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More than just a ladies’ night

April 30, 2011 in Cover Stories by Leah Cagle

Out lesbian and former Christian music star will perform a this year’s FemmeFest. Photo Credit: Eye Photography. As a booking agent for The Evening Muse, Lea Pritchard worked very hard [...]

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Help pets beat the summer heat

April 30, 2011 in A&E / Life&Style by SPM Wire

Most pet owners love their animals so much they want to take them everywhere and summer is a great time to frolic together in the backyard or to hit the road for a fun vacation.

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Meet Mecklenburg’s ‘Top Dog’

April 30, 2011 in A&E / Life&Style by QNotes Staff

Bella DeLaura, a four-and-a-half-year-old miniature dachshund, has been chosen as winner of Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department’s 2011 Top Dog Photo Contest. The winning photo shows Bella suspended in mid-air as she runs and jumps in a grass field. Bella is owned by Jessica DeLaura of Charlotte.

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Spots for Spot

April 30, 2011 in A&E / Life&Style by Leah Cagle

Looking for a great place to take your pup out for a night on the town? Search no more! We’ve got you covered. Check out these great places we’ve found [...]

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Beyond the music

April 30, 2011 in A&E / Life&Style by Leah Cagle

Billy Ensley, the lead director of Theatre Charlotte’s upcoming production of “RENT,” has been performing professionally since he was a child and dove into directing and choreographing about 10 years ago. According to Ensley, taking on the task of directing a powerful work like “RENT” was an easy yes for him.

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If two things are equal to a third thing…

April 30, 2011 in Editor's Note by Matt Comer

What the GOP seeks to do or is already doing — both nationally and in states across the nation, including North Carolina — is truly evil. Jesus would be ashamed, but the GOP doesn’t care…

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What kind of story would you like?

April 30, 2011 in QPoll by QNotes Staff

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Anti-gay leader ‘deserves pie’

April 30, 2011 in Beyond the Carolinas by David Stout

At a Congressional hearing on “Defending Marriage” in the Subcommittee on the Constitution, GetEQUAL, a national LGBT rights organization using direct action and nonviolent civil disobedience tactics, presented Maggie Gallagher, one of those testifying at the hearing and the board chair of the National Organization for Marriage, with the inaugural “Anita Bryant Award for Unbridled and Unparalleled Bigotry.”

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Triad: Lesbian documentary to be screened

April 30, 2011 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s MFA Media Studies students will present thesis works as part of their requirements for the program on May 5, 7-9 p.m., at the Weatherspoon Auditorium. A pre-screening reception begins at 6 p.m.

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Western: ALFA holds awards reception

April 30, 2011 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen

ALFA, during its observance of National Volunteer Week, bestowed awards on a number of people who “went beyond the call of duty,” Community Outreach Manager Linda Sheehan said.

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Raleigh: Center to move, Grads celebrate

April 30, 2011 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen

After a successful year, The LGBT Center of Raleigh is moving to larger quarters. The new digs will be more visible and will allow for more opportunities and services for the community, including, but not limited to additional on-site programming such as youth and senior group meetings; health-related classes; an expanded resource library; community events; and more meeting space for other like-minded community organizations.

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Coastal: Pride event to premiere

April 30, 2011 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen

OBX Pride will be held from June 24-26 and is now accepting applications for vendors, as well as sponsors.

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Charlotte: Guild welcomes D.C. officer

April 30, 2011 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen

The Charlotte Business Guild is bringing the U.S. Department of State’s Director of the Office of Civil Rights and Chief Diversity Officer John Robinson to its May 17 meeting at Crowne Plaza Hotel, 201 S. McDowell St.

Chests out, slogans on

April 30, 2011 in General Gayety by Leslie Robinson

In my last column, I discussed the role T-shirts with slogans play in the battle over gay rights. It occurred to me, aside from the T-shirts I’ve read about that have caused ruckuses in schools and elsewhere, I don’t know what kinds of pro-gay and anti-gay T-shirts are available these days.

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Public accommodations = civil rights

April 30, 2011 in T-Notes by Robbi Cohn

In many states, if a bill has not been passed through committee by a certain juncture, it’s considered dead. Such was the fate of Maryland House Bill 235, the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act. This highly contentious bill garnered some support, but was also deemed by many to have been constructed with inappropriate language. Championed by Equality Maryland, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), as well as by the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), it mandated protections for trans individuals with respect to employment, housing and credit. Conspicuously missing, however, was one critical component of anti-discrimination legislation: public accommodations.

Review: ‘It Gets Better’

April 30, 2011 in Out in Print by Terri Schlichenmeyer

Columnist Dan Savage, with his husband Terry Miller and a friend, decided to do something about that. In “It Gets Better,” they explain what happened and how their un-splashy video became a tidal wave of support.

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lang packs a bang!

April 30, 2011 in Audiophile by David Stout

k.d. lang is back with a bang…a Siss Boom Bang to be precise. Earlier this month the peerless singer-songwriter returned with “Sing It Loud,” her first studio album in three years and first recorded entirely with a band of her own since the pair of albums she released with the Reclines that launched her groundbreaking career over 20 years ago.

Out in the Stars: April 30-May 13

April 30, 2011 in Out in the Stars by Charlene Lichtenstein

If this time period starts out hot and heavy, blame Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus in energetic Aries. When is too much too too much? You may not know your outer limits. Maybe that is a good thing?

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Is it killing you?

April 30, 2011 in Tell Trinity by Trinity

A reader asks: “As I reach middle age, my health, looks and sex appeal are dying out. Don’t you think suicide at middle age is better than letting old age kill me?”