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		<title>Women&#8217;s music fest comes to Appalachia this weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Siren Mountain Jam slated for this weekend will make its debut as one of the newest women's music festival held in the Southeast.]]></description>
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		<title>Mayfield: City wants to diversify minority business outreach</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23461/mayfield-city-wants-to-diversify-minority-business-outreach/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23461/mayfield-city-wants-to-diversify-minority-business-outreach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Councilmember LaWana Mayfield, the city's first and only openly LGBT elected official, spoke to nearly 40 LGBT community members on Tuesday about the city's new minority, women and small business enterprise program.]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Gay couples at higher risk of housing discrimination</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23454/study-gay-couples-at-higher-risk-of-housing-discrimination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A first-ever national study of housing discrimination against same-sex couples has found gay and lesbian couples face a higher risk of discrimination in the private rental market when compared to heterosexual couples.]]></description>
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		<title>2014 HRC Gala co-chairs chosen</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23449/2014-hrc-gala-co-chairs-chosen/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23449/2014-hrc-gala-co-chairs-chosen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organizers of the annual Human Rights Campaign North Carolina Gala have announced their new co-chairs for their 2014 dinner. ]]></description>
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		<title>Archivists working to preserve local LGBT history</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23443/archivists-working-to-preserve-local-lgbt-history/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23443/archivists-working-to-preserve-local-lgbt-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organizers of a new community archive project at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte hope they can collect and preserve local LGBT history like never before. The goal, they say: Save often untold stories for future generations.]]></description>
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		<title>DNC city expenses: At least $1.1 million to companies without LGBT employee protections</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23430/dnc-city-expenses-at-least-1-1-million-to-companies-without-lgbt-employee-protections/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23430/dnc-city-expenses-at-least-1-1-million-to-companies-without-lgbt-employee-protections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Democratic National Convention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of the companies who benefited from the $50 million in city DNC expenses have employment non-discrimination policies that match the city's? How much money landed in the hands of companies who practice -- or, at the very least, refuse to prohibit -- the types of discrimination the city itself says is wrong?]]></description>
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		<title>S.C. ranked high for rate of rape, abuse in juvenile justice system</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23425/s-c-ranked-high-for-rate-of-rape-abuse-in-juvenile-justice-system/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23425/s-c-ranked-high-for-rate-of-rape-abuse-in-juvenile-justice-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new U.S. Department of Justice survey has found a high rate of rape and sexual abuse in the country's juvenile justice system. ]]></description>
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		<title>QNotes invites readers to share their personal restaurant reviews</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23417/qnotes-invites-readers-to-share-their-personal-restaurant-reviews/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[QNotes, the Charlotte-based LGBT community newspaper, is inviting its readers to share their personal reviews and experiences of their favorite Queen City restaurants and bars. ]]></description>
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		<title>Next week: Special online-only Pride Month features</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23409/next-week-special-online-only-pride-month-features/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23409/next-week-special-online-only-pride-month-features/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We'll continue celebrating community Pride during this special National LGBT Pride Month with great online-only features next week.]]></description>
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		<title>Pride: Yesterday, Today &amp; Tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23281/pride-yesterday-today-tomorrow/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23281/pride-yesterday-today-tomorrow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world was an unfriendly place for LGBT people in June 1969. Late that month, some folks were fed up with how they were being treated.]]></description>
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		<title>Pride: Our Roots</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23276/pride-our-roots/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23276/pride-our-roots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The birth of our modern-day LGBT civil rights movement is largely credited to the spontaneous riots at the Stonewall Inn in June 1969 and the resulting media coverage and community galvanization it spurred.]]></description>
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		<title>Pride: 2013 Season</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23271/pride-2013-season/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23271/pride-2013-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Dominguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All across the region and the U.S., Pride season takes off with a flourish of events to satisfy everyone's palette.]]></description>
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		<title>City manager attends forum</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23288/city-manager-attends-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23288/city-manager-attends-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Queen City’s newly-installed city manager, Ron Carlee, attended a public forum with leaders of the LGBT community on May 23.]]></description>
