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On Sunday in Charlotte, the emerging campaigns around North Carolina’s proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage skirmished along a three-mile front.
The GLBT Center and the GLBT CommUNITY Alliance student organizations at North Carolina State University will gather for a dialogue with the Gay Christian Network (GCN) at 307 Harrelson Hall on Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. and Feb. 28 at 7 p.m.
BOONE, N.C. — Author Lesléa Newman will share her journey writing “Heather’s Mommies Get Married: Homophobia, Censorship and Family Values” on Feb. 21, 7 p.m., at Appalachian State University’s Blue Ridge Ballroom as part of its Diversity Speaker Series. During her dialogue, she will explain why she wrote the book, [...]
Organizers of the effort to defeat North Carolina’s proposed anti-LGBT state constitutional amendment officially kicked off their campaign on Jan. 18 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.
A regional LGBT institution is gone with the Jan. 26 closing of Outwrite Bookstore and Coffeehouse. On the day of the closing, owner Philip Rafshoon told the Georgia Voice, “It’s been a great run, but we’re closed for businesss. For good. We’re not able to relocate. We thought we could. It just didn’t come together. It was a long shot to begin with and we wanted to cling to hope that we could find a new place.”
SC Equality, a statewide LGBT education and advocacy group, announced on Jan. 18 that state motor vehicle officials have begun offering a specialty plate themed with SC Equality’s name and logo.
BRIEF! A Fete for Fashion is holding an open casting on Feb. 13, 6-8 p.m., at Resolve, 1222 E. Blvd., for male models to showcase the latest in underwear fashions at the upcoming event slated for April 7. This the event’s third year.
iNSIDEoUT, an LGBTQ youth organization, has announced that it will be starting a new group for children ages 7-12 in February.
Does Gov. Bev Perdue’s decision not to run for reelection bode well for opponents of N.C.’s gay marriage amendment?
Catawba Care has recently unwrapped its newly designed website. The design was done in collaboration with The Hive, a workforce development program that provides web design and internet marketing services for non-profit and public sector organizations, utilizing students from York Tech and Winthrop University, under the professional management of RevenFlo.
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 Human Rights Campaign North Carolina Gala is swinging into town the weekend of Feb. 23-26. With it comes a variety of statewide and national leaders, activists, entertainers, philanthropists and other movers and shakers.
On Nov. 19, 2011, Florida A&M University student Robert Champion Jr. was found unresponsive aboard a band bus after the school’s biggest game of the year. Police ruled the death a homicide from hazing.
The Vote Against Project will be taking to the super slab during the next few months to photograph participants who wish to defeat the anti-gay amendment on the May 8 ballot.
“Absolutely Positive,” a dramatic short film that follows four characters from different walks of life as they get tested for HIV, will be premiered at red carpet screenings at Club 313, 313 W. Hargett St. on two dates, Jan. 25, 8 p.m., and Jan. 29, 5 p.m.
The GayCharlotte Film Series has announced its upcoming three-part “Breaking In: The Business of Movies” schedule. It is a project of The LGBT Center of Charlotte.
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.
SC Equality, a statewide LGBT education and advocacy group, announced on Wednesday that state motor vehicle officials would begin offering a specialty plate themed with SC Equality’s name and logo.
