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isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14277</guid> <description><![CDATA[While thinking about my first submission for qnotes, I began to review the many different types of “firsts” that have happened in my life.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14277/first-time-handle-with-care/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>This is not &#8216;goodbye&#8217;</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14168/this-is-not-goodbye/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14168/this-is-not-goodbye/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:10:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14168</guid> <description><![CDATA[Friends, this is my last issue as editor of qnotes, a position I’ve had the honor and humble privilege to hold now for nearly four-and-a-half years. As you read, my time with the paper has already come to an end.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14168/this-is-not-goodbye/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A New Year for change and growth</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14075/a-new-year-for-change-and-growth/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14075/a-new-year-for-change-and-growth/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:12:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Triad]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14075</guid> <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14075/a-new-year-for-change-and-growth/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Highs and Lows</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/13989/highs-and-lows/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/13989/highs-and-lows/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:11:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=13989</guid> <description><![CDATA[Despite this year's litany of successes, our community experienced loss. No year-end wrap up would be complete without pausing in remembrance of those friends, family and loved ones who passed this year.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/13989/highs-and-lows/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Naughty and Nice</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/13884/naughty-and-nice/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/13884/naughty-and-nice/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:10:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Triad]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=13884</guid> <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/13884/naughty-and-nice/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mr. Speaker&#8217;s teachable moment</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/13408/mr-speakers-teachable-moment/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/13408/mr-speakers-teachable-moment/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:15:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=13408</guid> <description><![CDATA[N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis has, for the most part, been a statesman and spoken, at least publicly, with respect, care and diligence, especially on LGBT issues. Yet he is wrong on one important issue: Despite his claims to the contrary, marriage <em>is</em> a constitutional right.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/13408/mr-speakers-teachable-moment/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Understanding the context: Reaction to Forrester’s death not ‘politics,’ it’s personal</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/13272/understanding-the-context-reaction-to-forresters-death-not-politics-its-personal/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/13272/understanding-the-context-reaction-to-forresters-death-not-politics-its-personal/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:15:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=13272</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tar Heels across the state reacted in myriad ways to state Sen. James Forrester’s death in October. For LGBT families and their children, news of Forrester’s passing came as a relief. Many said as much, as did I. “Good riddance, bigot,” I noted on Twitter, and for good reason.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/13272/understanding-the-context-reaction-to-forresters-death-not-politics-its-personal/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What a difference 25 years makes</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/13059/what-a-difference-25-years-makes/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/13059/what-a-difference-25-years-makes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:10:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=13059</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the 1980s, one would have been hard-pressed to find objective or positive news coverage of LGBT people in mainstream media. Newspapers, TV stations, magazines and other outlets primarily remained agents of oppression, often painting LGBT people as sick or depraved — especially so during the early years of the AIDS Crisis. The 21st Century offers new and exciting changes, including QNotes' new partnership with The Charlotte Observer's Charlotte News Alliance.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/13059/what-a-difference-25-years-makes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>With regret, in agreement with anti-gay forces</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/12898/with-regret-in-agreement-with-anti-gay-forces/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/12898/with-regret-in-agreement-with-anti-gay-forces/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:09:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=12898</guid> <description><![CDATA[Asheville's "We Do" Campaign is a perfect example of grassroots, non-violent direct action, highlighting in real time the effects of discrimination upon its victims. But, in order to ensure defeat of the proposed anti-LGBT state constitutional amendment, we should each keep in mind what will be of best benefit to the entire movement]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/12898/with-regret-in-agreement-with-anti-gay-forces/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hate group extremists are leading anti-gay amendment push</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/12662/hate-group-extremists-are-leading-anti-gay-amendment-push/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/12662/hate-group-extremists-are-leading-anti-gay-amendment-push/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:12:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=12662</guid> <description><![CDATA[Twenty-four hours – that’s just about the amount of time it took Republican leadership in the North Carolina General Assembly to push through a drastic and draconian revision to our state’s constitution. They’re hasty consideration of the anti-LGBT constitutional amendment circumvented a true public hearing on the bill and betrayed Republicans’ utter disrespect for their hallowed chambers, the law and the people of this great state.