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><channel><title>QNotes</title> <atom:link href="http://goqnotes.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://goqnotes.com</link> <description>Carolina LGBT arts, entertainment, news, views</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 21:28:31 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator> <item><title>Tips for beautiful summer skin</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14993/tips-for-beautiful-summer-skin/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14993/tips-for-beautiful-summer-skin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:17:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Statepoint Media</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[A&E / Life&Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Website Feature]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14993</guid> <description><![CDATA[From flowy dresses to oversized sunglasses and strappy sandals — summer is synonymous with chic style. But, are you ready to reveal your skin?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14993/tips-for-beautiful-summer-skin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Prepare your home for Summer weather</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14982/prepare-your-home-for-summer-weather/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14982/prepare-your-home-for-summer-weather/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:16:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Statepoint Media</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[A&E / Life&Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Website Feature]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14982</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cooling your home in summer can be an expensive prospect, especially as temperatures soar well above comfort level. But, don’t sweat it. Experts say you can dramatically lower your energy bills and stay comfortable too.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14982/prepare-your-home-for-summer-weather/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Get your outdoor spaces ready for Summer</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14977/get-your-outdoor-spaces-ready-for-summer/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14977/get-your-outdoor-spaces-ready-for-summer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:15:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Statepoint Media</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[A&E / Life&Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Website Feature]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14977</guid> <description><![CDATA[There’s no better place than your own backyard for relaxing, entertaining and enjoying the outdoors. And, there’s no better time than Summer to spruce up your space.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14977/get-your-outdoor-spaces-ready-for-summer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Runway ignites with hot summer styles</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14998/runway-ignites-with-hot-summer-styles/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14998/runway-ignites-with-hot-summer-styles/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:14:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Daniel Stroupe</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[A&E / Life&Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Website Feature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14998</guid> <description><![CDATA[Queen City summer fashion is heating up with the third annual FashionSOUL. Coordinated by Joey Hewell, this event was a fantastic mix of local fashion and talent at Amos’ SouthEnd on May 5 benefiting the Humane Society of Charlotte.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14998/runway-ignites-with-hot-summer-styles/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>20 Questions: L.A. Berlyn, Charlotte</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14989/20-questions-l-a-berlyn-charlotte/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14989/20-questions-l-a-berlyn-charlotte/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:13:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[A&E / Life&Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14989</guid> <description><![CDATA[A recent Queen City transplant, L.A. Berlyn has thrust himself upon the Charlotte scene to become the burg’s self-proclaimed “Digital Media Darling.” The style guru works in the “business of pretty,” as a wardrobe stylist, makeup artist and writer of the popular humor blog, The Handsome Savage.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14989/20-questions-l-a-berlyn-charlotte/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>In Memoriam</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/15017/in-memoriam/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/15017/in-memoriam/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:12:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=15017</guid> <description><![CDATA[Randy Hylton of Charlotte passed away at his home on Wednesday, April 18, 2012.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/15017/in-memoriam/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>411 on the DNC</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/15027/411-on-the-dnc-2/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/15027/411-on-the-dnc-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:11:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=15027</guid> <description><![CDATA[Dr. Dan Murrey, the executive director of the Charlotte in 2012 Convention Host Committee, presented a convention update to the Charlotte City Council regarding convention planning and community outreach.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/15027/411-on-the-dnc-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Opinions are like, well, you know&#8230;Reactions against marriage equality more intense as vote draws near</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14968/opinions-are-like-well-you-know-reactions-against-marriage-equality-more-intense-as-vote-draws-near/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14968/opinions-are-like-well-you-know-reactions-against-marriage-equality-more-intense-as-vote-draws-near/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:10:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>O'Neale Atkinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14968</guid> <description><![CDATA[I find myself in a frustrating situation when putting together my thoughts for this issue. While you won’t pick up this copy until May 12 at the earliest, the reality is that the paper will go to print on May 7. I want to write about the results of the vote on May 8, I just can’t foresee the future no matter how hard I try.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14968/opinions-are-like-well-you-know-reactions-against-marriage-equality-more-intense-as-vote-draws-near/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A familiar issue needs to vent</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14973/a-familiar-issue-needs-to-vent/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14973/a-familiar-issue-needs-to-vent/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:09:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14973</guid> <description><![CDATA[I’m Gay Marriage and I’m mad. Those alleged experts over at the Pew Research Center for the People &#038; the Press — and what a stupidly long name that is — conducted a national survey to find out which issues matter most to voters and I’m certain the pollsters were drunk and the respondents were house pets.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14973/a-familiar-issue-needs-to-vent/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Q Poll</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/15031/q-poll-3/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/15031/q-poll-3/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:08:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[QPoll]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=15031</guid> <description><![CDATA[What is your favorite summer fashion accessory?