Archive for March 6th, 2010 Issue
Originally published: Feb. 25, 2010, 1:19 p.m. Updated: March 6, 2010, 12:17 p.m. CHARLOTTE — A coalition of LGBT leaders, HIV/AIDS service providers and others are combining resources to plan an advocacy strategy for recent cuts in the state’s AIDS drug assistance program (ADAP) for low-income individuals living with HIV/AIDS. [...]
When 2008 Johnson & Wales grad Robert Penry witnessed the economy crash and real estate bubble burst, he didn’t see red flags and caution in his future. Like so many others who found a buyers’ market attractive, Penry undertook his own journey toward home ownership. That long process has finally [...]
RALEIGH, N.C. – It’s a cold, windy day in the state’s capital. I’m bundled up in a heavy coat, my face red and chapped from walking around a breezy downtown. I’m still warming up as Marine Corps veteran Eric Alva, donned in a polo T-shirt and shorts, strolls over and [...]
LONDON, U.K. — Stretching through 14 countries across Latin America and Europe, the world’s largest gay market research study ever to be undertaken has officially launched. With an overall population of three-quarters of a billion, the involved nations are home to more than 35 million lesbian and gay people living [...]
STORRS, Conn. — Autumn Alston, a University of Connecticut student, has been selected to attend the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) conference for a second year at the University of Miami from Apr. 16-18. Alston, a Charlotte native and political science major, has focused her attention on “women’s rights, specifically [...]
‘Milk’ and cookies! WILMINGTON — The University of North Carolina-Wilmington’s LGBTQIA Office showed “Milk” on Feb. 23. It was held in conjunction with the UN Social Justice Day. Cookies were sold to raise money for the Domestic Violence Shelter and Services. Speakers from Open Gate and CARE were on hand. [...]
RALEIGH — Save the date now for ENC’s upcoming Day of Action on May 25. Join hundreds of supporters in letting the legislature know the issues that matter to the LGBT community. Talking with your elected official can seem intimidating, but it’s easy and often pleasant. Just let them know [...]
BOONE — Appalachian State University is in its planning stages for its semi-annual Lavender Graduation ceremony. The event is held in May and December each year. It recognizes the achievements of LGBT and ally graduates within the campus community. The LGBT Center is determining a date based on graduates’ availability. [...]
Come to town GREENSBORO — A faith and fairness town hall meeting will be held on Mar. 18 at 6 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro, 617 N. Elm St., Fisher Park and Greene St. entrance. Reception is slated from 5-6 p.m. This meeting is conducted to provide a [...]
CBGP sets Expo date CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Black Gay Pride committee has announced that it is taking applications for its annual annual Expo on July 17. The day-long event will begin with workshops, followed by a festival and celebration. Non-profit organization vendors are $65 for information distribution for all [...]
For a year now, I’ve been involved with a newly established LGBT grassroots group in the Queen City. The Charlotte Rainbow Action Network for Equality (CRANE), born after the LGBT community’s stunning defeat in the California Prop. 8 fight, is a loose and slightly informal network of grassroots activists and [...]
Online readers of Kenya’s Daily Nation newspaper spotted an apparent show of brotherhood, a photo of a Christian leader and a Muslim leader meeting together in the latter’s mosque. The two men were indeed united in a common spiritual bond: joint hatred. Not as uplifting as feeding the poor, but [...]
My experiences have not been unusual. Sadly, they are more common, by far, than those whose personal experiences have not been subject to workplace discrimination. Whether it’s loss of work, the inability to get hired or intolerable workplace conditions, trans individuals have consistently been on the losing end of the [...]
We believe a home should be a sanctuary from the hectic outside world, a place to unwind and recharge. Comfort is key, and to us it has always meant more than the sit of a sofa. It’s the way a home looks, how easy it is to entertain in and [...]
In April, Light+Building 2010, the world’s largest architecture and technology fair, will descend on Frankfurt Am Main, Germany. They’ll showcase their trends for home design in 2010/2011. The four strong themes below, presented at the fair in each of their own lifestyle settings, give a glimpse into decor possibilities for [...]
Picture it: moving day, 2010. The boxes are taped and black marker, scrawled on the side, gives them their room assignment. The moving truck is parked out front. It is a beautiful March day and you are getting ready to walk into your new home. You shield your eyes from [...]
Musically, man should not live by mainstream bread alone. A well-rounded, nourishing diet ought to include regular servings of artists who don’t make the cover of Rolling Stone and albums that don’t dominate the pop and hip-hop charts. With this in mind, here’s a sampling of the recordings I’ve been [...]
Retrograde Mars redirects on the 10th, but it will take until May before all this brash energy gets back onto the right, manageable course. Some old demons still have one last chance to bite us on the butt. Let’s hope one or two of them have become vegetarians. PISCES (02.20-03.20) [...]
Dearest Trinity, My lover wants to try an open relationship. What does that exactly mean? Not Open, Boston, MA Dearest Not Open, When one or both persons in a relationship want permission to be pigs, I mean sleep with other people, then that’s an “open relationship.” It does not mean [...]