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/12662/hate-group-extremists-are-leading-anti-gay-amendment-push/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Can’t stop Pride, Can’t stop Liberty</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/12479/can%e2%80%99t-stop-pride-can%e2%80%99t-stop-liberty/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/12479/can%e2%80%99t-stop-pride-can%e2%80%99t-stop-liberty/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:13:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Triad]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=12479</guid> <description><![CDATA[You can’t stop Pride. Don’t even try. Human dignity and determination of spirit can’t be overshadowed by hate and prejudice. That’s exactly the message sent by the thousands who attended Pride Charlotte on Aug. 27, the same day hundreds of anti-gay protesters from Charlotte’s radical, religious right made a show of desperate force in an effort to stymie progress and turn back the clock on LGBT equality.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/12479/can%e2%80%99t-stop-pride-can%e2%80%99t-stop-liberty/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Charlotte candidates are friendly, but need education</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/12172/charlotte-candidates-are-friendly-but-need-education/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/12172/charlotte-candidates-are-friendly-but-need-education/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 04:17:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=12172</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the past few years, and especially after the election of incumbent Democratic Mayor Anthony Foxx, Charlotte has seen substantial changes in the way LGBT citizens and residents are treated and recognized by city government. Some elected officials and candidates, however, still seem to lack basic knowledge and awareness of issues important to the local LGBT community.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/12172/charlotte-candidates-are-friendly-but-need-education/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Indeed, God has a better way</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/12063/indeed-god-has-a-better-way/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/12063/indeed-god-has-a-better-way/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:10:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=12063</guid> <description><![CDATA[The unfortunate truth is that there are people in and around Charlotte who, despite their stated goals, seek not to unite, but rather break apart communities. These folks, motivated by a “life-or-death” mission, seek to push LGBT people back into the closet and even into the grave — both literally and figuratively. Perhaps the most well-known are now-convicted stalker and street preacher Flip Benham and professional anti-gay malcontent Dr. Michael Brown of Concord’s FIRE Church and FIRE School of Ministry.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/12063/indeed-god-has-a-better-way/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Transparency is not an option</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11904/transparency-is-not-an-option/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11904/transparency-is-not-an-option/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:12:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Triad]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11904</guid> <description><![CDATA[This issue, qnotes publishes the results of its second Community Assessment Survey, an annual project we began last year as a tool to gauge community non-profit organizations’ financial health and commitment to transparency.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11904/transparency-is-not-an-option/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Good news, fate and magic undergarments</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11791/good-news-fate-and-magic-undergarments/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11791/good-news-fate-and-magic-undergarments/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 04:09:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11791</guid> <description><![CDATA[I’d always thought it’d be fun to encounter a couple of cute and innocent Mormon missionary guys at my humble abode's doorsteps. Unfortunately, divine providence has not looked favorably upon my quest to josh around with cute messengers from God; the only door-knocking evangelists to stumble upon my humble abode have been Jehovah’s Witnesses. Recently, though, I nearly had my chance. Again, like a legendary tragic hero, fate proved my adversary.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11791/good-news-fate-and-magic-undergarments/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>NC Pride&#8217;s tax-exempt revocation demands more transparency</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11697/nc-prides-tax-exempt-revocation-demands-more-transparency/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11697/nc-prides-tax-exempt-revocation-demands-more-transparency/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:12:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11697</guid> <description><![CDATA[For such a successful, more than quarter-century run of events, it would seem NC Pride’s leadership has a firm grasp on their responsibilities as leaders of a non-profit community organization. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11697/nc-prides-tax-exempt-revocation-demands-more-transparency/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sanctity of marriage or GOTV ploy?</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11449/sanctity-of-marriage-or-gotv-ploy/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11449/sanctity-of-marriage-or-gotv-ploy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:10:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11449</guid> <description><![CDATA[Part of me would love to think that this month’s earlier mishap with an open mic in a closed-door North Carolina House Republican caucus meeting was intentional — a smart political ploy to bring attention to some GOP initiative or send a sneaky message to the governor and other Democratic foes. Unfortunately, I just don’t think this state’s Republican legislative leadership is that intelligent.