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/15031/q-poll-3/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Teaching voting</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/15020/teaching-voting/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/15020/teaching-voting/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:07:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brett Webb-Mitchell</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[On Being a Gay Parent]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=15020</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was riding in the back seat of my parents’ white Buick Le Sabre, as my mom pulled into the large fairgrounds in New Jersey, leaving my dad at a rally for Lyndon B. Johnson for president. In 1964 I was nine years old and to this day I remember the tension in the car between my parents riding in the front seat of the car.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/15020/teaching-voting/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Beyond the Carolinas: EEOC hands down historic win</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/15051/beyond-the-carolinas-eeoc-hands-down-historic-win/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/15051/beyond-the-carolinas-eeoc-hands-down-historic-win/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:06:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=15051</guid> <description><![CDATA[Marking a landmark federal workplace rights victory, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled April 24 in a 5-0 decision that an employer who discriminates against a transgender employee or job applicant because of the person’s gender identity is practicing illegal sex discrimination based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This is the first time the EEOC has ruled that anti-transgender discrimination is sex discrimination.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/15051/beyond-the-carolinas-eeoc-hands-down-historic-win/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Triangle: Griffin to hit Tar Heel State</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/15033/triangle-griffin-to-hit-tar-heel-state/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/15033/triangle-griffin-to-hit-tar-heel-state/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:05:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Carolinas News Notes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Durham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Triangle]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=15033</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kathy Griffin, a two-time Emmy winner and best selling author, will perform at the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC) on Aug. 10 as a part of the North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The Carolina Theatre and DPAC are partnering on this event.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/15033/triangle-griffin-to-hit-tar-heel-state/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Campus Scene: Early birders get more time</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/15047/campus-scene-early-birders-get-more-time/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/15047/campus-scene-early-birders-get-more-time/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:04:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Carolinas News Notes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=15047</guid> <description><![CDATA[Campus Pride Executive Director Shane Windmeyer announced the deadline extension for early-bird registration for the Camp Pride Summer Leadership Program, slated for July 17-22 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., to May 30.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/15047/campus-scene-early-birders-get-more-time/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Regional: Barriers knocked down</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/15042/regional-barriers-knocked-down/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/15042/regional-barriers-knocked-down/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:04:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Carolinas News Notes]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=15042</guid> <description><![CDATA[The LGBT Cancer Network, which advocates for health equality, released news that a number of centers for screenings are now available throughout the Carolinas.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/15042/regional-barriers-knocked-down/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Triad: School highlighted</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/15038/triad-school-highlighted/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/15038/triad-school-highlighted/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:04:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Carolinas News Notes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Triad]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=15038</guid> <description><![CDATA[The American Hebrew Academy, 4334 Hobbs Rd., was recently earmarked as one of 11 Jewish educational institutions nationally recognized in a growing number of schools who are starting gay-straight alliances.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/15038/triad-school-highlighted/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Triangle: Kind of a drag</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/15040/triangle-kind-of-a-drag/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/15040/triangle-kind-of-a-drag/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:04:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Carolinas News Notes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Triangle]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=15040</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Crape Myrtle Festival will hold its drag brunch on May 20 at 5 Star, 511 W. Hargett St. Doors open up at 12 p.m., with the show beginning at 12:30 p.m.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/15040/triangle-kind-of-a-drag/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Charlotte: OOTT to complete season</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/15036/charlotte-oott-to-complete-season/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/15036/charlotte-oott-to-complete-season/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:04:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Carolinas News Notes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=15036</guid> <description><![CDATA[On May 31 the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center will hold a “La Cage Aux Folles” post-show reception at 10 p.m. as part of its Out on the Town LGBT social club activities and end-of-season celebration. Enjoy free food and drinks. Cast and crew members will be invited to participate.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/15036/charlotte-oott-to-complete-season/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Crowns abound from all around!</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14964/crowns-abound-from-all-around/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14964/crowns-abound-from-all-around/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:03:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Miss Della</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Drag Rag]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14964</guid> <description><![CDATA[Greetings, kiddies. Here I am, burning the midnight oil again, trying to get another Rag “in the e-mail” before I get fired from a volunteer job. Ha! Worse things have happened, so…]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14964/crowns-abound-from-all-around/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Out in the Stars: May 12 &#8211; 25</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/15022/out-in-the-stars-may-12-25/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/15022/out-in-the-stars-may-12-25/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:02:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Charlene Lichtenstein</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Out in the Stars]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=15022</guid> <description><![CDATA[There are thrills and chills in the air as Venus retrogrades and trines retrograde Saturn. Expect to fall head over heels for a look and a smile. But, don’t carry your heart in your hand, lover; you are apt to drop it and slip on all the love juice. Which end is up? Will you care?