Archive for March, 2010
The Associated Press released an article about a student who settled a lawsuit against New York for the lack of action teachers took against bullies beating him up. News of kids being beat up because they are gay, effeminate, poor or simply different is not uncommon. What makes this story [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Servicemembers United (SU) have united to present an awareness and education tour on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” as efforts to repeal the 16-year-old military gay ban ramp up in the nation’s capital. The journey will take representatives of both organizations and [...]
One Voice Chorus presents “Southern Belles: A Concert Celebrating Strong Women,” Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 at Myers Park Baptist Church’s Heaton Hall, 1900 Queens Rd. in Charlotte. Performance includes special guests UNC-Charlotte Women’s Chorus and Northwest School of the Arts. Myers Park Baptist Church, Heaton Hall, 1900 [...]
The Guilford Green Foundation hosts its annual black tie Gala and Auction this Saturday, March 27, at Revolution Mills Studios, 1200 Revolution Dr. in Greensboro. Silent Auction bidding closes Wednesday evening (click here to participate) and tickets ($175) are still available and can be purchased online. Admission includes cocktails, small [...]
The “God Hates Fags” Westboro Baptist Church is targeting South Carolina with a two-day, multiple stop protest, and South Carolina queers are having none of it as counter protests sprung up in both Columbia and Charleston. News coverage from around the Palmetto State: Columbia: Hate group’s picket brings out more [...]
Winthrop University’s Dinkins Student Union presents openly gay comedien ANT this Friday, March 26, 8 p.m., in Plowden Auditorium. Details from the release: Winthrop’s DSU Program board is very excited to present ANT this Friday night on campus performing his comedy routine and sharing his own personal story in “THE [...]
From The Winston-Salem Journal: Last month Mark Maxwell and his partner, Timothy Young, tried to join the Central YMCA as a family. The men have two adopted children and they are getting ready to adopt a third. “My family is changing and I’ve got all these things to budget for,” [...]
The Soulforce Equality Ride is in North Carolina March 17-19. While in the state, the group of 25 young activists will visit Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest and Campbell University in Buies Creek. Join us here at the qnotes blog each day for personal commentary on their activities [...]
news & features ► Escape from Crystal City ► Seen: HRC Carolinas 2010 ► A new Voice ► Gay marriage underway in D.C. ► Scholarship created at N.C. State ► News Notes: Carolinas qliving/arts & entertainment ► Large LGBT presence key to East Charlotte development ► Raleigh’s “Avenue Q” ► [...]
Should the LGBT community either ignore or respond to anti-gay comments made by elected officials? We should always respond. Silence equals death. We should respond, depending on who said it and what was said. We should always ignore anti-gay elected officials. They just want attention. Who cares? We’re slowly getting [...]
Carl remembers sitting at his home computer one fateful evening obsessively trolling internet sex sites for a hook-up. What he can’t recall is how long he was perched there. Eight hours…10…12? The problem is time has little meaning when you’re strung out on crystal meth and chasing your next sexual [...]
Every 10 years, the U.S. Constitution mandates that all people living in the nation be counted. The mammoth, decennial census affects the drawing of local, state and federal districts, informs the number of U.S. House members apportioned to each state and determines the distribution of more than $400 billion in [...]
San Francisco has The Castro. Los Angeles has West Hollywood. Manhattan’s got Chelsea and Greenwich Village. Then, of course, there’s Boystown in Chicago, D.C.’s Dupont Circle and Midtown Atlanta. Take a look around the Carolinas and it’s unlikely you’ll see anything even close to the likes of such famous (and, [...]
According to organizers, 900 people attended the 15th annual Human Rights Campaign Carolinas Gala in Raleigh on Feb. 27. Dinner attendees were treated to music from local entertainers, speeches by singer Clay Aiken and actress Meredith Baxter and remarks from gay veteran Eric Alva and HRC president Joe Solmonese. HRC [...]
ATLANTA — Last November, the nation lost unique treasures in the life of the LGBT community. On Nov. 16, Southern Voice’s parent company, Window Media, closed shop and subsequently filed for bankruptcy. Window Media’s decision to close also shuttered the doors of The Washington Blade, The South Florida Blade, David [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On March 3, the nation’s capital joined five states in offering same-sex marriage. After applying and waiting for marriage licenses gay and lesbian couples began to wed March 9. The D.C. Council overwhelmingly passed the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Act of 2009 in December. The [...]
RALEIGH — North Carolina State College of Management Accounting now has a diversity scholarship program. Established by Daniel Ebarb of Knightdale, N.C., $1,000 is awarded to an outstanding LGBT-identified undergraduate student who is enrolled in the program. It was established in as a way to honor the memory of Ebarb’s [...]
Retreats for solace CHARLOTTE — “Embracing Your Call,” a retreat for LGBT Christians in the spirit of St. Ignatius, will be held on April 10 from 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 507 S. Tryon St. This event will feature prayer and end with Mass. People of all [...]
CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina has given its final OK to a revised student code of conduct that prohibits harassment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. This ruling covers all of its 16 constituent universities. According to Equality NC, “Many of the campuses had [...]
For gals only! RALEIGH — The Better Than Ice Cream LGBT Meetup Group has just formed. It is for open-minded ladies who like to have fun. It is targeted at bi-curious, bisexual, lesbian and transgender women as a vehicle for socializing in a non-judgmental environment. The group is private and [...]
