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Lainey Millen
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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Lainey Millen
March 29, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
The board of the Adam Foundation has announced that it’s president, A.J. DeLaOsa, has stepped down from his responsibilities in order to take on a career advancement in Florida.
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Matt Comer
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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Matt Comer
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.
Author:
Lainey Millen
March 1, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
The Adam Foundation has released the names of its new officers and board.
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Matthew Burns
February 28, 2013 in News by Matthew Burns
In addition to several other bills on fracking and workers comp, the North Carolina Senate passed a funeral protest on Wednesday. Gov. Pat McCrory has said he supports the measure, made in response to funeral protests by groups like Westboro Baptist Church.
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Matt Comer
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.
Author:
Matt Comer
February 14, 2013 in News by Matt Comer
Activists and organizers with a variety of local and regional organizations will stage a Valentine’s Day demonstration today for queer and immigrant rights.
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QNotes Staff
February 6, 2013 in News by QNotes Staff
Meeting near Dallas, Texas, today, the Boy Scouts of America’s National Executive Board today decided to delay a decision on their national anti-gay membership and leadership policy.
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Matt Comer
February 5, 2013 in News by Matt Comer
The recent push for a change in anti-gay membership policies within the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is being prompted primarily by worries over “looming legal challenges” amid pressure from both inside and outside of of the Scouting program, according to details related in a memo from Boy Scouts of America leaders at a local Scout council in North Carolina.
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Matt Comer
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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Lainey Millen
January 18, 2013 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
Out at the Movies will screen the classic comedy, “The Adventures of Pricilla, Queen of the Desert,” on Feb. 23, 6 p.m., at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts’ Ace Theatre Complex, 1533 South Main St.
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Matt Comer
January 16, 2013 in News by Matt Comer
Brett Webb-Mitchell, a professor at North Carolina Central University and a columnist for qnotes who writes our regular “On Being a Gay Parent” column, has won national online honor for his writing.
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Lainey Millen
January 14, 2013 in News by Lainey Millen
Controversy has erupted on the campus of the all-female Salem College following an email from an upset alumnae who says a male transgender student attending school wants to remain there to complete his studies after undergoing gender reassignment surgery next month.
Author:
Matt Comer
January 14, 2013 in News by Matt Comer
Several same-sex couples are expected to attempt to apply for marriage licenses today in two separate activist campaign events in Wilson, N.C., and Winston-Salem, N.C.
Author:
Matt Comer
January 11, 2013 in News by Matt Comer
Two Charlotte natives are on a quest to record history and explore how last year’s anti-LGBT state constitutional campaign affected the lives of North Carolinians.
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Matt Comer
January 10, 2013 in News by Matt Comer
North Carolina’s new General Assembly convened for their new session on Wednesday, bringing with them an historic dominance of Republican control not seen in the state since 1870.
Author:
Matt Comer
January 9, 2013 in Blog by Matt Comer
In reporting on recent anti-LGBT comments from right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh, The Huffington Post compiled a list of 19 other “horrific anti-gay statements,” including five from North Carolina pastors.
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Matt Comer
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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Matt Comer
January 4, 2013 in Editor's Note by Matt Comer
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