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/15022/out-in-the-stars-may-12-25/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Provincetown, Russian River, Fort Lauderdale, oh, my!</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/15024/provincetown-russian-river-fort-lauderdale-oh-my/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/15024/provincetown-russian-river-fort-lauderdale-oh-my/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:01:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Trinity</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Tell Trinity]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=15024</guid> <description><![CDATA[A reader writes: The love of my life and I are starting to make plans for our gay honeymoon. What would you suggest?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/15024/provincetown-russian-river-fort-lauderdale-oh-my/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>North Carolina approves anti-LGBT amendment</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/15012/north-carolina-approves-anti-lgbt-amendment/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/15012/north-carolina-approves-anti-lgbt-amendment/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 01:49:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[A&E / Life&Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=15012</guid> <description><![CDATA[On May 8, 2012 citizens of North Carolina cast their vote on a constitutional amendment that would make it illegal for the state to recognize any form of relationship beyond marriage between one man and one woman. With approximately 30 percent of all counties reporting, the amendment garnered the support [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/15012/north-carolina-approves-anti-lgbt-amendment/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Today, vote against hate</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/15009/today-vote-against-hate/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/15009/today-vote-against-hate/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:28:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>O'Neale Atkinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[A&E / Life&Style]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=15009</guid> <description><![CDATA[E-day is upon us! Our chance to bring down Amendment One here in North Carolina. Since it's introduction, people across the state have been working tirelessly to educate and inform citizens of North Carolina about the harms this amendment brings to all people, not just the LGBT community. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/15009/today-vote-against-hate/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Reader response request for upcoming drag issue</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14999/reader-response-request-for-upcoming-drag-issue/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14999/reader-response-request-for-upcoming-drag-issue/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 19:00:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>O'Neale Atkinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14999</guid> <description><![CDATA[It can be said that the drag community is a cornerstone of the Gay Pride movement. In an upcoming issue we will be looking at the history of drag, from the Stonewall era to the present day. qnotes would like to hear your thoughts on the drag community and its [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14999/reader-response-request-for-upcoming-drag-issue/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Countdown to the vote</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14963/countdown-to-the-vote/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14963/countdown-to-the-vote/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:05:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>O'Neale Atkinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14963</guid> <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday May 8, polling places will open across North Carolina giving voters their last opportunity to vote against Amendment One. In these final days more people are coming out and adding their voices to the many who have already spoken out in opposition against the amendment.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14963/countdown-to-the-vote/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mecklenburg board votes, 5-4, to oppose marriage amendment</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14958/mecklenburg-board-votes-5-4-to-oppose-marriage-amendment/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14958/mecklenburg-board-votes-5-4-to-oppose-marriage-amendment/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 16:30:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Charlotte Observer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14958</guid> <description><![CDATA[After hours of debate Tuesday night, the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners voted 5-4 to adopt a resolution opposing a proposed statewide marriage amendment.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14958/mecklenburg-board-votes-5-4-to-oppose-marriage-amendment/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Modern families</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14909/modern-families/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14909/modern-families/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:17:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>O'Neale Atkinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[A&E / Life&Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Website Feature]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14909</guid> <description><![CDATA[The introduction of Amendment One to North Carolina in September of 2011 has sparked a dialogue across the state both for and against the proposed legislation. In a state where same-sex marriage is already unrecognized, the amendment would ban legal recognition for all unmarried couples, regardless of sexual orientation, and strip protections already in place for thousands of North Carolinians and their children.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14909/modern-families/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Embrace Release</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14899/embrace-release/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14899/embrace-release/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:16:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Aly Windsor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[A&E / Life&Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Website Feature]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14899</guid> <description><![CDATA[On May 8th, my neighbors, my mom and sister and brother and aunts and grandma, my postal worker, my landlord, my local firefighters, the checkout people and the manager and the baker from the grocery store, the old drunk but friendly guy who walks up and down our street all day long, other parents at the playground, drivers beside and around me at any given stoplight, and many thousands of people I will never see or meet will have the opportunity to vote on the validity of my marriage.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14899/embrace-release/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Adoption&#8217;s an option for same-sex couples</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14905/adoptions-an-option-for-same-sex-couples/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14905/adoptions-an-option-for-same-sex-couples/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:15:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Helene Nathanson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[A&E / Life&Style]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14905</guid> <description><![CDATA[When I was looking for a job 15 years ago, with my newly-minted graduate degree, I was willing to take any counseling position that allowed me to be home after school for my children. One of the jobs I pursued was that of a contract social worker for an adoption homestudy agency in Raleigh.