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		<title>Scholarships awarded</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23292/scholarships-awarded/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23292/scholarships-awarded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local students Sam Tarleton, Cameron McBee, Londyn Marshall, Melissa Black and Natalie Martinez have each been awarded funds to assist in their college education.]]></description>
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		<title>Pride: Still so much more than a party</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23268/pride-still-so-much-more-than-a-party/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23268/pride-still-so-much-more-than-a-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each June, the LGBT community commemorates one of its most defining historical moments. National LGBT Pride Month gives us the opportunity to celebrate our history and what we’ve accomplished.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Forward, Together, Not One Step Back!&#8221; Moral Mondays and North Carolina&#8217;s LGBTQ Community</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23296/forward-together-not-one-step-back-moral-mondays-and-north-carolinas-lgbtq-community/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23296/forward-together-not-one-step-back-moral-mondays-and-north-carolinas-lgbtq-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Webb-Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On Being a Gay Parent]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Freedom, freedom, freedom in the morning, freedom in the evening,” sang the impromptu chorus of women and men outside of the golden doors of the North Carolina House of Representatives in Raleigh’s Legislative Building for three Mondays in a row.]]></description>
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		<title>QPoll: Do you plan on attending any Pride events this year?</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23359/qpoll-do-you-plan-on-attending-any-pride-events-this-year/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23359/qpoll-do-you-plan-on-attending-any-pride-events-this-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you plan on attending any Pride events this year?]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte: Schools program partnership formed</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23371/charlotte-schools-program-partnership-formed/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23371/charlotte-schools-program-partnership-formed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carolinas News Notes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time Out Youth (TOY) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) of North Carolina have entered into a partnership to bring Welcoming Schools to the region.]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte: Leader invited to White House</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23375/charlotte-leader-invited-to-white-house/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23375/charlotte-leader-invited-to-white-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shane Windmeyer, executive director of Campus Pride, participated in a White House conference on mental health on June 3.]]></description>
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		<title>Western: Music, art fest slated</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23381/western-music-art-fest-slated/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23381/western-music-art-fest-slated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carolinas News Notes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siren Mountain Jam will be held June 21-22 at the High Country Fairgrounds, 748 Roby Green Rd.]]></description>
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		<title>Coastal: Group creates online site</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23377/coastal-group-creates-online-site/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23377/coastal-group-creates-online-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Craven-Cateret Chapter of Parents of Lesbians and Gays has recently unveiled its new website, its vice president, Roy Smith, Jr., announced.]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the Carolinas: Boy Scouts allow gay youth</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23384/beyond-the-carolinas-boy-scouts-allow-gay-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23384/beyond-the-carolinas-boy-scouts-allow-gay-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Boy Scouts of America’s 1,400-member National Council voted to allow openly gay youth members in their programs on May 23. The change was approved by 61 percent of voting delegates, sparking controversy from anti-LGBT opponents of the new policy, some of whom have said they will pull their support of Scouting.]]></description>
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		<title>Triangle: NCCU becomes trailblazer</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23379/triangle-nccu-becomes-trailblazer/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23379/triangle-nccu-becomes-trailblazer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has become the first HBCU (historically black college or university) in the state to establish services for LGBT students.]]></description>
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		<title>Out in the Stars: June 6 &#8211; 20</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23301/out-in-the-stars-june-6-20/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23301/out-in-the-stars-june-6-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene Lichtenstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Venus advances into Cancer, conjuncts retrograde Mercury and opposes Pluto. Oh, my! Our hearts and minds charge ahead and lead us into grand temptation…or deep potholes…into which we inevitably fall.]]></description>
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		<title>Relationships, relationships, relationships!</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23355/relationships-relationships-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23355/relationships-relationships-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trinity</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A reader asks: "How do you know if a relationship is going to last or die?"]]></description>