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11449/sanctity-of-marriage-or-gotv-ploy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Direct action must be smart, strategic</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11314/direct-action-must-be-smart-strategic/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11314/direct-action-must-be-smart-strategic/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:10:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11314</guid> <description><![CDATA[The ineffective June 2 protest by GetEqual on the floor of the state House was not intelligent nor was it strategic, and it certainly didn’t have a clearly articulated message. The outburst was a perfect example of a direct action gone terribly, terribly wrong and all LGBT North Carolinians will pay for it. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11314/direct-action-must-be-smart-strategic/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>14</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>&#8216;Real man&#8217; Turner’s challenge is poetic justice</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11189/real-man-turner%e2%80%99s-challenge-is-poetic-justice/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11189/real-man-turner%e2%80%99s-challenge-is-poetic-justice/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 04:09:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11189</guid> <description><![CDATA[Misogynistic, homophobic city council incumbent faces a challenge from an out lesbian with a history of progressive activism. Justice. Poetry. Irony. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11189/real-man-turner%e2%80%99s-challenge-is-poetic-justice/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>History is a humbling force</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10994/history-is-a-humbling-force/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10994/history-is-a-humbling-force/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 04:18:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[25 Years]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Triad]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10994</guid> <description><![CDATA[Humbling. That’s how I feel every time I begin to thumb through old issues and archives from QNotes. It’s a feeling I once again had the opportunity to enjoy as the QNotes staff worked to put this 25th anniversary issue together.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10994/history-is-a-humbling-force/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>If two things are equal to a third thing…</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10840/if-two-things-are-equal-to-a-third-thing/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10840/if-two-things-are-equal-to-a-third-thing/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:11:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10840</guid> <description><![CDATA[What the GOP seeks to do or is already doing — both nationally and in states across the nation, including North Carolina — is truly evil. Jesus would be ashamed, but the GOP doesn't care...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10840/if-two-things-are-equal-to-a-third-thing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>McCarley&#8217;s sad legacy a reminder of inequality</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10766/mccarleys-sad-legacy-a-reminder-of-inequality/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10766/mccarleys-sad-legacy-a-reminder-of-inequality/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:10:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10766</guid> <description><![CDATA[Though I have no idea how he personally feels about LGBT people — and, therefore, cannot call him a bigot — one thing is clear: McCarley’s actions and legal opinions have significantly harmed our community and prevented any substantial and concrete forward movement on LGBT inclusion in city policies and ordinances. In short, McCarley is an enabler of continued bigotry, discrimination and prejudice.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10766/mccarleys-sad-legacy-a-reminder-of-inequality/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Marching backward to the beat of a despotic drum</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10604/marching-backward-to-the-beat-of-a-despotic-drum/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10604/marching-backward-to-the-beat-of-a-despotic-drum/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:10:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10604</guid> <description><![CDATA[Back in December, Vice President Joe Biden said “there’s an inevitability for a national consensus on gay marriage.” It is a theme has been repeated often enough in days of late. There’s plenty of evidence to support such a hypothesis.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10604/marching-backward-to-the-beat-of-a-despotic-drum/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Charlotte, on the cusp of change?</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10444/charlotte-on-the-cusp-of-change/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10444/charlotte-on-the-cusp-of-change/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:13:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pride]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10444</guid> <description><![CDATA[After years of little-to-no progress on LGBT issues in the Queen City, I’m starting to think we might be seeing the very early light of a bright spot in Charlotte. Or, at the least, that’s what I hope I’ve observed as small pieces toward progress fall into place here and there across the city.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10444/charlotte-on-the-cusp-of-change/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bits-n-pieces</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10055/bits-n-pieces/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10055/bits-n-pieces/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 05:09:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10055</guid> <description><![CDATA[There’s a lot going on these days. For me, my personal and professional lives are jam-packed, especially after returning to college again this semester. The community is moving full-steam ahead on many fronts nationally, statewide and locally. It’s hard to fit everything in, but I’m gonna try.