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14905/adoptions-an-option-for-same-sex-couples/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MeckPAC releases primary endorsements</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14917/meckpac-releases-primary-endorsements-2/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14917/meckpac-releases-primary-endorsements-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:14:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14917</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Mecklenburg LGBT Political Action Committee (MeckPAC) has published its slate of endorsements and other voter information for the May 8, 2012, primary election of at-large and district Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioner races.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14917/meckpac-releases-primary-endorsements-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A mile in someone else&#8217;s shoes</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14920/a-mile-in-someone-elses-shoes/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14920/a-mile-in-someone-elses-shoes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:13:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>O'Neale Atkinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Website Feature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14920</guid> <description><![CDATA[On May 5 thousands of individuals will come together in Charlotte to walk roughly two miles through Charlotte’s 4th Ward in honor of those who are impacted by HIV and AIDS.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14920/a-mile-in-someone-elses-shoes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>411 on the DNC</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14923/411-on-the-dnc/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14923/411-on-the-dnc/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:12:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14923</guid> <description><![CDATA[The 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC) will be held during the week of Sept. 3 in Charlotte, N.C. Over 35,000 media outlets, delegates and special guests from across the country are expected to attend the convention.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14923/411-on-the-dnc/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>20 Questions: Gil Croy, Charlotte</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14895/20-questions-gil-croy-charlotte/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14895/20-questions-gil-croy-charlotte/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:11:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[A&E / Life&Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14895</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gil Croy is a renaissance man. He’s the owner of Gil Croy Designs, is an accomplished painter and fine artist and is the driving force behind The Human Canvas body art project, which was highlighted in a March 17 qnotes cover story.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14895/20-questions-gil-croy-charlotte/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Another year older</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14890/another-year-older/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14890/another-year-older/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:10:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>O'Neale Atkinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14890</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is it! Our last issue of qnotes’ 25th anniversary and what a year it has been. It has been a pleasure to come into the paper at the end of this feat and I look forward to moving into the paper’s 26th year of publication.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14890/another-year-older/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Catholics and gay marriage: Schisms-r-us</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14892/catholics-and-gay-marriage-schisms-r-us/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14892/catholics-and-gay-marriage-schisms-r-us/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:09:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14892</guid> <description><![CDATA[I’m not Catholic. Which makes my fascination with the American arm of the Catholic Church a little strange, but it also means I can watch its contortions without fretting over its future.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14892/catholics-and-gay-marriage-schisms-r-us/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Q Poll</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14934/q-poll-2/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14934/q-poll-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:08:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[QPoll]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14934</guid> <description><![CDATA[What TV Family do you relate with the best?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14934/q-poll-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Toxic sex</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14931/toxic-sex/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14931/toxic-sex/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:07:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Eva Hayward</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Transilluminations]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14931</guid> <description><![CDATA[Issuing a sex panic over the last several years, National Geographic published a spate of articles with titles such as “Female Fish Develop ‘Testes’ in Gulf Dead Zone,” “Sex-Changing Chemicals Found in Potomac River,” “Mercury Poisoning Makes Birds Act Homosexual,” “Animals’ Sexual Changes Linked to Waste, Chemicals,” that connect pollution to the undermining of sexual differences.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14931/toxic-sex/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Beyond the Carolinas: Scouts force mom out</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14952/beyond-the-carolinas-scouts-force-mom-out/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14952/beyond-the-carolinas-scouts-force-mom-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:06:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14952</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lesbian mom Jennifer Tyrrell learned April 10 that she would no longer be able to serve as a den leader of her son’s Cub Scout troop because of her sexual orientation.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14952/beyond-the-carolinas-scouts-force-mom-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Aiken, others champion battle against Amendment One</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14940/aiken-others-champion-battle-against-amendment-one/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14940/aiken-others-champion-battle-against-amendment-one/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:05:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Carolinas News Notes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Asheville]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Durham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Triad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wilmington]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14940</guid> <description><![CDATA[Clay Aiken, season two runner up on “American Idol” and a contestant on “Celebrity Apprentice” shared his disdain about the Amendment One measure that will appear on the ballot on May 8.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14940/aiken-others-champion-battle-against-amendment-one/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Western: Award recipients announced</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14950/western-award-recipients-announced/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14950/western-award-recipients-announced/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:04:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Carolinas News Notes]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14950</guid> <description><![CDATA[ALFA held its annual volunteer awards reception on April 24 at St. Andrews Lutheran Church, 629 8th St. This was part of ALFA’s observance of National Volunteer Week.