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QNotes Staff
June 21, 2013 in A&E / Life&Style, Cover Stories, Featured Stories by QNotes Staff
Welcome to the inaugural edition of qnotes’ Queen City Restaurant Guide. With the help of our readers, qnotes staff chose some of the hippest and favorite eateries in the Charlotte area to feature this issue.
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Matt Comer
June 21, 2013 in Featured Stories, News by Matt Comer
LGBT and straight ally employees and officers of Fifth Third Bank say they are committed to giving back to the local LGBT community.
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Lainey Millen
June 21, 2013 in News by Lainey Millen
Charlotte Pride will host the first-ever Canine Couture fundraising event on June 29, 2-5 p.m., at Triple C Brewing Company, 2900 Griffith St., who will sell craft beers, along with food truck vendors “slinging some grub,” organizers said.
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QNotes Staff
June 21, 2013 in News by QNotes Staff
On June 13, qnotes publisher Jim Yarbrough and editor Matt Comer attended President Barack Obama’s LGBT Pride Month Reception at The White House in Washington, D.C.
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Matt Comer
June 21, 2013 in Editor's Note by Matt Comer
At the end of May, The Charlotte Observer and PNC Bank hosted an historic gathering of several former Charlotte mayors. There, former mayors Richard Vinroot and Gov. Pat McCrory bemoaned what seemed to them to be the death of “The Charlotte Way.”
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QNotes Staff
June 21, 2013 in QPoll by QNotes Staff
Are you a fan of “The Charlotte Way” and do you think it is useful? Or, do you think it is just another good ol’ boy system that
benefits and provides access for the privileged few over the many?
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QNotes Staff
June 21, 2013 in talkback by QNotes Staff
Our readers share their views on LGBT inaction in Charlotte, ENDA importance and what Pride mean.
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Matt Comer
June 21, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by Matt Comer
The LGBT Center of Raleigh has announced that its Gay & Gray Initiative has received national affilation with SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders) and will change names to SAGE Raleigh.
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Lainey Millen
June 21, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
Different Stokes! Performing Arts Collective is presenting “Incongruence” through June 29, 7:30 p.m., at ACT/35below, 35 Walnut St. to benefit Blue Ridge Pride.
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Lainey Millen
June 21, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
The Durham County Library, in celebration of LGBT Pride Month, will bring author LaToya Hankins in on June 24, 7 p.m., 300 Roxboro St., to read from her book “SBF Seeking.”
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QNotes Staff
June 21, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by QNotes Staff
On June 6 Charlotte Pride announced the first-ever Champions of Pride Awards honoring outstanding dedication, service and commitment to the Charlotte area LGBTQ community.
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Matt Comer
June 21, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by Matt Comer
The Guilford Green Foundation has made its 2013 grant applications available.
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QNotes Staff
June 21, 2013 in Beyond the Carolinas by QNotes Staff
The White House on June 11 threatened to veto a defense spending bill that includes so-called “conscience protections” that critics say would allow service members to promote anti-gay beliefs without fear of discipline.
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Jon Hoppel
June 21, 2013 in Playing the Field by Jon Hoppel
First and foremost, I’d like to say congratulations to Jason Collins and Robbie Rodgers on becoming the first openly gay active athletes in the NBA and MLS, respectively.
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QNotes Staff
June 21, 2013 in News by QNotes Staff
Scholarship winners and Pride Winston-Salem stories in the June 7 issue had errors. This post corrects that. We regret the errors.
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Charlene Lichtenstein
June 21, 2013 in Out in the Stars by Charlene Lichtenstein
Your emotions can overtake your better judgment when the Sun enters sensitive Cancer. Will you lead with your heart or your head? Whatever you do, be sure to pack a roadmap…and avoid low ceilings.
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Trinity
June 21, 2013 in Tell Trinity by Trinity
A reader asks: “I’ve been going after this guy for over a year now. Even though he’s friendly and sweet, he still won’t date me. I know I’m not his type, but how can I get him to fall for me?”
On our cover this issue, QNotes profiles the recent activism over controversy at CPCC. Plus, more features including news on a gay Senate candidate's upcoming primary, interviews with three Carolina Lambda Literary Award nominees, a profile of a local young person from rural North Carolina, a recap of Gay Men's Chorus of Charlotte's annual gala and more.
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First GOP Senate debate passes over LGBT issues
Questions on LGBT equality were omitted by moderators and journalists during the first televised debate between Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina.
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Female student wearing pants kicked out of local prom
A female student says she was kicked out of her prom for wearing pants and says she wants an apology from the school, which allegedly had not previously communicated a dress code for the event.
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Transgender rights take front seat
Charlotte has seen a flurry of attention, advocacy and activism on behalf of transgender rights as community members, activists and organizations have rallied around transgender young people seeking safety and inclusion at local schools.
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May primary will decide fate of gay Senate candidate
North Carolina’s May 6 Democratic primaries will decide the fate of an openly gay candidate vying to represent a portion of the Queen City and Mecklenburg County in Raleigh.
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Carolina Connection: Fiction writers net Lammy nominations
Every year the Lambda Literary Foundation receives nominations from across the country for exceptional writers in a variety of categories. These hopefuls bring their own perspective and experience to their works and do so for the love of the art.
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