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Founded by Rex Welton, the 1st/3rd Sunday Tea Dance, held at Lucky Blue, 271 W. Fourth St. from 5-8 p.m. began in October 2011 as a way to entertain the party set, as well as serving as a fundraising resource for Carolina non-profits.
On Jan. 3, QNotes announced the resignation of editor Matt Comer, who stepped down from his position after more than four years of service on Jan. 20 to pursue new opportunities with local, statewide and national LGBT communities.
The Adam Foundation has reached approximately 70 percent of its $50,000 2011-12 spring grant fundraising cycle goal and are asking the community to help them raise the additional $15,000 it needs to sustain its work.
Organizers of the effort to defeat North Carolina’s proposed anti-LGBT state constitutional amendment officially kicked off their campaign this week at a press event at the North Carolina General Assembly. In addition to traditional campaign organizing, the activists also plan to take their message directly to the people starting this month.
QNotes reported on July 9 in a News Notes brief, “Protections top concern in merger” and updated on Aug. 6, “YMCA alternate recommended” that serious concerns were expressed that some of the YMCAs in the area would no longer be LGBT-family friendly and that alternatives had been recommended by community members.
Three… two… one… Happy New Year! Yes, it’s time for well wishes, resolutions and new beginnings. I do it. You do it. We all partake in the annual wish-making and dreaming that is New Year. With a new calendar comes hopes for change, progress and success. And, as much as we each wish better for ourselves, here’s to new hopes that our community and world experiences better days as well.
On Tuesday, QNotes announced the resignation of editor Matt Comer, who will be stepping down from his position on Jan. 20, 2012, to pursue new opportunities with local, statewide and national LGBT communities.
Bells will ring, candles will be lighted and champagne will be toasted and plenty of folks will wish they could forget many of the days gone by this year. Yes, the economy still sucks. Yes, politicians still have no answers. Yes, Congress is still deadlocked. But, don’t be fooled: Lots of good things happened this year, too.
Santa Claus is coming to town! And, he’s bringing switches and lumps of coal for some of the state’s meanest and most heartless anti-gay villains. At the same time, there’s plenty of folks in need of rewarding. No doubt, sugarplums and other delicious treats will await them in their stockings Christmas morn.
Anti-gay organizations promise a constitutional amendment campaign on a “positive note,” but do past efforts by extreme partner organizations foreshadow a more negative experience?
The conservative N.C. Civitas Action released their 2011 rankings of state legislators last week. The group’s rankings reveal a more conservative-leaning legislature than in years past, though the state’s only openly gay lawmaker and most other Democrats still took a hit in the group’s assessment.
QNotes marks World AIDS Day and the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the 1980s AIDS Crisis in our special section presented by Raleigh’s Alliance of AIDS Services-Carolina.
Each year, QNotes honors one brave or talented soul in our local LGBT community as our Person of the Year. The person honored has contributed to the community, worked for its benefit and raised awareness on important issues.
In September 2011, the North Carolina General Assembly voted to put a question on the May 2012 ballot that would add an amendment to the state constitution barring same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships. In response to that action, Catherine Hofmann and Nick Pironio have created an LGBT portrait project.
The Adam Foundation will host it’s 2nd Annual Holiday Social on Dec. 1, 5:30 p.m., at Finnigan’s Wake, 620 N. Trade St.
When one thinks about the Planned Parenthood organization, it’s usually associated with birth control and women’s healthcare. Well, it’s no longer the family planning clinic that it once was and it’s a step ahead of the game in providing for the LGBT community.
Speaker: ‘Don’t blame me for amendment’ Meeting with constituents in Boone, North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) said citizens shouldn’t blame him for the passage of the anti-LGBT constitutional amendment to be considered by voters on May 8, 2012. Other members of the House, he said, pushed hard for [...]
Over 400 community members from across the state gathered on the campus of the University of North Carolina-Greensboro on Nov. 12 for a day-long conference on LGBT education, advocacy and organizing.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance will be held on Nov. 20 across the globe. The annual celebration allows the community to pay respects to those who have lost their lives to bigotry and hatred. It was spearheaded by Gwen Smith and is in its 13th year.
Tomorrow is the day! Equality North Carolina and its supporters from across the state converge on Greensboro for a day-long conference tackling some of the most important issues facing Tar Heel LGBT communities today — everything from local and grassroots activism to the amendment fight.