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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.
Tags: Charlotte, Columbia, Pride, Print Edition 2013-06-07, Raleigh, Triad
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.
Tags: Charlotte, Columbia, Pride, Print Edition 2013-06-07, Raleigh, Triad
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.
Tags: Charlotte, Columbia, Pride, Print Edition 2013-06-07, Raleigh, Triad
June 5, 2013 in News by Matt Comer
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.
Tags: Charlotte, Legislative Watch, Politics, Raleigh
June 3, 2013 in News by Matt Comer
Several LGBT community leaders and organizations say they will participate in today’s “Mega Moral Monday” at the North Carolina State Legislature.
Tags: Charlotte, Legislative Watch, Politics, Raleigh
May 30, 2013 in News by Matt Comer
The North Carolina Association of Teen Democrats will host their 50th annual convention this weekend with several openly gay and gay-friendly leaders.
Tags: Politics, Raleigh
May 28, 2013 in News by Maria Dominguez
On May 23, the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) national leadership council passed a new policy allowing gay youth to become Scouts.
Tags: Charlotte, Raleigh, Triad
May 24, 2013 in Featured Stories, News by Matt Comer
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.
Tags: Charlotte, Politics, Print Edition 2013-05-24, Raleigh, Triad
May 24, 2013 in News by Matt Comer
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.
Tags: Legislative Watch, Print Edition 2013-05-24, Raleigh
May 24, 2013 in News by Matt Comer
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.
Tags: Legislative Watch, Print Edition 2013-05-24, Raleigh
May 15, 2013 in News by Matt Comer
State Rep. Marcus Brandon (D-Guilford) has formally announced his decision to run for North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District.
Tags: Charlotte, Legislative Watch, Politics, Raleigh, Triad
May 15, 2013 in News by Maria Dominguez
Hockey teams in North Carolina are standing up for equality and respect in professionals sports this month with the release of two videos supporting the You Can Play Project.
Tags: Charlotte, Raleigh
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.
Tags: Charlotte, Columbia, Raleigh, Triad
May 10, 2013 in A&E / Life&Style, Cover Stories, Featured Stories by QNotes Staff
This spring has been a soaker. But, it will soon fade away. As the summer sun breaks in on Carolina, there will be plenty of time to bare it all in this season’s hottest and most popular swimwear brands.
Tags: Charlotte, Print Edition 2013-05-10, Raleigh, Triad
May 10, 2013 in Editor's Note by Matt Comer
After 21 years of publishing, Greensboro’s The Rhinoceros Times announced on April 30 that it was producing its last print edition.
Tags: Charlotte, Print Edition 2013-05-10, Raleigh, Triad
May 10, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
iNSIDEoUT will hold its Seventh Annual Awards Banquet & Gaiety on May 18, 5-7 p.m., at Francesca’s Dessert Cafe, 706 9th St.
Tags: Print Edition 2013-05-10, Raleigh
May 8, 2013 in News by Matt Comer
A bill restricting teenagers’ access to medical and mental health care initially scheduled for a floor vote on Wednesday was instead taken off the calendar and sent back to the North Carolina House’s Judiciary Committee.
Tags: Charlotte, Legislative Watch, Politics, Raleigh, Triad
May 8, 2013 in News by Matt Comer
North Carolina’s statewide LGBT advocacy and education group is asking community members across the state to join them in commemorating the one-year anniversary of Amendment One today.
Tags: Legislative Watch, Raleigh
May 7, 2013 in News by The Charlotte Observer
One of Charlotte’s most prominent church leaders – and a man at the forefront of last year’s fight for North Carolina’s marriage amendment – is weighing a bid for U.S. Senate.
Tags: Charlotte, Politics, Raleigh, Triad
May 5, 2013 in News by Matt Comer
Organizers with the LGBT Center of Raleigh say more than 15,000 people attended their annual Out! Raleigh festival on Fayetteville St. on Saturday.
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