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S.C. ranked high for rate of rape, abuse in juvenile justice system

June 11, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

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.

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Pride: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

June 7, 2013 in A&E / Life&Style, Cover Stories, Featured Stories by Matt Comer

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.

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Pride: Our Roots

June 7, 2013 in A&E / Life&Style, Cover Stories, Featured Stories by QNotes Staff

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.

Pride: 2013 Season

June 7, 2013 in A&E / Life&Style, Cover Stories, Featured Stories by Maria Dominguez

All across the region and the U.S., Pride season takes off with a flourish of events to satisfy everyone’s palette.

Carolinas groups raise thousands in national ‘Give OUT Day’

May 14, 2013 in News by Maria Dominguez

Several LGBT community groups based in North Carolina and South Carolina were able to raise more than $25,000 in a single 24-hour national day of philanthropy last week.

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Former Fat City owner facing prostitution, drug charges

May 1, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

The former owner of the popular NoDa restaurant Fat City Deli has been arrested and charged with four counts of solicitation for prostitution.

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South Carolina non-discrimination bill to be introduced next week

April 26, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

A bill protecting all workers from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity will be introduced in the South Carolina House of Representatives next Tuesday.

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Out for Change Q&A: O’Neale Atkinson, Time Out Youth

April 15, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

Starting today, qnotes will feature more in-depth profiles of the 18 leaders featured in our April 12, 2013, print edition cover story, “Out for Change: Young LGBT Professionals Making a Difference.” Today, we start with O’Neale Atkinson, director of youth programs at Time Out Youth, vice president of the Charlotte Business Guild.

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Advocates seek revamp to South Carolina sex ed law

April 10, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

A coalition of groups with Tell Them SC and The New Morning Foundation are advocating for updated changes in South Carolina’s more than 20-year-old comprehensive sex education law, citing updated medical and scientific accuracy, teacher training and accountability.

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SC Equality celebrates one year of group license plate

April 9, 2013 in Blog by Matt Comer

South Carolina Equality, a statewide LGBT advocacy and education group, is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its organization’s official, state-issued license plates.

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Local gay rights vigils mark landmark marriage cases

March 26, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

Nearly 200 or more community members in Charlotte attended a vigil tonight to mark the beginning of this week’s historic U.S. Supreme Court cases challenging anti-gay marriage laws.

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Local vigils to mark landmark court hearings on marriage

March 26, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

Fourteen vigils were planned across North Carolina and South Carolina over the weekend and through this evening, including events in Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Columbia, Charleston and elsewhere.

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Charleston council member comes out

March 12, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

Colleen Condon, a Charleston County council member, has announced that she is a lesbian, The Post and Courier reported.

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Carolina groups join Supreme Court marriage brief

February 28, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

Four LGBT education and advocacy organizations in North and South Carolina have signed on to a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting full marriage equality.

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Survey: 3.5% of U.S. identifies as LGBT

February 15, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

As many as 10 percent of people in Washington, D.C., and 3.5 percent nationally identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender according to a new Gallup and UCLA Williams Institute survey.

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Bible-minded cities: Four Carolinas markets make top 25

January 31, 2013 in Blog by Matt Comer

A hat-tip to The Charlotte Observer‘s religion reporter, Tim Funk, who brings us this tid-bit of news: The American Bible Society has released a ranking of the most “Bible-minded cities” in [...]

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PHOTOS: Creating Change Carolinas delegations

January 26, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

Organization staffers, community members, activists and organizers from both North Carolina and South Carolina came in force to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s Creating Change conference this weekend.

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Gay alumni at military colleges combine outreach efforts

January 14, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

LGBT alumni from two of the oldest state-supported military colleges in the U.S. have now consolidated their outreach efforts, aiming to increase communication and support.

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Gayest Cities? This year, not in the Carolinas…

January 9, 2013 in Blog by Matt Comer

The Advocate released their 2013 “Gayest Cities in America” today. The annual listing has plenty of fans and its fair share of critics, especially considering the publications sometimes humorous and self-admittedly “totally subjective and constantly changing” criteria.

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LGBT org staffers prepare for national conference

January 9, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

Non-profit staffers, students, activists and other community members across the Carolinas are preparing to attend this month’s Creating Change, the annual conference of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force.