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isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14323</guid> <description><![CDATA[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.”]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14323/popular-gay-bookstore-closes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hazing death may be bias-based</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14234/hazing-death-may-be-bias-based/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14234/hazing-death-may-be-bias-based/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:07:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14234</guid> <description><![CDATA[On Nov. 19, 2011, Florida A&#038;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.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14234/hazing-death-may-be-bias-based/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Archbishop’s KKK remark condemned</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14124/archbishops-kkk-remark-condemned/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14124/archbishops-kkk-remark-condemned/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:08:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14124</guid> <description><![CDATA[Chicago Archbishop Cardinal Francis George ignited a firestorm when he compared advancing LGBT equality to the Ku Klux Klan in a television interview with Fox Chicago a few days before Christmas. Cardinal George said: “You don’t want the gay liberation movement to morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan, demonstrating in the streets against Catholicism.”]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14124/archbishops-kkk-remark-condemned/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Openly gay sailor reinstated</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14033/openly-gay-sailor-reinstated/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14033/openly-gay-sailor-reinstated/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:08:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14033</guid> <description><![CDATA[Petty Officer 2nd class Jase Daniels (pictured), discharged from the U.S. Navy in April 2005 and again in March 2007 under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” has been reinstated and returned to active duty. He was sworn in on Dec. 12. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14033/openly-gay-sailor-reinstated/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>HIV study results troubling</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/13923/hiv-study-results-troubling/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/13923/hiv-study-results-troubling/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:07:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=13923</guid> <description><![CDATA[Nearly three out of four Americans living with HIV do not have their infection under control, according to a Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released in conjunction with World AIDS Day, Dec. 1. The low percentage comes from the fact that 1 in 5 people with HIV do not know they are infected and, of those who are aware, only 51 percent receive ongoing medical care and treatment.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/13923/hiv-study-results-troubling/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Study: Couples need immigration relief</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/13453/study-couples-need-immigration-relief/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/13453/study-couples-need-immigration-relief/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:11:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=13453</guid> <description><![CDATA[A new Williams Institute study released Nov. 18 finds there are more than 28,500 binational same-sex couples in which one partner is a U.S. citizen and one is not and nearly 11,500 same-sex couples in which neither partner is a U.S. citizen. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/13453/study-couples-need-immigration-relief/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Vet group sues for gay families</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/13304/vet-group-sues-for-gay-families/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/13304/vet-group-sues-for-gay-families/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:11:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=13304</guid> <description><![CDATA[Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) has filed a landmark federal lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, on behalf of current and former service members seeking equal recognition, benefits and family support for equal sacrifice and service in the U.S. Armed Forces.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/13304/vet-group-sues-for-gay-families/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Two movement pioneers pass in Oct.</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/13074/two-movement-pioneers-pass-in-oct/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/13074/two-movement-pioneers-pass-in-oct/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:07:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=13074</guid> <description><![CDATA[Frank Kameny and Paula Ettelbrick, both prominent figures for decades in the LGBT rights movement, passed away earlier this month. Kameny, 86, died at his Washington D.C.-area home on Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day, of natural causes. Ettelbrick, 56, passed away from cancer four days earlier in New York City.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/13074/two-movement-pioneers-pass-in-oct/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>N.C. trans prisoner settles federal suit</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/12927/nc-trans-prisoner-settles-federal-suit/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/12927/nc-trans-prisoner-settles-federal-suit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:06:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=12927</guid> <description><![CDATA[A settlement has been reached in the case of Vanessa Adams, a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmate at FMC Butner, who has gender identity disorder (GID). Adams sued BOP in order to receive appropriate treatment for her GID.