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		<title>Mixed reactions to LGBT Michelle Obama protest</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23257/activists-push-for-lgbt-workplace-protections-at-dnc-event/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23257/activists-push-for-lgbt-workplace-protections-at-dnc-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Dominguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Carolina grassroots organizer Wooten Gough was among four activists who interrupted First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech at a Democratic National Committee  event on June 4.]]></description>
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		<title>Local Republican leader criticizes female pastor, LGBTs, immigrants</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23251/local-republican-leader-criticizes-female-pastor-lgbts-immigrants/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23251/local-republican-leader-criticizes-female-pastor-lgbts-immigrants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leader of the Yadkin County Republican Party is harshly criticizing local Democrats for their support of a female pastor, LGBT citizens and immigrants. His comments came during a a monthly meeting of the county Republican Party in May.]]></description>
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		<title>Preachers and activists push for broad progressive movement</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23241/preachers-and-activists-push-for-broad-progressive-movement/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23241/preachers-and-activists-push-for-broad-progressive-movement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Religious leaders and political activists from Charlotte spoke out at a North Carolina NAACP-sponsored rally last night on the need for a broader progressive coalition and movement.]]></description>
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		<title>Writer supports Brandon candidacy</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23230/writer-supports-brandon-candidacy/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23230/writer-supports-brandon-candidacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a gay male who resides in North Carolina, I am excited to hear that North Carolina House Rep. Marcus Brandon (D-Guilford) is stepping up to the plate and preparing to run for U.S. Congressman Mel Watt's (D) seat in the 12th Congressional District.]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: N.C. businesses favor LGBT employee protections</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23224/poll-n-c-businesses-favor-lgbt-employee-protections/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23224/poll-n-c-businesses-favor-lgbt-employee-protections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A majority of small business owners in North Carolina say they favor expanding employee protections to include gay and transgender workers.]]></description>
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		<title>LGBT activists stand united for Moral Mondays</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23219/lgbt-activists-stand-united-for-moral-mondays/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23219/lgbt-activists-stand-united-for-moral-mondays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several LGBT community leaders and organizations say they will participate in today's "Mega Moral Monday" at the North Carolina State Legislature.]]></description>
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		<title>N.C. Teen Dems to host gay leaders</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23213/n-c-teen-dems-to-host-gay-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23213/n-c-teen-dems-to-host-gay-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 15:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The North Carolina Association of Teen Democrats will host their 50th annual convention this weekend with several openly gay and gay-friendly leaders.]]></description>
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		<title>Boy Scouts vote to allow gay youth, continue adult ban</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23201/boy-scouts-vote-to-allow-gay-youth-continue-adult-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23201/boy-scouts-vote-to-allow-gay-youth-continue-adult-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 16:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Dominguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 23, the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) national leadership council passed a new policy allowing gay youth to become Scouts. ]]></description>
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		<title>First Look: Plaza Midwood&#8217;s new Harris Teeter</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23171/first-look-plaza-midwoods-new-harris-teeter/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23171/first-look-plaza-midwoods-new-harris-teeter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 15:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[QNotes gives you a special sneak peek to Plaza Midwood's new Harris Teeter.]]></description>
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		<title>Uptown Utopia</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23149/uptown-utopia/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23149/uptown-utopia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Realtor Randy Cernohorsky and his partner John Causby, who owns a sound studio in Charlotte, say Uptown is right where they want to be.]]></description>
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		<title>Backyard Escape in Elizabeth</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23140/backyard-escape-in-elizabeth/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23140/backyard-escape-in-elizabeth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rows of tidy, early-20th century homes line the streets of Charlotte’s Elizabeth neighborhood. Big front porches. Colorful shutters and trims. Unique and one-of-kind dwellings.]]></description>
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		<title>Elections include gay candidates</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23123/elections-include-gay-candidates/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23123/elections-include-gay-candidates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local off-year elections this season and the upcoming mid-term elections in 2014 will include several historic runs by openly gay and lesbian candidates across the state.]]></description>
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		<title>Private HRC fundraiser kickstarts Mayfield campaign</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23117/private-hrc-fundraiser-kickstarts-mayfield-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23117/private-hrc-fundraiser-kickstarts-mayfield-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local organizers affiliated with the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights group, gave City Councilmember LaWana Mayfield a kickstart to her 2013 re-election campaign at a private fundraiser on May 11.]]></description>
