Archive for January 22nd, 2011 Issue
Queen City Theatre Company (QCTC) will present the Carolinas regional premiere of Shores’ “Southern Baptist Sissies” (SBS) on Jan. 21 (a day before this issue’s street date). The performance continues through Feb. 5 at Duke Energy Theatre at Spirit Square in Uptown Charlotte.
The once-optimistic vision of progress in North Carolina came to a screeching halt for many LGBT Tar Heels following November’s midterm elections. For the first time in a century, Republicans took control of both houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. No doubt, Republicans across the state are happy to be back in power, but at what cost to LGBT people will their victory come?
Queen City Theatre Company (QCTC) continues its mission of spreading acceptance with yet another wonderfully-composed theatrical performance. “Southern Baptist Sissies” was written by Del Shores, a gay director, playwright and native of Texas, where the play is set from 1979 to 2000 in a church called Calvary Baptist.
Spring A&E Guide 2011: Still-motion art in frames, in statue and on canvass
If you’re LGBT and live in Charlotte, odds are likely you make your home in the city’s Eastside. If not, at the very least you work, eat, shop or drink here or have friends who live here. With such a great number of LGBTs in East Charlotte, we stand a phenomenal chance to have an impact especially on movement toward better public transit.
President Obama created a stir last month when he reiterated that while he doesn’t support gay marriage, he still struggles with the issue. He said his views are “constantly evolving.” In the Republican Party, the fracture over issues concerning homosexual individuals revealed itself more clearly in the vote for repeal [...]
It’s always quiet at Santa’s Workshop in the first half of January. Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus are in Hawaii and the elves are sleeping. But not one elf. Smizzle, the lead choo-choo train builder, kept his eyes open long enough to call for an end to “Shut Up, Make Toys” (SUMT), Santa’s long-standing policy on gay and lesbian employees.
Thanks to the HUNDREDS of qnotes readers who participated in our online QPoll voting for 2010′s Cover of the Year. We’d like to congratulate photographer Jimmy Cobb (JC Digital Photography Works) and thank him for his phenomenal photo in the Nov. 27, 2010, print edition. If you missed it, be [...]
In December, President Barack Obama said his views on gay marriage equality were “evolving.” However, his personal position stands in stark contrast to his administration’s recent decision to defend in court the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which bars the federal government from recognizing legally married same-sex couples.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) seems to be at a crossroads recently as decisions are being made by its congregations on whether or not to allow LGBT people to be leaders of the church.
Furman University will host a presentation of the award-winning “Vagina Monologues” on Marc 3 at 7 p.m. at 3300 Poinsett Hwy.
Wake Forest Baptist Church has hired a second lesbian pastor to join its clergy. Dr. Angela Yarber comes to the Tar Heel state from a spot as associate pastor of San Francisco’s Shell Ridge Community Church of Walnut Creek.
The African Diaspora Film Festival will be held on Feb. 16 at the North Carolina State University’s Witherspoon Cinema, at 7 p.m.
Much of our attention in this society is about the “me” that is coming out to the world around the individual who is LGBTQ. The entire coming-out process is a journey that lasts an entire life. This is due, in large part, because in this society, where being “straight” is still the norm and being LGBTQ is considered the “abnorm,” we are called to be consistently, patiently and lovingly explaining to those around us and strangers: “Yep, I’m gay. It’s part of who I am. And, if you don’t mind my asking, you are…?”
Happy New Year, kiddies! I hope this finds everyone off to a great start. As 2011 rolled in, I was at The Asylum in Gastonia (which has since closed) with my 2 sisters Brooke Divine LaReese and Brandonna Dupri as they did a show with Serena Nox of Johnson City, TN. Nothing like welcoming a new year in with friends you’ll probably spend much time with in the coming days.