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/12927/nc-trans-prisoner-settles-federal-suit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>U.S. military officially open, NCAA supports trans athletes</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/12708/u-s-military-officially-open-ncaa-supports-trans-athletes/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/12708/u-s-military-officially-open-ncaa-supports-trans-athletes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:08:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=12708</guid> <description><![CDATA[ The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that kept openly gay, lesbian and bisexual Americans from serving in the U.S. military officially ended Sept. 20 and according to Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, the national group that led the fight against the law, the repeal was welcomed with approximately 100 celebrations in all 50 states.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/12708/u-s-military-officially-open-ncaa-supports-trans-athletes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hospital visitation rules updated; Mistrial in case of 15 y.o. killer</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/12519/hospital-visitation-rules-updated-mistrial-in-case-of-15-y-o-killer/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/12519/hospital-visitation-rules-updated-mistrial-in-case-of-15-y-o-killer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:10:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=12519</guid> <description><![CDATA[On Sept. 7, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released new guidelines that strengthen the Nov. 2010 hospital visitation rules that protect patients’ rights to be visited in the hospital by their families and loved ones. The guidance, which took effect immediately, makes several important changes to current policy and provides significant protections for LGBT patients and their families.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/12519/hospital-visitation-rules-updated-mistrial-in-case-of-15-y-o-killer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Deportation policy a step forward</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/12221/deportation-policy-a-step-forward/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/12221/deportation-policy-a-step-forward/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 04:07:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=12221</guid> <description><![CDATA[Deportation policy a step forward WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama Administration is implementing new procedures for assessing deportation and removal cases. The changes are expected to aid immigrants with U.S. citizen spouses and children who pose no threat to national security or public safety. Gay equality activists say this prosecutorial [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/12221/deportation-policy-a-step-forward/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bert and Ernie: No wedding plans</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/12138/bert-and-ernie-no-wedding-plans/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/12138/bert-and-ernie-no-wedding-plans/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:06:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=12138</guid> <description><![CDATA[“Sesame Street” puppets Bert and Ernie are longtime roommates who have famously provoked the question “are they or aren’t they” for decades. However, in recent weeks the push for the plush pair to come out of the closet has gained even more steam with the creation of a popular change.org petition calling for the adorable couple to get hitched to celebrate the legalization of gay marriage in New York. Plus: More national and global headlines.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/12138/bert-and-ernie-no-wedding-plans/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DADT repeal certified, DOMA hearing held</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11930/dadt-repeal-certified-doma-hearing-held/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11930/dadt-repeal-certified-doma-hearing-held/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:07:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11930</guid> <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen notified Congress July 22 that the military is ready to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the discriminatory two-decade old policy that bars lesbian, gay and bisexual people from serving openly in the military.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11930/dadt-repeal-certified-doma-hearing-held/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gay activists against Rhode Island civil unions bill</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11736/gay-activists-against-rhode-island-civil-unions-bill/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11736/gay-activists-against-rhode-island-civil-unions-bill/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:07:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11736</guid> <description><![CDATA[Activists upset with civil unions bill. Bachmann wants marriage amendment. New health guidelines praised. Suit filed for New Jersey marriage rights.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11736/gay-activists-against-rhode-island-civil-unions-bill/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>LGBT refugee center established; Education Dept. affirms GSA rights</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11474/lgbt-refugee-center-established-education-dept-affirms-gsa-rights/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11474/lgbt-refugee-center-established-education-dept-affirms-gsa-rights/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:07:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11474</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announced June 15 the creation of a first-ever resource center to support the resettlement of LGBT refugees. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), a division of ACF, awarded a $250,000 grant to the Heartland Alliance of Chicago to create this training and technical assistance center.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11474/lgbt-refugee-center-established-education-dept-affirms-gsa-rights/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Poll: Majority for marriage; HRC endorses Obama</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11387/poll-majority-for-marriage-hrc-endorses-obama/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11387/poll-majority-for-marriage-hrc-endorses-obama/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:08:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11387</guid> <description><![CDATA[A new Gallup Poll shows a majority of the American people (53 percent) support marriage rights for committed gay and lesbian couples. Plus, the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, has endorsed President Barack Obama for reelection, and other national and global news.