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Out for Change Q&A: Amos Cooper, Jr., Out! Raleigh

April 19, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

QNotes’ April 13, 2013, print edition cover story, “Out for Change: Young LGBT Professionals Making a Difference,” profiled 18 young leaders. Each day we’ve been publishing more in-depth profiles of each so you can get to know them better. Today, we feature Amos Cooper, Jr., of the LGBT Center of Raleigh.

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Out for Change Q&A: Rebecca Chapin, LGBT Center of Raleigh

April 17, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

QNotes continues profiling young LGBT leaders in our April 12, 2013, print edition cover story, “Out for Change: Young LGBT Professionals Making a Difference.” Each day, we’ll publish an in-depth profile. Today, we feature Rebecca Chapin of the LGBT Center of Raleigh.

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LGBT citizens head to Raleigh amid flurry of right-wing legislation

April 15, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

Citizens from across the state will head to Raleigh on Tuesday to participate in a lobby day planned by Equality North Carolina, a statewide LGBT education and advocacy organization.

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Out for Change: Young LGBT professionals making a difference

April 12, 2013 in Cover Stories, Featured Stories, News by Matt Comer

A new generation of leaders are taking the reins. Whether they work from an Uptown tower or other corporate digs, a small-town city council or the offices of a community non-profit, the more than dozen young people profiled in this issue are among some of the brightest and most visionary young leaders under 35.

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Triangle: Bingo time approaches

April 12, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen

Drag Bingo’s “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Bingo,” is coming to the N.C. State Fairgrounds, Holshouser Building, on April 20. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m.

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Apps due for fellowships

April 12, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen

The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has announced that applications are being taken for the school’s Program in Sexuality Studies in the form of one or more Pine Tree Summer Undergraduate Fellowships in LGBT Studies.

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QNotes to host issue launch party and young professionals social

April 10, 2013 in News by QNotes Staff

QNotes will release its April 12, 2013, print edition on Friday, featuring more than a dozen young LGBT professionals making a difference in Charlotte, Chapel Hill and Raleigh. In celebration, a special social and mixer will be held, allowing young professionals and community members of all ages to mix and mingle with the young people profiled in the April 12 print edition.

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Bill would override policy for co-ed suites at UNC-CH

April 3, 2013 in News by Matthew Burns

Three freshmen senators said Tuesday that they want to head off a policy that would allow students of the opposite sex to start sharing bathrooms and common living areas in University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus housing suites and apartments next fall.

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Victory Institute to hold local leadership programs

April 2, 2013 in News by Lainey Millen

The Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute will hold three sessions of its LGBT Movement Leaders Fellowship program at Duke University and Gardner-Webb University’s Charlotte Campus over the summer and in the fall.

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RiverRun to honor local gay couple

March 29, 2013 in A&E / Life&Style by Matt Comer

Longtime LGBT activists and local arts supporters Frank Benedetti and Gary Trowbridge will be honored at this year’s 15th annual RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem.

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Protecting our local LGBT history

March 29, 2013 in Editor's Note by Matt Comer

Local LGBT history must be preserved. It is essential for our community’s past, our present and our future. Documenting our history in publicly-viewable and publicly-accessible ways also acts to ensure that our community, its past struggles and its past victories, are not forgotten.

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You speak, we listen: 2013 Reader Survey

March 29, 2013 in Editorial by QNotes Staff

It’s been nearly 10 years since qnotes last performed a large-scale, in-depth reader survey. Starting with this March 29 issue and continuing through April 30, we’re launching our 2013 QNotes Reader Survey.

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Gay Dems form chapters

March 29, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen

LGBT Democrats across the state are jumping on board with the formation of county chapters. This initiative is being spearheaded by LGBT Democrats of North Carolina, President Ryan Butler shared.

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Victory slates leaders program

March 29, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen

The Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute will hold two sessions of its LGBT Movement Leaders Fellowship program at Duke University over the summer and in the fall.

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Triangle: Citizen lobbyists unite

March 29, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen

Equality North Carolina is all set to lobby the General Assembly on April 16 and all they need are LGBT and straight ally citizens to join the fight.

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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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Triangle: Church celebrates anniversary

March 15, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen

The Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist is celebrating their 10th anniversary as a welcoming congregation with a concert, “Music Gayla: A Night OOUUT!” on March 16, 7 p.m., at 106 Purefoy Rd.

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Gay man set for Carrboro election

March 5, 2013 in News by Matt Comer

An openly gay man is expected to easily win an uncontested special election for the Carrboro Board of Aldermen next month.

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Triangle: Date auction approaches

March 1, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen

Theatre in the Park, 107 Pullen Rd., will present its “Going Once, Going Twice” fashion show and date auction on March 2, 6:30 p.m., to benefit Crape Myrtle Festival.