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10055/bits-n-pieces/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A bleak legislative outlook</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9930/a-bleak-legislative-outlook/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9930/a-bleak-legislative-outlook/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 05:08:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Triad]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9930</guid> <description><![CDATA[In our Jan. 22 print edition, I explored what Republican Party control might mean for LGBT North Carolinians. It’s been nearly two weeks now since the North Carolina General Assembly opened their legislative session and Republicans have wasted no time in their quest to push through negative legislation that will hurt everyday Tar Heels, especially the “least among us.”]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9930/a-bleak-legislative-outlook/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>East Charlotte gays could have impact</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9730/east-charlotte-gays-could-have-impact/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9730/east-charlotte-gays-could-have-impact/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:11:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9730</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you’re LGBT and live in Charlotte, odds are likely you make your home in the city’s Eastside. If not, at the very least you work, eat, shop or drink here or have friends who live here. With such a great number of LGBTs in East Charlotte, we stand a phenomenal chance to have an impact especially on movement toward better public transit.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9730/east-charlotte-gays-could-have-impact/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>&#8216;Don&#8217;t Ask&#8217; vote makes for surprising sea changes</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9626/dont-ask-vote-makes-for-surprising-sea-changes/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9626/dont-ask-vote-makes-for-surprising-sea-changes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 05:10:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9626</guid> <description><![CDATA[Republican Sen. Richard Burr's vote for "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal is historic, and shows just how far behind Charlotte's "gay-friendly" Democrats are when it comes to LGBT inclusion and equality.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9626/dont-ask-vote-makes-for-surprising-sea-changes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Stop talking. Start walking.</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9508/stop-talking-start-walking/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9508/stop-talking-start-walking/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:10:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9508</guid> <description><![CDATA[Only real political courage will be enough to fix Charlotte's slim and pathetic record of progress. And, while Mayor Anthony Foxx was “there” at the Lesbian &#038; Gay Community Center forum in December, I have doubts whether or not he’ll be “there” for us when it matters the most. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9508/stop-talking-start-walking/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A prayer for Michael Brown</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9424/a-prayer-for-michael-brown/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9424/a-prayer-for-michael-brown/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 23:11:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9424</guid> <description><![CDATA[Concord's Dr. Michael Brown will never recognize or admit his words are hateful or hurtful because he’s blind to the truth, the kind of truth that really sets people free and brings them into a radically inclusive communion with each other, the world around them and the Divine. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9424/a-prayer-for-michael-brown/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>15</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cheat sheet: Preparing for the mayor&#8217;s forum</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9319/cheat-sheet-preparing-for-the-mayors-forum/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9319/cheat-sheet-preparing-for-the-mayors-forum/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:13:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9319</guid> <description><![CDATA[When Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx comes to his forum at the Lesbian &#038; Gay community Center, community leaders and citizens should ask Foxx hard questions and reserve their pats on the back until after pressing issues are taken care of and promises delivered.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9319/cheat-sheet-preparing-for-the-mayors-forum/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mass contradictions</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9152/mass-contradictions/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9152/mass-contradictions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:07:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9152</guid> <description><![CDATA[There’s been an overwhelming outpouring of support for LGBT people recently. Those encouraging words and statements, prompted by September’s string of gay youth suicides, have come from citizens and celebrities alike. But, after this year's elections it all seems to add up to one mass contradiction.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9152/mass-contradictions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Out in the newsroom</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9021/out-in-the-newsroom/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9021/out-in-the-newsroom/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 03:12:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Triad]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9021</guid> <description><![CDATA[As much as we’ve become accustomed to mostly positive coverage of LGBT people and issues by national and local news networks and publications, there was once a time when positive coverage might very well have been no coverage at all.