Activism
Almost 3,000 LGBT and straight North and South Carolinians joined in protests over California’s anti-gay Proposition 8 across the two states on Nov. 15. The protests ranged from as small as 30 participants in Greenville, N.C., to as large as 1,400 participants in Raleigh. Planned with less than a week’s [...]
View more Carolinas Prop. 8 Protest photos On Saturday, Nov. 15, thousands of LGBT and straight ally North and South Carolinians took to their city halls and squares to protest the passage of California’s anti-gay Proposition 8 and other anti-gay ballot initiatives in Arkansas, Arizona and Florida. Estimates ranged from [...]
Originally posted: Nov. 14, 2008, 10:51 a.m.Updated: Nov. 15, 2008, 9 p.m. View more Carolinas Prop. 8 Protest photos COLUMBIA — Working quickly on short notice, local activists organized a protest to join the nationwide demonstration for gay marriage rights Nov. 15, attracting about 150 people to the sidewalk in [...]
Originally published: Nov. 13, 2008, 10:45 a.m.Updated: Nov. 13, 2008, 11:04 a.m. View more Carolinas Prop. 8 Protest photos In a national show of frustration, anger, sadness and Pride combined, a spontaneous, national day of action has risen up out of the ashes of California’s Proposition 8 passage. As thousands [...]
Originally published: Nov. 11, 2008, 11:40 a.m. Updated: Nov. 14, 2008, 9:30 a.m. Quick Read/Updates What: Part of a nationwide, spontaneous and grassroots organizing effort, protests against the passage of the anti-gay Proposition 8 in California, and other anti-gay ballot initiatives in other states, have been planned for Sat., Nov. [...]
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s statewide LGBT advocacy organization is welcoming a new staff member. Rebecca Mann, pictured right, is joining Equality North Carolina as the group’s first full-time Community Organizer. As a part of her duties, Mann will work with communities across the state to build support for progressive [...]
An anti-homophobia awareness day begun in Canada is making its way across the border into America. The International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), a project of the Fondation Émergence, a Canadian LGBT foundation, is set for May 17. The day received a promotional boost recently when Parents, Families and Friends (PFLAG) [...]
exQlusive When deciding on a meeting place for our interview, animal rights activist Dan Mathews and I first considered one of those ubiquitous corporate coffee shops. (You know — the ones that are so plentiful they need not be named because you can probably see one or two of them [...]
CHARLOTTE — As first reported on Q-Notes Online, a popular radio disc jockey was forced to issue written and on-air apologies after making anti-gay remarks on his show broadcast Apr. 15. CJ of 96.1 FM The BEAT made the remarks while discussing a reported kiss between openly gay gossip blogger [...]
