Archive for December, 2010
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Updated: Anti-gay, Republican Mecklenburg County Commissioner Bill James on Monday said gays are “sexual predators” in an email to his colleagues on the board.
A local foundation formed to support programming for the LGBT community announced Tuesday its 2010 grant recipients. A total of $5,000 will be granted to organizations and projects supporting LGBT youth and students.
Charlotte’s Lesbian & Gay Community Center will hold a special community roundtable on Tuesday, Dec. 28 to hear community members’ concerns, suggestions, feedback and other items of interest.
qnotes is putting together our New Year issue, which will hit streets on Jan. 8, 2011. We want to feature New Year’s resolutions from community leaders and members across the Carolinas! We asked readers to submit their resolutions back in our Dec. 11 issue and set up this handy form [...]
Let’s face it: Beauty pageants are a joke. Some would even argue such contests are sexist. Fortunately for us sane folks, we can indulge in “Pageant: The Musical,” a hilarious and satirical spoof on this strange, albeit popular, world of beauty pageantry. Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte will stage the show in January.
In “Rabbit Hole,” a little boy’s death tears his parents’ lives apart. Actor-turned-filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell (“Shortbus,” “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”) connected deeply with the material — adapted by David Lindsay-Abaire from his own Pulitzer Prize-winning play — and won over star/producer Nicole Kidman, snagging his first high-profile, Hollywood feature directing gig.
The top LGBT political and community news of the Carolinas in 2010, from HRC’s move to Raleigh and ASO funding to community leadership changes and midterm elections.
Time Out Youth executive director Steve Bentley (l-r) with youth member Loan Tran and youth services director Laurie Pitts. A native North Carolinian, Steve Bentley grew up in North Wilkesboro. It’s a small town in the state’s western Piedmont, an hour away from Boone to the West and Winston-Salem to [...]
A settlement in the Atlanta Eagle raid lawsuit will force the Atlanta Police Department to rewrite unconstitutional policies regarding arrest, search and seizure, and make other changes to protect the public from police misconduct.
Darrell Senter and Emory Helms are taking on the challenge of producing their documentary short film, “The Mirror,” by asking one simple question, “My name is (blank), hear my story.”
Pick up that fife and flute. The Charlotte Pride Band is recruiting for the first LGBT wind ensemble in the Queen City. Open to the community and its affirming ally musicians, regardless of background or experience, it welcomes all wind players and percussionists.
Thomas Landreth and Brett Kessler were among one of three recipients of SAS’s U.S. VisitSweden’s “Love is in the air” competition. They said their “I dos” with a commitment ceremony at the IceHotel in northern Sweden and a honeymoon package in Stockholm’s Hotel Skeppsholmen.
Equality North Carolina (ENC) which had set a year-end goal of $8,000, need help. They are only a quarter of the way there. In order to secure legislative and campaign initiatives, the monies are necessary.
Only real political courage will be enough to fix Charlotte’s slim and pathetic record of progress. And, while Mayor Anthony Foxx was “there” at the Lesbian & Gay Community Center forum in December, I have doubts whether or not he’ll be “there” for us when it matters the most.
In a recent editorial, Matt Comer says I supposedly compare “homosexuality to child rape” and that I “paint gay people in the same light as child rapists.” Is this true? God forbid! Dr. Michael Brown responds to Comer’s “A Prayer for Michael Brown.”
Scientists in Florida have discovered that when male white ibises eat too much mercury, they turn gay. Don’t blame an overbearing ibis mother. Blame the metal.
Overall, it was a down year for music, but I found enough bright spots to get me through with a minimum of complaints. Here’s a rundown of 10 things that kept me listening throughout 2010.
There are few things in life that you need, other than clothes and food. You need love: someone to curl up with, to re-hash the day, to warm your feet. You need strength to get through the drama. And you need to know you’re on the right path in life.
Some things just can’t be tolerated. Take, for instance, when food touches other food on your plate. Or when socks don’t match up. Or if, like, somebody, like, repeatedly uses a catch-phrase without, like, thinking.
