Archive for March, 2011
Five home improvements — from budget-friendly to big budget — that provide noteworthy return on investment (ROI) in terms of increased value and improved enjoyment.
Plus, new SLDN communications director hails from South Carolina, Lesbians ‘burned’ by insurance company, Obamas host anti-bullying conference and more.
After provoking ire from LGBT activists and bloggers over their donations to anti-gay groups and causes, restaurant chain Chick-fil-A might soon find itself without at home at two North Carolina universities.
An Elon University Poll released on Feb. 28 showed that a majority of North Carolinians support marriage or civil unions for same-sex couples and oppose a constitutional amendment to prevent same-sex couples from marrying. The poll also revealed significant increases in public support for LGBT equality in just the last two years.
CARRBORO — Alderwoman Lydia Lavelle and Alicia Stemper signed the town’s domestic partnership registry on March 4. But, they did not take this step lightly. They did it to “protest a push for legislation that would ban such unions in North Carolina,” the News and Observer reported. Stemper is an [...]
Teens say school not supportive CONCORD — FOX Charlotte reported on March 8 that a group of students who formed a gay-straight alliance (GSA) at Central Cabarrus High School were being subjected to bullying and harassment for a better part of the 2010-11 school year. The club’s president Jessyca Blair [...]
Not Your Mama’s BINGO will hold a fundraiser for High Country Pride and ALFA on April 2 at High Country United Church of Christ, 8235 U.S. Hwy. 421 N in Vilas, N.C. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m.
Winston-Salem’s Adam Foundation opens their grant season. Greensboro’s Guilford Green Foundation raises thousands at their Women’s Party. Plus, the 13th annual RiverRun International Film Festival returns to Winston-Salem April 8-17.
In 1967, the Beatles came out with their wonderful album (yes, I mean LP, vinyl disk), “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band.” I was 12 years old, on the edge of entering my teenage years, in Maplewood, N.J., and I saved my money for this album with an incredibly intricate, psychedelically colorful cover. While my parents tolerated (barely) parts of the album, the one song they enjoyed was the honky-tonk “When I’m 64!” In many ways, it was a musical bridge for my parents and me, in which our generations met each other.
A reader asks, “I’m not becoming a priest, but I thought I’d try celibacy. Do you think it’s a good idea?”
There is some powerful energy in the air when the Sun moves into Aries. It’s time to jump start things, enter into new, exciting territory and take charge! But let’s also know when to take a break and re-charge for the next surge.
Hello kiddies — here we are again, back to talk about contests and the girls (and sometimes guys) who do them. I hope this finds everyone doing well and ready for spring and the time change that’s upon us as well. Oh, boy! Longer nights — can’t wait! Ha!
It’s a celebration. Atlanta’s GA Voice is marking its first anniversary! We here at qnotes send GA Voice’s staff and the Atlanta community our best wishes! From GA Voice: This issue of the GA Voice marks an important milestone for any small company, and especially a company in an industry [...]
Cross-posted from InterstateQ.com… Concord’s Michael Brown, leader of the anti-gay Coalition of Conscience and FIRE Church and School of Ministry, released this week his new book, “A Queer Thing Happened to America: And What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been.” I haven’t yet had the chance to read the book, [...]
LGBT advocacy organizations are ramping up local and statewide action and education campaigns as the possibility of an anti-gay constitutional amendment battle continues to loom over the state legislature.
UNCC Pride is glamming up to host yet another fabulous year of Scarlet Fever, an on-campus drag show fundraising event for a local HIV/AIDS service organization.
A few days ago, Pride Charlotte Co-Chair Dave Webb, sent out a major press release concerning this year’s 2011 Pride Charlotte Festival. Although there’s a few months to go before we can party it up in the streets, organizers are building up their task force now to prepare for what [...]
Wisconsin’s Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D) on repealing the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Those of us who have been fighting the battle to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act since it became law, have long known that we have fairness and justice on our side. Now, after years of educating [...]
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Social justice activist Mandy Carter will be the keynote speaker tonight at the dedication of Guilford College’s Bayard Rustin Center for LGBTQA Activism, Awareness and Reconciliation (BRC). The event begins at 6:30 p.m. on the college’s campus. Formerly the Queer and Allied Resource Center, the BRC is [...]
South Carolina-native Zeke Stokes begins work as new communications director for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a national legal services and policy organization that for nearly two decades advocated for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT). SLDN also provides legal services to those impacted by or fired under the statute.