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11387/poll-majority-for-marriage-hrc-endorses-obama/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Civil unions approved in Delaware, Tenn. strips local laws</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11223/civil-unions-approved-in-delaware-tenn-strips-local-laws/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11223/civil-unions-approved-in-delaware-tenn-strips-local-laws/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 04:06:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11223</guid> <description><![CDATA[Civil unions approved in Delaware, Tenn. strips local laws. Plus: Full welcome for gay clergy, Teacher of the Year honored, ‘Milk’ is the cream of gay films.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11223/civil-unions-approved-in-delaware-tenn-strips-local-laws/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Study links bullying, poor health</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11144/study-links-bullying-poor-health/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11144/study-links-bullying-poor-health/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 13:08:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11144</guid> <description><![CDATA[Critical new research has found that LGBT youth who experience high levels of school victimization in middle and high school report impaired health and mental health in young adulthood. Plus: DOJ files to dismiss pay suit. NBA stars fight anti-gay speech. First out senator possible.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11144/study-links-bullying-poor-health/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Delaware civil unions bill approved</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11034/delaware-civil-unions-bill-approved/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11034/delaware-civil-unions-bill-approved/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 04:11:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11034</guid> <description><![CDATA[Delaware House of Representatives votes 26-15 to approve a civil unions bill that will provide same-sex couples who enter into such arrangements the same rights, protections and obligations now granted to married couples in the state. Plus, firm drops DOMA defense, legislative updates, President Clinton calls for N.Y. marriage and global briefs.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11034/delaware-civil-unions-bill-approved/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Anti-gay leader ‘deserves pie’</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10875/anti-gay-leader-%e2%80%98deserves-pie%e2%80%99/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10875/anti-gay-leader-%e2%80%98deserves-pie%e2%80%99/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:09:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10875</guid> <description><![CDATA[At a Congressional hearing on “Defending Marriage” in the Subcommittee on the Constitution, GetEQUAL, a national LGBT rights organization using direct action and nonviolent civil disobedience tactics, presented Maggie Gallagher, one of those testifying at the hearing and the board chair of the National Organization for Marriage, with the inaugural “Anita Bryant Award for Unbridled and Unparalleled Bigotry.”]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10875/anti-gay-leader-%e2%80%98deserves-pie%e2%80%99/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kerry leads on immigration equality</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10805/kerry-leads-on-immigration-equality/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10805/kerry-leads-on-immigration-equality/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:07:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10805</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) led 11 colleagues in an April 6 letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano urging immigration equality for legally married same-sex couples who are currently discriminated against under the Defense of Marriage Act. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10805/kerry-leads-on-immigration-equality/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Fort Worth settles gay bar-police debacle</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10629/fort-worth-settles-gay-bar-police-debacle/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10629/fort-worth-settles-gay-bar-police-debacle/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:06:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10629</guid> <description><![CDATA[Chad Gibson and George Armstrong, two Fort Worth, Texas, men who were injured during a police “inspection” of the Rainbow Lounge nearly two years ago, received a $400,000 settlement from the Fort Worth City Council on March 23. Plus: Civil unions bill introduced in Delaware, DOMA news, gay giving for Japan, and more.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10629/fort-worth-settles-gay-bar-police-debacle/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>GOP will defend DOMA</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10497/gop-will-defend-doma/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10497/gop-will-defend-doma/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:07:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10497</guid> <description><![CDATA[Plus, new SLDN communications director hails from South Carolina, Lesbians 'burned' by insurance company, Obamas host anti-bullying conference and more.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10497/gop-will-defend-doma/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Obama ends defense of DOMA</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10294/obama-ends-defense-of-doma/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10294/obama-ends-defense-of-doma/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 05:06:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10294</guid> <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has decided that the government will no longer defend Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The controversial law discriminates against legally married same-sex couples by refusing to recognize their marriages for any purpose, even if they are valid under the law of the states where the couples live. The decision was announced Feb. 23 in a statement from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10294/obama-ends-defense-of-doma/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Iowa marriage repeal far from done</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10080/iowa-marriage-repeal-far-from-done/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10080/iowa-marriage-repeal-far-from-done/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 05:07:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10080</guid> <description><![CDATA[National and global headlines: Iowa marriage repeal, birth registration, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and more...