Archive for November 26th, 2011 Issue
QNotes marks World AIDS Day and the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the 1980s AIDS Crisis in our special section presented by Raleigh’s Alliance of AIDS Services-Carolina.
This year marked the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the AIDS Crisis and screenwriter and director David Weissman — whose credits include the 2000 film “The Family Man,” 2001’s “Evolution” and 2010’s “When in Rome” — releases his “We Were Here,” a documentary profiling the earliest days of the Crisis at its epicenter, San Francisco.
The new documentary, “We Were Here,” takes audiences on an emotional journey back to 1981, when gay men in San Francisco’s Castro district came to the horrifying realization that a cluster of unexplained deaths was the start of a viral epidemic. A look at key facts and figures from where we were in 1981.
See all coverage in our 2011 “Life, Positively” special section… CHARLOTTE — The issues faced by people living with or affected by HIV and AIDS are often boiled down to faceless, emotionless medical stats and numbers. The Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) hopes to change that this World AIDS Day [...]
North Carolina is blessed to have a plethora of community resources and programming for those living with HIV/AIDS. Several groups throughout the state work to keep the public educated, provide testing and counseling and support and case management to those who test positive.
A new study shows dramatic improvement in the ability of those with HIV to control virus resistant to older antivirals.
Each year, QNotes honors one brave or talented soul in our local LGBT community as our Person of the Year. The person honored has contributed to the community, worked for its benefit and raised awareness on important issues.
N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis has, for the most part, been a statesman and spoken, at least publicly, with respect, care and diligence, especially on LGBT issues. Yet he is wrong on one important issue: Despite his claims to the contrary, marriage is a constitutional right.
[Ed. Note -- This poll question was updated on Nov. 27, 2011, to include another response: "I plan on doing all three above."] How do you plan on being personally involved in the campaign against the anti-LGBT amendment? I’ll be pledging to vote against the amendment and will turn out [...]
I appreciate and can understand editor Matt Comer’s views as expressed in his Nov. 12 Editor’s Note. However, I wish he had called on me to clarify my comment or at least ask why I had called on people to be thankful for his service.
The National Enquirer claims in a Nov. 14 cover story that Chaz Bono will die within four years due to his gender transition. The corpse-to-be is perturbed. His lawyer sent a cease and desist letter to the tabloid, accusing it of defamation and demanding a printed retraction and apology.
A new Williams Institute study released Nov. 18 finds there are more than 28,500 binational same-sex couples in which one partner is a U.S. citizen and one is not and nearly 11,500 same-sex couples in which neither partner is a U.S. citizen.
Charlotte’s two LGBT choruses plan to ring in the holiday season with style and song.
In September 2011, the North Carolina General Assembly voted to put a question on the May 2012 ballot that would add an amendment to the state constitution barring same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships. In response to that action, Catherine Hofmann and Nick Pironio have created an LGBT portrait project.
James Miller has been named the new executive director of the LGBT Center of Raleigh. The board of directors made the announcement on Nov. 10. The search began in October.
The Adam Foundation will host it’s 2nd Annual Holiday Social on Dec. 1, 5:30 p.m., at Finnigan’s Wake, 620 N. Trade St.
ALFA is seeking volunteers by Dec. 2 for its Holiday Adoption Program which provides gifts for its client’s children.
New Out Wilmington (NOW) will hold their The 2011 Winter Ball Charity Event on Dec. 10 at Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S. 17th St.
Artist Ricky Boscarino calls northwest New Jersey home. His abode, Luna Parc, is a wonderfully playful oddity entirely of his own creation. He first purchased the property — then a small 900-square-foot, “dilapidated” hunting cabin, he says — in 1989.
When one thinks about the Planned Parenthood organization, it’s usually associated with birth control and women’s healthcare. Well, it’s no longer the family planning clinic that it once was and it’s a step ahead of the game in providing for the LGBT community.