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14950/western-award-recipients-announced/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Triangle: Festival marks success</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14948/triangle-festival-marks-success/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14948/triangle-festival-marks-success/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:04:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Carolinas News Notes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Triangle]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14948</guid> <description><![CDATA[Crape Myrtle Festival (CMF) held its annual host party on April 7 at the Ballentrae Hume home. This event enabled the organization to raise $24,000 with only $1,280 in expenses.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14948/triangle-festival-marks-success/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Coastal: Concerts slated</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14946/coastal-concerts-slated/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14946/coastal-concerts-slated/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:04:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Carolinas News Notes]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14946</guid> <description><![CDATA[Emma’s Revolution will hold a Standing on the Side of Love anti-Amendment One and “Revolutions Per Minute” CD release concert on May 3, 7 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wilmington, 4313 Lake Ave.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14946/coastal-concerts-slated/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Charlotte: TOY to host evening event</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14943/charlotte-toy-to-host-evening-event/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14943/charlotte-toy-to-host-evening-event/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:04:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Carolinas News Notes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14943</guid> <description><![CDATA[Time Out Youth will hold its “Platinum: Welcome Home Gala” on June 8, 7-10 p.m., at Extravaganza Depot, 1610 N. Tryon St.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14943/charlotte-toy-to-host-evening-event/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Playing the field</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14912/playing-the-field-2/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14912/playing-the-field-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:03:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jon Hoppel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[A&E / Life&Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14912</guid> <description><![CDATA[Welcome back to your Carolina sports review! Here’s what has been going on the past month and what is coming up in the next month. Enjoy! ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14912/playing-the-field-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Out in the Stars: April 28 &#8211; May 11</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14926/out-in-the-stars-april-28-may-11/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14926/out-in-the-stars-april-28-may-11/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:02:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Charlene Lichtenstein</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Out in the Stars]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14926</guid> <description><![CDATA[Let’s go merrily into May as a parade of planets bump, jostle and set their energies off into the stratosphere. Mars opposes Neptune. The Sun conjuncts Jupiter. Mars trines Pluto. Venus retrogrades and trines retrograde Saturn. Whew! There is a lot of energy seeking an outlet. What path will you choose?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14926/out-in-the-stars-april-28-may-11/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>My ex is back and he wants to… date!</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14928/my-ex-is-back-and-he-wants-to%e2%80%a6-date/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14928/my-ex-is-back-and-he-wants-to%e2%80%a6-date/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:01:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Trinity</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Tell Trinity]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14928</guid> <description><![CDATA[A reader asks, "My ex just moved back to my area after being away for seven months! Not a call or a letter, nothing! Now, he wants to get back together. Don’t you think seven months is too long to keep someone hanging and expect them to get back together?"]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14928/my-ex-is-back-and-he-wants-to%e2%80%a6-date/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>An &#8216;Idol&#8217; speaks out</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14886/an-idol-speaks-out/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14886/an-idol-speaks-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:57:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Charlotte Observer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[A&E / Life&Style]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14886</guid> <description><![CDATA[Clay Aiken has come a long way since he was an awkward, flat-ironed, power-voiced finalist on the second season of “American Idol.”]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14886/an-idol-speaks-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Early voting starts today</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14878/early-voting-starts-today/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14878/early-voting-starts-today/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:41:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>O'Neale Atkinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14878</guid> <description><![CDATA[From now until May 5 registered voters, and those still needing to register, can begin voting across the state for the May 8 primary election. In order to take advantage of early voting you must visit a One-Stop voting location in your county of residence. Individuals who have not yet registered to vote can use this time to register when they visit the One-Stop voting location in their county. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14878/early-voting-starts-today/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A1 saga continues</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14861/a1-saga-continues/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14861/a1-saga-continues/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:23:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14861</guid> <description><![CDATA[Well, the cast grows in our ongoing serial saga, “Amendment One,” here in the Tar Heel State. This past week, among others, two unlikely allies joined the battle against the rights-stripping legislation on the ballot on May 8 that would not only take away any possibility of gay marriage in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14861/a1-saga-continues/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mecklenburg commissioners debate resolution opposing marriage amendment</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14858/mecklenburg-commissioners-debate-resolution-opposing-marriage-amendment/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14858/mecklenburg-commissioners-debate-resolution-opposing-marriage-amendment/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:36:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Charlotte Observer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14858</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mecklenburg commissioners could soon take a public stance on the proposed marriage amendment on the May 8 primary ballot.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14858/mecklenburg-commissioners-debate-resolution-opposing-marriage-amendment/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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