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10080/iowa-marriage-repeal-far-from-done/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gay UCC pastor nom’ed for top post</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9967/gay-ucc-pastor-nomed-for-top-post/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9967/gay-ucc-pastor-nomed-for-top-post/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 05:11:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9967</guid> <description><![CDATA[Plus other national and global headlines: Hospital visitation rights in effect, No Name-Calling Week observed, GLAAD unveils media awards noms, Workplace rules at Jewish non-profits studied, Key Ugandan activist murdered.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9967/gay-ucc-pastor-nomed-for-top-post/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Obama Administration defends DOMA</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9787/obama-administration-defends-doma/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9787/obama-administration-defends-doma/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:07:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9787</guid> <description><![CDATA[In December, President Barack Obama said his views on gay marriage equality were “evolving.” However, his personal position stands in stark contrast to his administration’s recent decision to defend in court the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which bars the federal government from recognizing legally married same-sex couples.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9787/obama-administration-defends-doma/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Task force tackles LGBT suicides, HRC criticized for Milk store</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9656/task-force-tackles-lgbt-suicides-hrc-criticized-for-milk-store/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9656/task-force-tackles-lgbt-suicides-hrc-criticized-for-milk-store/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 05:08:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9656</guid> <description><![CDATA[The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention has added three new task forces to address suicide prevention efforts within high-risk populations: LGBT youth; American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN); and military service members and veterans. This brings to six the number of task forces formed by the Action Alliance, the public-private partnership forged in September to advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9656/task-force-tackles-lgbt-suicides-hrc-criticized-for-milk-store/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>City settles Atlanta Eagle lawsuit</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9542/city-settles-atlanta-eagle-lawsuit/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9542/city-settles-atlanta-eagle-lawsuit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:13:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9542</guid> <description><![CDATA[A settlement in the Atlanta Eagle raid lawsuit will force the Atlanta Police Department to rewrite unconstitutional policies regarding arrest, search and seizure, and make other changes to protect the public from police misconduct.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9542/city-settles-atlanta-eagle-lawsuit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kirsch headed east?</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9357/kirsch-headed-east/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9357/kirsch-headed-east/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:07:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>QNotes Staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9357</guid> <description><![CDATA[Dan Kirsch, the onetime visionary behind OutCharlotte and The Charlotte Lesbian &#038; Gay Center, has stepped down as executive and artistic director of Diversionary Theatre.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9357/kirsch-headed-east/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Win some, Lose some: LGBT election results</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9163/win-some-lose-some-lgbt-election-results/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9163/win-some-lose-some-lgbt-election-results/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:08:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9163</guid> <description><![CDATA[2010 midterm election wins and losses for the LGBT community, plus more national and global news. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9163/win-some-lose-some-lgbt-election-results/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>HRC issues 2010 Congressional Scorecard</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9058/hrc-issues-2010-congressional-scorecard/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9058/hrc-issues-2010-congressional-scorecard/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 03:15:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9058</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Human Rights Campaign has released its Congressional Scorecard for the 111th Congress that rates members of Congress on their support for issues of LGBT equality.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9058/hrc-issues-2010-congressional-scorecard/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Americans support workplace equality</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/8909/americans-support-workplace-equality/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/8909/americans-support-workplace-equality/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 04:09:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=8909</guid> <description><![CDATA[According to the 2010 Out &#038; Equal Workplace Survey, 78 percent of heterosexual adults agree that how an employee performs at his or her job should be the standard for judging an employee, not their sexual orientation.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/8909/americans-support-workplace-equality/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Progressives gather around ‘Table’</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/8662/progressives-gather-around-%e2%80%98table%e2%80%99/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/8662/progressives-gather-around-%e2%80%98table%e2%80%99/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 04:08:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=8662</guid> <description><![CDATA[The National Black Justice Coalition, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, National Stonewall Democrats and Pride At Work are co-convening the “LGBTQ Table” for One Nation Working Together, a new progressive movement demanding secure jobs, justice and quality education.