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9021/out-in-the-newsroom/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>It does get better, but only if we make it so</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/8864/it-does-get-better-but-only-if-we-make-it-so/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/8864/it-does-get-better-but-only-if-we-make-it-so/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 04:14:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=8864</guid> <description><![CDATA[“It Gets Better” is an entirely appropriate message to send to young people. It’s a message I wish I could have heard earlier in my coming out process. Though I never actually attempted suicide, the thought crossed my mind more than a couple times. In one instance, I found myself sitting in my bedroom, crying with blade in hand, wrist turned up. Thank God I never went through with it. Thank God I had the opportunity to grow up and learn first-hand that, indeed, life does get better.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/8864/it-does-get-better-but-only-if-we-make-it-so/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Transparency key to social trust</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/8637/transparency-key-to-social-trust/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/8637/transparency-key-to-social-trust/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 04:13:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=8637</guid> <description><![CDATA[Shocked. Seriously, I was. What I thought was a simple, straightforward news story turned into one of our most controversial. As the comment count continued its upward trend, I thought to myself: “Why don’t we ever get this kind of reaction on more important, impactful news pieces and features?”]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/8637/transparency-key-to-social-trust/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Progress in the QC: Credit, where credit is due</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/8302/progress-in-the-qc-credit-where-credit-is-due/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/8302/progress-in-the-qc-credit-where-credit-is-due/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:09:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=8302</guid> <description><![CDATA[While I’m usually the first to dish out criticism (mostly constructive, I hope), I also strive to be among the first to heap praise upon those who hear community concerns and respond to them appropriately. Such is the case with CMPD, which will hold a public forum with LGBT community members and work toward the potential creation of an LGBT police liaison inside the department.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/8302/progress-in-the-qc-credit-where-credit-is-due/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A night at the mosque</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/8150/a-night-at-the-mosque/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/8150/a-night-at-the-mosque/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:13:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=8150</guid> <description><![CDATA[The 30 days between Aug. 11 and Sept. 9 mark one of the holiest times in the Islamic holy year. Like other faiths the world over, Muslims’ holy year marks occasional holidays, fasting and prayer times and moments for reflection and celebration. In Ramadan, Muslims fast during the daylight hours [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/8150/a-night-at-the-mosque/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Missing: Marbles. Reward offered.</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7976/missing-marbles-reward-offered/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7976/missing-marbles-reward-offered/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:07:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7976</guid> <description><![CDATA[Attention! Attention! We interrupt this regularly scheduled broadcast for a special message from Gaston County, N.C. Republican state Sen. Jim Forrester and his wife Mary Frances Forrester announced today at a press conference they had lost their marbles. They’ve been missing for quite some time, they said, and they hope [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7976/missing-marbles-reward-offered/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>LGBT media is safe for good reason</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7784/lgbt-media-is-safe-for-good-reason/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7784/lgbt-media-is-safe-for-good-reason/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:13:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7784</guid> <description><![CDATA[This issue, qnotes takes a look at gay and lesbian locals making an impact in the world of media and entertainment. Our QLiving feature profiles the work of Dalliance Films, a Charlotte-based production company headed by four principals: three gay men and a straight ally. We also profile Samantha Gellar, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7784/lgbt-media-is-safe-for-good-reason/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>It&#8217;s getting harder to be patriotic</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7664/its-getting-harder-to-be-patriotic/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7664/its-getting-harder-to-be-patriotic/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:07:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7664</guid> <description><![CDATA[“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” — Edmund Burke, “Thoughts on the Cause of Present Discontents” (1770) Over the past six months or so I’ve had this very sad, sinking feeling in the pit [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7664/its-getting-harder-to-be-patriotic/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Capstones of history</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7492/capstones-of-history/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7492/capstones-of-history/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:10:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7492</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the past two weeks, we’ve celebrated two important dates. First, we remembered the Stonewall Riots on June 28. The date — expanded over time to include all of June as LGBT Pride Month — marks the beginning of our modern movement for LGBT equality. The second, July 4, is [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7492/capstones-of-history/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>&#8216;Our Mayor&#8217;</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7282/our-mayor/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7282/our-mayor/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:08:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7282</guid> <description><![CDATA[For two decades, Susan Burgess was part-and-parcel of Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s public life. First, as a member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, and then as a member