Archive for May 29th, 2010 Issue
Throughout April and the first week of May, qnotes readers had the chance to submit their ballots in a contest juding their favorite bars and clubs, restaurants and eateries, coffee shops and cafés, community organizations and leaders and more. After more than 300 submitted ballots, our readers have spoken! Carolinas-Wide [...]
With a crowd of nearly 360 guests, the Charlotte Lesbian & Gay Fund hosted their third annual “The Happening” on May 13 at Uptown’s Omni Hotel and celebrated another year of grant recipients. The Fund also announced it had met its $100,000 matching grant goal issued by community philanthropist Sandy [...]
When he learned his mother would be running for U.S. Senate, Tilden Hagan left San Diego, Calif., for Greensboro, the headquarters of the Kay Hagan for U.S. Senate campaign. Hagan, who is straight, is no stranger to the world of politics. His mother first ran for the North Carolina Senate [...]
Two weeks after it was first revealed North Carolina’s statewide Pride festival and parade was out-of-compliance with IRS non-profit regulations, the group’s director told qnotes the organization is continuing to work on getting its paperwork caught up. First reported on May 6 at goqnotes.com and then in the May 15 [...]
It’s curious that we call our elected officials “leaders,” because the truth of the matter is that most of them rarely, if ever, actually lead on anything. At least, that’s how it seems when it comes to matters of equality and civil rights. Whether we speak of abolition, women’s suffrage, [...]
As a Baptist minister, a co-founder of the Family Research Council and a board member of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), George Rekers has been a relentless leader of the Christian right for decades. He lifted the banner of anti-gay activism, but now he can’t [...]
What drives people to inhuman behavior? Hate and violence are usually a product of fear and ignorance, which often manifest in an inability to comprehend and a failure to communicate. Fear arises when people are confronted with anything outside their “normal” and anticipated field of vision and many persons’ actions [...]
On May 11, UNC-Chapel Hill student Sara Isaacson was on Capitol Hill meeting with North Carolina Congressional offices to discuss her recent ROTC discharge by the government for being gay. Isaacson was attending the university on a full Army ROTC scholarship, which the government now says she must pay back. [...]
CHARLOTTE — Rev. Deborah C. Warren, founder and CEO of Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) participated in a dialogue on the role of public/private partnerships in the Obama administration’s forthcoming National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) on May 13. The National AIDS Fund selected RAIN to participate in a major new HIV/AIDS [...]
CHARLOTTE — The “School Bells,” One Voice Chorus 20th anniversary concert, will be held on June 19 at Booth Playhouse, 130 N. Tryon St. The chorus is one of the longest-standing LGBT organizations and performing arts groups in the Queen City. This event culminates the 2009-10 season. It takes a [...]
Come one, come all! WILMINGTON — Celebrate OutWilmington Pride weekend with The Great Gay Steakout! Under the Big Top fundraiser on June 12, 7-11 p.m. at St. Jude’s Metropolitan Community Church, 19 N. 26th St. Enjoy a steak dinner with all the trimmings. Cocktails are at 7 p.m., with dinner [...]
BOONE — High Country Pride has announced that it’s upcoming event, “Pride Around the World,” will be held June 13-15. The committee has sought as its mission to unite, celebrate and support the entire LGBT community by coordinating efforts to wet the whistle of any Pride-goer. Hee Haw Bingo’s “Not [...]
Spaulding doesn’t like ‘Liquor’ DURHAM — Seems that N.C.’s own Pam Spaulding has been one of a growing number of activists, private citizens and organizations who have led the charge to have blackface drag performer Shirley Q. Liquor’s engagement for Hurricane Weekend on June 19 cancelled at the Russian River [...]
A new monthly LGBT film series in Charlotte will kickoff on June 12 with the screening of “The Baby Formula.” The new event will be held every second Saturday of the month at the StorySlam! Arts Center, former home to the Lesbian & Gay Community Center of Charlotte, at 1401 [...]
I will never forget the day I met Judy Jaffraty, because when I met her I got hit with the thunderbolt so hard that I walked around in a stupor for the next three days…I swear to god! Eventually, I pulled myself together and asked her out on a date. [...]
Last year, qnotes profiled four young Charlotteans living in a polyamorous relationship. The four — Jeremy Eudy, Thomas Freyre, Jim Messaros and Chris Morgan — were also featured in MTV’s “True Life” series. The network has returned to Charlotte to film a follow-up episode on the men’s experiences and relationship. [...]
Forecasts of spotty showers and thunderstorms couldn’t stop the hilarity at Hartigan’s Irish Pub on May 15. In fact, the skies stayed clear as hundreds of Queen City LGBTs and straight allies came out to support the Human Rights Campaign at the Queen City Drag Race. Hosted by Buff Faye, [...]
If you’re anything like me, your first inclination will be to roll your eyes when you hear the gonzo sci-fi narrative that drives “The ArchAndroid,” (out now on Bad Boy/Wondaland) the full-length debut album from one of the most buzzed-about recording artists of the last few years. The concept is [...]
Check your inhibitions at the door when the Sun ambles into Gemini. Think it, act it, be it with all the tour de force that your tour can force. Are you touring around the world or docking in one particular port? GEMINI (05.22-06.21) There is nothing as alluring as the [...]
Dear Trinity, Why do gay men form close bonds with straight women, complete with flirtations. See, I really don’t think my gay friend means to be cruel, but all his snuggling and affection makes me feel used. Maybe we need better boundaries? Girl/Gay Boundaries, Kansas City, MO Dear Girl/Gay Boundaries, [...]