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/8662/progressives-gather-around-%e2%80%98table%e2%80%99/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Anti-gay campaigning mars election season</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/8316/anti-gay-campaigning-mars-election-season/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/8316/anti-gay-campaigning-mars-election-season/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:41:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=8316</guid> <description><![CDATA[With midterm elections nearly upon us, the Gay &#038; Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is urging the national media to scrutinize candidates who are attacking and denigrating our community in an attempt to gain political points.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/8316/anti-gay-campaigning-mars-election-season/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New report explores LGBT youth smoking</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/8171/new-report-explores-lgbt-youth-smoking/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/8171/new-report-explores-lgbt-youth-smoking/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:11:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=8171</guid> <description><![CDATA[A new report released Aug. 24 by the National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) explores the reasons why sexual minority youth smoke and suggests strategies for prevention. The study, “Coming Out About Smoking: Tobacco Use in the LGBTQ Young Adult Community,” finds that sexual minority youth are likely to smoke due [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/8171/new-report-explores-lgbt-youth-smoking/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Court: Prop 8 is a violation of constitutional rights</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7984/court-prop-8-is-a-violation-of-constitutional-rights/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7984/court-prop-8-is-a-violation-of-constitutional-rights/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:10:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7984</guid> <description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — On Aug. 4, the Chief Judge of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California issued a 136-page ruling overturning Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that excluded same-sex couples from marriage in the state. Judge Vaughn R. Walker cited Prop 8’s denial of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7984/court-prop-8-is-a-violation-of-constitutional-rights/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gay elder gets $650k for forced separation from partner</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7795/gay-elder-gets-650k-for-forced-separation-from-partner/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7795/gay-elder-gets-650k-for-forced-separation-from-partner/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:09:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7795</guid> <description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Clay Greene and the estate of Harold Scull, Greene’s deceased partner of 20 years, reached a $650,000 settlement July 22 resolving their lawsuit against the County of Sonoma and other defendants for the damages the couple suffered due to municipal employees’ discriminatory and unlawful conduct. Greene [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7795/gay-elder-gets-650k-for-forced-separation-from-partner/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Trans protections for housing implemented</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7674/trans-protections-for-housing-implemented/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7674/trans-protections-for-housing-implemented/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:10:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7674</guid> <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has provided new guidance on the Fair Housing Act, instructing HUD staff that discrimination against transgender people can be addressed under the law’s existing ban on gender discrimination. The policy decision offers additional help to transgender people who [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7674/trans-protections-for-housing-implemented/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Campaign improves educators&#8217; response to bullying</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7509/campaign-improves-educators-response-to-bullying/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7509/campaign-improves-educators-response-to-bullying/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:14:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7509</guid> <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, N.Y. — The secondary school training component of the New York City Department of Education’s Respect for All initiative increased staff competency at addressing name-calling, bullying and harassment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression, and creating safer school environments for LGBT students, a GLSEN report [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7509/campaign-improves-educators-response-to-bullying/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>LGBT candidates rock the vote</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7293/lgbt-candidates-rock-the-vote/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7293/lgbt-candidates-rock-the-vote/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:11:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7293</guid> <description><![CDATA[Openly LGBT candidates won political races literally from coast to coast June 8, with key wins coming in California, Montana and Maine. The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund crowed that 17 of their 21 endorsed candidates either won their races outright or advanced to general elections. Among the highlights: • [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7293/lgbt-candidates-rock-the-vote/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SLDN outlines path to DADT repeal</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7174/sldn-outlines-path-to-dadt-repeal/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7174/sldn-outlines-path-to-dadt-repeal/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:14:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7174</guid> <description><![CDATA[The