of the Charlotte City Council. She was progressive. She loved her constituents. Overall, she’s among the best of Charlotte’s cadre of elected officials — [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7282/our-mayor/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>QC leaders take note</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7153/qc-leaders-take-note/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7153/qc-leaders-take-note/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:10:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7153</guid> <description><![CDATA[In our May 29 print issue, I took Charlotte’s city leadership (if you can call it “leadership”) to task for their lack of political courage on tackling LGBT issues. At the Charlotte Lesbian &#38; Gay Fund’s “Happening” luncheon on May 13, keynote speaker Mayor Anthony Foxx recounted the history of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7153/qc-leaders-take-note/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Political courage? Not in the QC</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6971/political-courage-not-in-the-qc/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6971/political-courage-not-in-the-qc/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 04:13:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6971</guid> <description><![CDATA[It’s curious that we call our elected officials “leaders,” because the truth of the matter is that most of them rarely, if ever, actually lead on anything. At least, that’s how it seems when it comes to matters of equality and civil rights. Whether we speak of abolition, women’s suffrage, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6971/political-courage-not-in-the-qc/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Transparency: Most Carolinas LGBT orgs get  it</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6716/transparency-most-carolinas-lgbt-orgs-get-it/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6716/transparency-most-carolinas-lgbt-orgs-get-it/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 00:18:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6716</guid> <description><![CDATA[Some time back, I’d noticed a set of great articles in the D.C. LGBT newspaper, Washington Blade. The paper had surveyed 30 national and local LGBT non-profits, as well as examined each group’s 990 forms, the tax returns non-profit organizations submit to the IRS each year. The result of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6716/transparency-most-carolinas-lgbt-orgs-get-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CMPD liaison conversations are needed</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6473/cmpd-liaison-conversations-are-needed/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6473/cmpd-liaison-conversations-are-needed/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 21:08:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6473</guid> <description><![CDATA[In this issue, we’ve got quite a bit of coverage on the April 3 murder of transgender Charlottean Toni Alston (see &#8220;Info sought in Charlotte transgender murder&#8221; and &#8220;Charlotte murder prompts community concern&#8221;). It’s an important, sad and unfortunate situation. We mourn with Alston’s family and friends and hope detectives [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6473/cmpd-liaison-conversations-are-needed/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A simple request, and a final warning</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6296/a-simple-request-and-a-final-warning/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6296/a-simple-request-and-a-final-warning/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:08:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6296</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the world of journalism there are a few things you just don’t do. You don’t fabricate stories. You don’t plagiarize someone else’s work. And, you definitely don’t steal other news publications’ content. Doing any of the three could get you fired, effectively end your career and might possibly result [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6296/a-simple-request-and-a-final-warning/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The more things change…</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6161/the-more-things-change%e2%80%a6/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6161/the-more-things-change%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:01:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6161</guid> <description><![CDATA[The more things change, the more they stay the same, right? Come this fall, it will have been 10 years since I took my first step into gay activism. As a freshman at R.J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem, I started a gay-straight alliance (GSA) barely two weeks after students [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6161/the-more-things-change%e2%80%a6/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Enough is enough. James must go.</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6041/enough-is-enough-james-must-go/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6041/enough-is-enough-james-must-go/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:08:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6041</guid> <description><![CDATA[Blacks and gays. If it isn’t one group, it’s the other. All of Charlotte’s — indeed, the nation’s — problems can be placed directly at the feet of African-Americans and LGBT people. That’s the impression you’d get if all you ever heard was a recounting of current events, news and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6041/enough-is-enough-james-must-go/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Charlotte is asking and telling</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/5764/charlotte-is-asking-and-telling/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/5764/charlotte-is-asking-and-telling/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:11:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Comer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=5764</guid> <description><![CDATA[For a year now, I’ve been involved with a newly established LGBT grassroots group in the Queen City. The Charlotte Rainbow Action Network for Equality (CRANE), born after the LGBT community’s stunning defeat in the California Prop. 8 fight, is a loose and slightly informal network of grassroots activists and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/5764/charlotte-is-asking-and-telling/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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