Archive for July, 2010
Southern Country Charlotte gears up for Barn Dance on Friday, July 30, with country line dancing and two-stepping, plus special presentations to this year’s Queen City Stomp beneficiaries: Lesbian & Gay Community Center of Charlotte, One Voice Chorus and Time Out Youth. Hartigan’s Irish Pub, 601 S. Cedar St. 10 [...]
The Charlotte Observer profiled qnotes columnist Kevin Grooms, better known to many as Miss Della, yesterday, taking an in-depth look at his eight-year sponsorship of a young man in Honduras: A lot of us send checks to help the needy, and at first that was the extent of Kevin Grooms’ [...]
To prepare Julianne Moore for her role as a lesbian parent in “The Kids Are All Right,” out director/co-writer Lisa Cholodenko gave her some critical materials to study: gay porn. “Yeah!” Moore laughs, discussing the film in Manhattan’s Waldorf Astoria hotel in late June 2010. To explain: Moore and Annette [...]
Be sure to pick up the July 24 print edition for this year’s QGuide, qnotes’ second annual Carolinas LGBT resource guide. Take it home, file it away and pull it out when you need quick and easy access to contact information for LGBT non-profits, AIDS Service Organizations, faith institutions, friendly [...]
Two national groups focused on marriage, albeit in two drastically different ways, have embarked on a 33-day, 23-city “Summer for Marriage” tour through July and August. Both groups will make stops in Raleigh on Aug. 10. The anti-gay National Organization for Marriage (NOM) plans to drive an RV across much [...]
Drag, gospel, HIV testing and awareness, political action and dance: entertainment, culture and activism merged for a day of fun and learning at Charlotte Black Gay Pride’s Community Expo on July 17. Several hundred people attended the expo at the Grady Cole Center near Uptown Charlotte. The event was just [...]
Shades of Pride celebrates its inaugural Triangle Black Gay Pride, July 29-Aug. 1. Join in for a full slate of events across the Triangle. Selected happenings below. For a full calendar, visit triangleblackpride.org. Kick-off Party July 29, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. The CC 313 W. Hargett St., Raleigh Workshops and seminars [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has provided new guidance on the Fair Housing Act, instructing HUD staff that discrimination against transgender people can be addressed under the law’s existing ban on gender discrimination. The policy decision offers additional help to transgender people who [...]
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. — Discrimination is not new to country club-styled or private social communities. Jews faced this for decades, as well as African-Americans. Now, there’s a new group to enter the arena. At the Hanover Seaside Club it seems that transgender applicants are being treated the same. Rachael Gieschen, [...]
Runway seeks men! CHARLOTTE — Ever wanted to be a model? Now is your chance. An open casting call for male models will be held Aug. 30-31, 6-8 p.m. at STEP by Sloan, 1419 East Blvd. for the upcoming BRIEF! to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This annual fashion show [...]
ASHEVILLE , N.C. — Rainbow Wedding Network (RWN), a leader in the U.S. LGBT nuptials industry, has announced it’s first nationally distributed Wedding Planning Guide through its quarterly publication, Rainbow Wedding Network Magazine. “The interactive glossy offers unique insights from experienced event planners and other wedding professionals, as well as [...]
Scoot on up for funds RALEIGH — S2, a local scooter group, is hosting a fundraiser for Interact on Aug. 13 from 8 p.m.-2 a.m. starting at Moore Square (across from the Berkley, 217 W. Martin) and ending at Neptune’s Parlor at 13 W. Martin St. This event — “Don’t [...]
RALEIGH — The Crape Myrtle Festival will hold its 30th Annual Gala on July 31 at the Raleigh Convention Center, 500 South Salisbury St., from 7-11 p.m. Emcee for the evening will be WRAL News Anchor Pam Saulsby. The evening’s program will start at 9 p.m. “Crape Myrtle 30, Forever [...]
It’s all in the family RALEIGH — Equality NC (ENC) is collecting narratives about the unique nature of LGBT families for its “Celebrating Our Families” blog. This new project aims to bring together stories from every sector of the community, as well as from allied North Carolinians. Photographs may also [...]
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” — Edmund Burke, “Thoughts on the Cause of Present Discontents” (1770) Over the past six months or so I’ve had this very sad, sinking feeling in the pit [...]
Things do change. Consider the case of Gareth Thomas, an international rugby star. The Welshman is 6’3” and a muscular 225 pounds. He’s busted his nose five times, fractured both shoulders and a hip and an arm, lost eight teeth and been concussed an average of three times a year. [...]
by Hilda L. Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor It’s been 17 years since Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) — groundbreaking legislation that allows parents to take unpaid time off from work to care for their children. Since then, thanks in large measure to technology, work has [...]
I was reminded this morning: the wheel turns slowly for trans individuals. My legal name has been changed for over five years; yet, for three years I have been wrangling with the Social Security Administration and the IRS to get my name legally changed on tax records. I decided to [...]
More times than I care to remember I’ve read back over an article or review I’ve just written and found it to be…off. Not what I’d intended and certainly not what I’d hoped for. It usually happens with pieces I’ve had to labor over — which only makes it more [...]
The Sun in Leo tickles the cosmos as Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus all get into the act. Prepare for an intensity of purpose, a sense of control and a yearning for accomplishment spiced up with an element of happy surprise. We are infused with spit and fire. Just avoid [...]