U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate Armed Services Committee have voted to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” paving the road to the end of the 17-year-old ban on openly lesbian and gay service members. In response, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a national, legal services and policy organization [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7174/sldn-outlines-path-to-dadt-repeal/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UNC ROTC member discharged, billed</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6988/unc-rotc-member-discharged-billed/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6988/unc-rotc-member-discharged-billed/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 04:09:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6988</guid> <description><![CDATA[On May 11, UNC-Chapel Hill student Sara Isaacson was on Capitol Hill meeting with North Carolina Congressional offices to discuss her recent ROTC discharge by the government for being gay. Isaacson was attending the university on a full Army ROTC scholarship, which the government now says she must pay back. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6988/unc-rotc-member-discharged-billed/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>N.Y. appeals court affirms the rights of non-birth parents</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6753/n-y-appeals-court-affirms-the-rights-of-non-birth-parents/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6753/n-y-appeals-court-affirms-the-rights-of-non-birth-parents/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 00:15:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6753</guid> <description><![CDATA[A May 4 decision by the New York State Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, has expanded the rights of non-biological same-sex parents. All seven appellate court judges agreed that Debra H., a non-biological mother, is a legal parent who can seek custody and visitation from her former partner, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6753/n-y-appeals-court-affirms-the-rights-of-non-birth-parents/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Students don’t speak out to end bullying</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6485/students-don%e2%80%99t-speak-out-to-end-bullying/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6485/students-don%e2%80%99t-speak-out-to-end-bullying/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 21:12:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6485</guid> <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, N.Y. — Hundreds of thousands of students from every state and at least 7,500 middle and high schools participated in the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network’s (GLSEN) 15th annual Day of Silence today to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment. Students from hundreds of colleges [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6485/students-don%e2%80%99t-speak-out-to-end-bullying/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AIDS Fund awards Carolinas agencies</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6306/aids-fund-awards-carolinas-agencies/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6306/aids-fund-awards-carolinas-agencies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:12:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Triad]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6306</guid> <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National AIDS Fund, with support from the Ford Foundation, has announced nearly $1.3 million in grant awards to 21 community-based HIV/AIDS organizations in North Carolina, South Carolina and seven other Southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee). The grant awards will support the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6306/aids-fund-awards-carolinas-agencies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Miss. no longer segregating HIV+ prisoners</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6169/miss-no-longer-segregating-hiv-prisoners/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6169/miss-no-longer-segregating-hiv-prisoners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:13:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6169</guid> <description><![CDATA[JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) has agreed to end the segregation of prisoners with HIV, a longstanding discriminatory policy that has prevented prisoners from accessing key resources that facilitate their successful transition back into the community. The decision by Mississippi’s corrections commissioner Christopher Epps, leaves South [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6169/miss-no-longer-segregating-hiv-prisoners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gay marriage underway in D.C.</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6057/gay-marriage-underway-in-d-c/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6057/gay-marriage-underway-in-d-c/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:11:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6057</guid> <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. — On March 3, the nation’s capital joined five states in offering same-sex marriage. After applying and waiting for marriage licenses gay and lesbian couples began to wed March 9. The D.C. Council overwhelmingly passed the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Act of 2009 in December. The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6057/gay-marriage-underway-in-d-c/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Largest LGBT market research study underway</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/5776/largest-lgbt-market-research-study-underway/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/5776/largest-lgbt-market-research-study-underway/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:14:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Stout</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Carolinas]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=5776</guid> <description><![CDATA[LONDON, U.K. — Stretching through 14 countries across Latin America and Europe, the world’s largest gay market research study ever to be undertaken has officially launched. With an overall population of three-quarters of a billion, the involved nations are home to more than 35 million lesbian and gay people living [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/5776/largest-lgbt-market-research-study-underway/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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