Archive for December, 2010
It was a polite gathering: The Boy Scout leader and young man who is a Scout sat with Board members of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA (CHCYMCA), answering every question that we had for them about the place and presence of gay teenagers and gay Scout leaders in their Troop. Following up on my previous column about the Scouts selling popcorn at our YMCA, it was also revealed that the Scouts have been given a place to meet among one of our facilities, giving the perception that we support the Boy Scouts. The conflict is that we, at the CHCYMCA, practice full and total inclusion, while the Boy Scouts of America don’t.
Whether you decide to look hopefully forward or nostalgically backward this January is totally up to you. The main thing is to find ways to make your personal oil burn brightly through 2011. Jupiter slides into randy Aries and slowly squares volcanic Pluto as the months progress. Just don’t slip on your own grease.
A reader asks Trinity, “Sometimes my lover just doesn’t get me. It’s so frustrating. I don’t mean to expect unreasonable things from her, but how can I get my needs met without losing my mind from having to ask for every little thing I need or want? Must I always ask?”
Season’s Greetings, kiddies — hope everyone is managing to stay warm somehow! Our common interest brings us back once again as we chit-chat about contests and the queens who do them!
I’m standing in the middle of a dim hotel ballroom scanning the sights. Across the way, I notice a woman sitting cross-legged on the floor. From the pleather bag beside her she retrieves a disposable diaper, a pack of wet wipes and a shaker bottle of powder. She’s obviously preparing to change the baby lying on the carpeted floor in front of her.
The following is reprinted from Equality North Carolina, in response to Monday’s North Carolina Supreme Court decision in Bosman v. Jarrell: On Monday, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a decision in Boseman v. Jarrell, a case challenging the validity of second parent adoption in our state. Unfortunately, the Court [...]
Twitter, Facebook and gay blogs are aglow after D.C.-based activist and blogger Mike Rogers announced on Twitter: “I wonder if Lindsey Graham knows I have pictures of a man who spent the night at his house.”
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled 5-2 to void state Sen. Julia Boseman’s second-parent adoption on Monday. The decision, heralded by anti-LGBT groups, puts an end to some adoptions by same-sex couples.
The Charlotte Business Guild held their annual holiday “TOY” drive benefiting Time Out Youth and presented this year’s Don King Awards on Thursday at Uptown’s Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.
Timothy Ray Brown, the “Berlin Patient,” is believed by doctors to have been cured of HIV in a major medical breakthrough less than two weeks after World AIDS Day. In 2007, Brown had a relapse of leukemia and in order to cure the cancer, he met with hematologist Dr. Gero [...]
When jolly St. Nick wraps up his Naughty and Nice lists this year, he’ll be including some names familiar to the LGBT community. Unfortunately, a lump of coal is the only thing some of them will find in their stockings.
The Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte (ATC) brings the purely comedic “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some!)” to the local stage. If you’re tired of “A Christmas Carol” every year, and you really love extremely silly, upbeat shows, this might be the one for you. The show opened Dec. 1 and continues through Dec. 18.
Welcome to the 2010 Change.org Holiday Gift Guide! Across the Change.org network, we’re featuring great gifts that advance the causes you and those close to you are passionate about. While the holidays can be a time of excessive consumption, this guide is filled with ideas for using our resources to [...]
Handbells are ringing. The red kettles are out. We’re deep into the holiday season and charities across the country are extending their calls for helping hands and dollars. But many non-profit charities, especially those tied to religious organizations, have anti-LGBT policies and practices.
The Human Rights Campaign will present two Her HRC events on Jan. 15, 2011 in Charlotte and Durham. The event will celebrate women and equality.
Calling all community members, leaders and qnotes readers. The new year is just around the corner and we want to get a jump on hearing what you think your New Year’s resolutions might be.
Concord’s Dr. Michael Brown will never recognize or admit his words are hateful or hurtful because he’s blind to the truth, the kind of truth that really sets people free and brings them into a radically inclusive communion with each other, the world around them and the Divine.
Readers respond to our ‘gay disease’ commentary and Brett Webb-Mitchell’s column last issue.
Recently our community marked the 12th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, a somber day devoted to memorializing those murdered for their gender identity.
With all the topics you’d think would be open for discussion in the trans community, it seems we always get stuck on a certain few: bathrooms, nomenclature, ENDA and trans etiologies. I presume the reason is that we’ve made the least progress in these specific areas. This time I’m recycling the “passing” issue.
