Archive for May, 2011
In April, the Charlotte-based Duke Endowment surveyed 1,100 people on their use of social media. The results, released this week, show an amazing high usage of social media. More than 82 percent of respondents — almost exclusively Duke Endowment grant recipients and other leaders from non-profit organizations in the Carolinas [...]
Get ready for a face lift, Carolina Theatre. The Durham performance venue, home to the North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, will undergo a $1.8 million renovation this summer, according to Raleigh’s News & Observer. The paper writes: The Carolina Theatre will undergo a $1.8 million renovation this summer [...]
At its current pace, Charlotte’s LGBT community is slated to make zero progress on issues of local equality and inclusion. The lack of clear and visionary leadership has resulted in a local community that has as many legal rights and recognition from city government as it did when local LGBT organizing first began nearly half a century ago. At the crux of the problem is Charlotte gay leadership’s repeated tendency to lie down with dogs. Everyone knows how that goes — someone eventually gets fleas.
In an guest commentary published today, the chairman of the Forsyth County Republican Party implies that LGBT people are not deserving of the same rights and privileges of heterosexual people.
The ACLU of North Carolina and the ACLU’s national LGBT Project have teamed up on a project to help families headed by same-sex couples in North Carolina and are looking for some assistance. Plus: High Country Pride & Joy announces weekend slate of events. New UNC study links early HIV treatment to curbed transmission.
Critical new research has found that LGBT youth who experience high levels of school victimization in middle and high school report impaired health and mental health in young adulthood. Plus: DOJ files to dismiss pay suit. NBA stars fight anti-gay speech. First out senator possible.
On Tuesday, two North Carolina authors and LGBT advocates will present a special panel discussion in New York City following a Broadway performance of Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart.”
A rally that brought thousands of proponents for an anti-gay constitutional amendment on marriage to the North Carolina LEgislative Building on May 17 was countered by messages of inclusion by progressive members of the clergy.
D.C.’s Metroweekly reports that openly gay, Winston-Salem, N.C.-native Kevin Jennings will be leaving his post in the U.S. Department of Education: The Be the Change nonprofit announced today that Kevin Jennings, currently serving in the Obama administration’s Education Department as the assistant deputy secretary and the head of the Office [...]
The longtime executive director of North Carolina’s statewide LGBT education, advocacy and lobbying organization has announced he will step down form his position on July 1.
Legislators and representatives from civil rights groups in South Carolina announced at a press conference this afternoon the introduction of a hate crimes bill that would protect victims on the basis, among others, of race, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity.
If NASCAR and Speed Street aren’t your thing and you’re looking for something fun to do in the near-term, steer clear of downtown next week and be sure to head to NoDa this weekend.
Charlotte Magazine recently released their 2011 Best of the Best. Gay-owned or gay-friendly businesses weren’t excluded. South Ends’ Marigny won best dance club. The magazine writes: “With its abundance of lounges, bars, and a concert venue, South End’s growing nightlife district had a void until Marigny Dance Club opened last [...]
The board of directors for The Lesbian & Gay Community Center of Charlotte has unanimously approved a name change to reflect broader inclusion and diversity. The organization will now be known as The LGBT Community Center of Charlotte.
The U.S. Department of State’s chief diversity officer told a group of LGBT community and business leaders gathered at Uptown’s Crown Plaza Hotel on Tuesday evening that a commitment to diversity and equality is a necessary component of his work and valued by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
An AIDS service organization has received a $1,000 grant to benefit outreach, education and prevention efforts in Watauga County.
Organizers of a local Pride festival in the Upstate of South Carolina have been denied their request for an official proclamation from county leaders.
Police are looking for a man who shot a patron of Warehouse 29, an LGBT nightclub, as he left the bar and walked to his car.
(Updated, May 16, 2011) LaWana Mayfield, a community leader in local progressive and LGBT political circles, has announced she will seek the District 3 seat on city council. She’ll face incumbent Warren Turner in a September primary.
Two Carolinas cities held Pride festivities over the weekend. In Charleston, community members gathered for their second annual Pride parade and festival, where 4,000 supporters showed up and no protesters. Charleston’s Post and Courier has more… In Raleigh, local residents staged their first-ever local Pride event. The LGBT Center of [...]
