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><channel><title>QNotes &#187; General Gayety</title> <atom:link href="http://goqnotes.com/to/opinion/general-gayety/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://goqnotes.com</link> <description>Carolina LGBT arts, entertainment, news, views</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:51 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator> <item><title>Gay travel buzz</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14280/gay-travel-buzz/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14280/gay-travel-buzz/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:07:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14280</guid> <description><![CDATA[I used to be a travel writer, but these days I’m ignorant about international travel. I don’t even know where gays with money — in this economy, all six of them — go abroad on vacation.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14280/gay-travel-buzz/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Perry and Lawrence v Texas: Oops!</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14197/perry-and-lawrence-v-texas-oops/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14197/perry-and-lawrence-v-texas-oops/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:09:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14197</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rick Perry jumped into the Republican presidential race in August and a spate of verbal blunders followed. The Texas governor is on gaffe-ing gas.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14197/perry-and-lawrence-v-texas-oops/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Helping out on the resolution front</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/14077/helping-out-on-the-resolution-front/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/14077/helping-out-on-the-resolution-front/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:10:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=14077</guid> <description><![CDATA[I’ve taken the liberty of composing New Year’s resolutions for individuals who are just too busy to do it themselves.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/14077/helping-out-on-the-resolution-front/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Iowa teen argues the good argument</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/13991/iowa-teen-argues-the-good-argument/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/13991/iowa-teen-argues-the-good-argument/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:09:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=13991</guid> <description><![CDATA[I give Jane Schmidt a world of credit. The Iowa high school student held her own in an exchange with Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann. At Schmidt’s age, shaking a candidate’s hand was enough to make me forget my name.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/13991/iowa-teen-argues-the-good-argument/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kiss and sell</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/13886/kiss-and-sell/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/13886/kiss-and-sell/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:08:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=13886</guid> <description><![CDATA[Diplomacy suddenly got a whole lot friendlier. Leaders of nations and leaders of faiths, instead of shaking hands, are kissing each other on the lips.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/13886/kiss-and-sell/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Enquiring about Chaz</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/13430/enquiring-about-chaz/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/13430/enquiring-about-chaz/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:12:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=13430</guid> <description><![CDATA[The National Enquirer claims in a Nov. 14 cover story that Chaz Bono will die within four years due to his gender transition. The corpse-to-be is perturbed. His lawyer sent a cease and desist letter to the tabloid, accusing it of defamation and demanding a printed retraction and apology.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/13430/enquiring-about-chaz/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Certain sapphic addictions</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/13275/certain-sapphic-addictions/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/13275/certain-sapphic-addictions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:13:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=13275</guid> <description><![CDATA[My partner and I are both going through withdrawal. It ain’t pretty. We’re not addicted to drugs, alcohol, porn, sex, love, cigarettes, texting or gambling. I’ll bet you a case of gin we’re not. No, our addictions have a lesbian flair. Anne is mad for the Seattle Lesbian &#038; Gay Film Festival, while I’m obsessed with women’s professional basketball.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/13275/certain-sapphic-addictions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>16 reasons we should be protesting</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/13061/16-reasons-we-should-be-protesting/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/13061/16-reasons-we-should-be-protesting/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:08:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=13061</guid> <description><![CDATA[My view of the Occupy Wall Street protest is that it’s an unfocused jumble, but, at least, somebody’s doing something. At last. What began with a few dozen demonstrators on Wall Street has grown into a national conniption over corporate greed and government collusion.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/13061/16-reasons-we-should-be-protesting/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Unreal: The Haggards on reality TV</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/12900/unreal-the-haggards-on-reality-tv/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/12900/unreal-the-haggards-on-reality-tv/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:07:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=12900</guid> <description><![CDATA[By now you’ve heard — and maybe not believed — that disgraced preacher Ted Haggard and his wife Gayle will appear on “Celebrity Wife Swap.” Actor Gary Busey and his baby mama Steffanie Sampson are scheduled to be the other fun couple.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/12900/unreal-the-haggards-on-reality-tv/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Find me a find</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/12664/find-me-a-find/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/12664/find-me-a-find/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:09:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=12664</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yente would plotz. The matchmaker in “Fiddler on the Roof” would have a coronary over the kind of matchmaking being practiced these days. And, by a rabbi, no less. The shmendrik.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/12664/find-me-a-find/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A touch of the Divine in Florida</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/12485/a-touch-of-the-divine-in-florida/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/12485/a-touch-of-the-divine-in-florida/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:12:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=12485</guid> <description><![CDATA[Whether or not you’ve heard of Jerry Buell, in a few minutes you’re going to find it hard to forget him. Buell is a high school teacher in Mount Dora, Fla., who posted on Facebook that he “almost threw up” when he heard about New York’s legalization of gay marriage. He said same-sex unions were part of a “cesspool,” and called them a “sin.”]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/12485/a-touch-of-the-divine-in-florida/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Same gender means some problems</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/12188/same-gender-means-some-problems/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/12188/same-gender-means-some-problems/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=12188</guid> <description><![CDATA[You might enter into a same-sex relationship thinking you know all the troubles that lie ahead. Discrimination, rejection by family and friends, spending eternity in hell — none of that is news. But, I’ll bet you never considered the bundle of difficulties caused by being in a relationship with someone who’s a lot like you. Someone with whom you share everything from chromosomes to conditioner.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/12188/same-gender-means-some-problems/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A donkey’s work is never done</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/12112/a-donkeys-work-is-never-done/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/12112/a-donkeys-work-is-never-done/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:08:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=12112</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jerusalem just held its Pride parade and over 4,000 people marched. There were protesters and one person was arrested for throwing stink bombs, but on the whole, Jerusalem’s 10th annual March for Pride and Tolerance went well.