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		<title>GOP attempts restricting youth health access</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23136/gop-attempts-restricting-youth-health-access/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23136/gop-attempts-restricting-youth-health-access/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill restricting teenagers’ access to medical and mental health care narrowly escaped approval in the North Carolina House in May before being taken of the body’s calendar and placed back into committee.]]></description>
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		<title>Bill would allow college student discrimination</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23134/bill-would-allow-college-student-discrimination/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23134/bill-would-allow-college-student-discrimination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The North Carolina Senate approved a bill on May 9 that would allow student groups on college and university campuses to discriminate in membership and leadership.]]></description>
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		<title>LGBT summit, educational workshops convene on June 6</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23114/lgbt-summit-educational-workshops-convene-on-june-6/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23114/lgbt-summit-educational-workshops-convene-on-june-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Carolinas Diversity Council, a local, non-profit affiliate of the National Diversity Council, will host its LGBT &#038; Allies Diversity Summit at the Charlotte Convention Center, 501 S. College St., on June 6, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.]]></description>
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		<title>Survey giveaway winner announced</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23128/survey-giveaway-winner-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’d like to congratulate the winner of our $100 giveaway during our 2013 Reader Survey.]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage momentum can carry ENDA</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23086/marriage-momentum-can-carry-enda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In just a few weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hand down its decision in two landmark cases on marriage equality.]]></description>
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		<title>QPoll: Do you think LGBT advocates and organizations are expending adequate attention and resources on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act?</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23102/qpoll-do-you-think-lgbt-advocates-and-organizations-are-expending-adequate-attention-and-resources-on-the-employment-non-discrimination-act/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23102/qpoll-do-you-think-lgbt-advocates-and-organizations-are-expending-adequate-attention-and-resources-on-the-employment-non-discrimination-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you think LGBT advocates and organizations are expending adequate attention and resources on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act?]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte: MeckPAC seeks advocates</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23106/charlotte-meckpac-seeks-advocates/</link>
		<comments>http://goqnotes.com/23106/charlotte-meckpac-seeks-advocates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mecklenburg LGBT Political Action Committee (MeckPAC), is searching for new members to join its steering committee and invites interested parties to attend its June 4 meeting, 6:30-8 p.m., at the LGBT Community Center of Charlotte, 2508 N. Davidson St.]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte: 50s fundraiser slated</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lainey Millen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carolinas News Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Print Edition 2013-05-24]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Teresa Davis, president of the Charlotte Business Guild, will celebrate her 50th birthday, along with board member Jai Taylor, at a fundraiser for the LGBT Community Center of Charlotte will be held on May 25, 7 p.m., at the center, 2508 N. Davidson St.]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the Carolinas: Minnesota legalizes marriage equality</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23110/beyond-the-carolinas-minnesota-legalizes-marriage-equality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Print Edition 2013-05-24]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota became the 12th state to legalize marriage rights for same-sex couples when Gov. Mark Dayton (pictured) signed the legislature’s bill on May 14.]]></description>
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		<title>Playing the field: Rugby match steams up in Music City U.S.A.</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23092/playing-the-field-rugby-match-steams-up-in-music-city-u-s-a/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Hoppel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Playing the Field]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is that time of year when the temperatures in the Carolinas start heating up and so does the local sports action. This edition is rugby heavy, so put your scrum cap on, lace up your boots and get ready to get your fill of the barbarian game played by gentlemen.]]></description>
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		<title>Out in the Stars: May 24 &#8211; June 6</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23100/out-in-the-stars-may-24-june-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlene Lichtenstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Venus conjuncts lucky Jupiter. We are bitten by the love bug and manage to send our affections out in all different directions.]]></description>
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		<title>Is love worth moving for?</title>
		<link>http://goqnotes.com/23088/is-love-worth-moving-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trinity</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tell Trinity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Print Edition 2013-05-24]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A reader asks: "I recently met the man of my dreams. Of course, he lives in New Orleans and I’m about to move to New York City. But, I really, deep down, think that he’s 'the one!' Help!"]]></description>
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