Politics, Triad
November 14, 2009 in Cover Stories by Matt Comer
Urban art by graphic artist Scot Lefavor (www.scotlefavor.com) portraying President Barack Obama is glued to a brick wall on U St. NW, between 16th and 15th Sts. in Washington, D.C. [...]
Tags: Politics
November 14, 2009 in News by Matt Comer
State Sen. Julia Boseman (D-New Hanover) is North Carolina’s only openly gay or lesbian state legislator. In the General Assembly, Boseman is our community’s seat at the table. And for [...]
Tags: Charlotte, Legislative Watch, Politics, Raleigh, Triad
November 14, 2009 in South Carolina News Notes by QNotes Staff
On Oct. 28, President Barack Obama signed the much-awaited federal hate crimes legislation expanding protection to victims on the basis of sexual orientation and gender-identity. While the legal advancement is [...]
Tags: Columbia, Politics
November 14, 2009 in News by Matt Comer
Maine marriage defeated Voters in Maine rejected new marriage rights for same-sex couples 53 percent to 47 percent. The referendum put a marriage bill passed by the state’s legislature and [...]
Tags: Politics
November 14, 2009 in News by Jon Ponder
With all the attention on the GOP wins in the Virginia and New Jersey governors’ races this year, the purportedly liberal media is ignoring the fact that voters in a [...]
Tags: Charlotte, Politics
November 14, 2009 in National News Notes by David Stout
Gay-themed book ok’d for fair NEW YORK, N.Y. — After meeting with media watchdog group The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, powerhouse bookseller Scholastic Inc. has decided to feature [...]
November 14, 2009 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
Rent it! CHAPEL HILL — Company Carolina, an unaffiliated student-run theater troupe on the campus of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, mounted a production of “Rent” on Nov. 6-8 [...]
Tags: Raleigh
November 14, 2009 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
N.C. native elected WASHINGTON, D.C. — PFLAG National announced on Oct. 26 that the Reverend Gilbert H. Caldwell of Asbury Park, N.J., was elected to its national Board of Directors. [...]
Tags: Charlotte, Raleigh, Triad
November 14, 2009 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
Get your groove on WILMINGTON — Noted DJ David Knapp will bring his beat to Ibiza Nightclub, 118 Market St., on Dec. 12. A 25-plus city fall tour showcases his [...]
November 14, 2009 in QPoll by QNotes Staff
Tags: Charlotte, Politics
November 14, 2009 in Editor's Note, Opinion by Matt Comer
Almost a month before this year’s elections, my Editor’s Note column asked for two things: First, I implored our community members to get out and vote. Second, I demanded progressive, [...]
Tags: Charlotte, Politics
November 14, 2009 in Editorial, Opinion by Jim Yarbrough
The Q-Notes staff is excited to announce two new changes we hope will streamline your experience as a reader and strengthen our ability to deliver you the best and most [...]
Tags: Charlotte, Columbia, Raleigh, Triad
November 14, 2009 in General Gayety, Opinion by Leslie Robinson
People in the public eye who utter inanities about gays keep me busy. I regularly poke into the verbal and written slams offered up by folks all around the world, [...]
Tags: Politics
November 14, 2009 in T-Notes by Robbi Cohn
There are several fundamental themes that always seem to repeat themselves in trans matters: if the bathroom issue is most insidious, then the battle over language and nomenclature is surely [...]
November 14, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style by Matt Comer
It might technically still be fall, but all you Southern boys and gals know what’s coming. It’s 45 degrees outside right now and you’re already freezing your butt off. Whatcha [...]
November 14, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style by Matt Comer
MTV’s Logo network and its TripOutGayTravel.com unveiled the winners of their first ever TripOut Gay Travel Awards this month. Decided by more than 100,000 votes from the website’s readers and [...]
November 14, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style by Matt Comer
Our QLiving’s Print Exclusive feature this issue highlights some of the great gay and lesbian cruises and winter resort getaways offered by vacation companies like Olivia and Atlantis Events. If [...]
November 14, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style, Out in the Stars by Charlene Lichtenstein
Venus, the planet of love, moves into passionate Scorpio and squares expansive Jupiter. Who knows what can happen? Dreams of love and fame may wind up on the cutting room [...]
November 14, 2009 in A&E / Life&Style, Tell Trinity by Trinity
Hello Trinity, Why would anyone have threeway sex? And, if I do try it, isn’t it complicated and unfair to one of the three? Three’s A Crowd, San Diego, Calif. [...]
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