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/12112/a-donkeys-work-is-never-done/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gay history lands in the lesson plan</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11912/gay-history-lands-in-the-lesson-plan/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11912/gay-history-lands-in-the-lesson-plan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:09:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11912</guid> <description><![CDATA[News item: California is the first state to require public schools to include the contributions of LGBT people in social studies curricula.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11912/gay-history-lands-in-the-lesson-plan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pride notes to self</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11793/pride-notes-to-self/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11793/pride-notes-to-self/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 04:07:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11793</guid> <description><![CDATA[I had a peachy time marching in Seattle’s Pride parade. My partner Anne and I, members of a Unitarian Universalist church in Seattle, marched with a host of Unitarians representing churches from all over Puget Sound. Now it behooves me to make a few notes about this year’s experience, just to ensure next year things go downright seamlessly.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11793/pride-notes-to-self/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Let my people kiss</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11700/let-my-people-kiss/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11700/let-my-people-kiss/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:10:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11700</guid> <description><![CDATA[Among the security guards at Target Field in Minneapolis, one stands out for his overriding moral concerns. The fellow is a little tin Moses and the stadium is his Mount Sinai. With mustard and relish.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11700/let-my-people-kiss/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Flying the colors</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11459/flying-the-colors/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11459/flying-the-colors/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:09:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11459</guid> <description><![CDATA[At the start of June, citizens of Richmond, Va., noticed an addition to the flagpole outside the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Underneath the American flag waved a rainbow flag. The two banners, Old Glory and Newish Pride-y, flapped in the breeze.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11459/flying-the-colors/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Squeeze play</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11374/squeeze-play/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11374/squeeze-play/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:09:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11374</guid> <description><![CDATA[In just a week, four male sports figures came out. From the basketball world, Rick Welts, the CEO of the Phoenix Suns, and Will Sheridan, a former player at Villanova, went public. Pro bowler Scott Norton and ESPN sports reporter Jared Max decided it was time, too.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11374/squeeze-play/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The nuptial news</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11205/the-nuptial-news/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11205/the-nuptial-news/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 04:08:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11205</guid> <description><![CDATA[There’s been a lot of marriage news lately. But, enough about the Royal Wedding. On these shores, the struggle for same-sex marriage has been as wobbly as a tipsy bride. Look at Rhode Island. Hopes were high that Little Rhody would become the sixth state to allow gay marriage. But, House Speaker Gordon Fox announced the legislation wouldn’t pass the Senate, so he was backing civil unions instead.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11205/the-nuptial-news/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Karger has a shot</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/11009/karger-has-a-shot/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/11009/karger-has-a-shot/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 04:15:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=11009</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you haven’t heard of Fred Karger, you have an awful lot of company. Karger is a retired political consultant from California. He’s also a gay activist and he’s running for the presidency. As a Republican. Clearly this is a fellow who fancies adventure.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/11009/karger-has-a-shot/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Chests out, slogans on</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10851/chests-out-slogans-on/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10851/chests-out-slogans-on/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:06:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10851</guid> <description><![CDATA[In my last column, I discussed the role T-shirts with slogans play in the battle over gay rights. It occurred to me, aside from the T-shirts I’ve read about that have caused ruckuses in schools and elsewhere, I don’t know what kinds of pro-gay and anti-gay T-shirts are available these days.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10851/chests-out-slogans-on/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The fabric of our lives</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10777/the-fabric-of-our-lives/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10777/the-fabric-of-our-lives/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:09:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10777</guid> <description><![CDATA[We Americans like to express ourselves with our chests. I’m not speaking of Jane Russell or even Arnold Schwarzenegger. I’m talking about our proclivity for wearing T-shirts with slogans on them. Americans have been human billboards for decades.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10777/the-fabric-of-our-lives/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The word is out</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10611/the-word-is-out/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10611/the-word-is-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:09:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10611</guid> <description><![CDATA[At Wayne State University in Detroit, the Word Warriors wave the banner on behalf of the English language’s neglected words. Last year the Warriors released a list of words they hoped to rescue from disuse. As the obliging type, I wanted to assist the restoration effort. So, I tested all 15 words to see if they fit snugly with my LGBT subject matter.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10611/the-word-is-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The sandwich-generation lesbian</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10464/the-sandwich-generation-lesbian/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10464/the-sandwich-generation-lesbian/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:11:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10464</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ever heard of the Lingerie Football League? It’s a women’s football league where the women wear helmets, shoulder pads, bras, panties and garters. Billed as “true fantasy football,” the teams have names like the Los Angeles Temptation and the Dallas Desire.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10464/the-sandwich-generation-lesbian/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Scampering through the news</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10282/scampering-through-the-news/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10282/scampering-through-the-news/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 05:08:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10282</guid> <description><![CDATA[You might want to do a few stretches before reading this. We’re about to race through the GLBT news and I don’t want to be blamed if you strain something. I don’t have insurance.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10282/scampering-through-the-news/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Where no gays have gone before</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/10068/where-no-gays-have-gone-before/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/10068/where-no-gays-have-gone-before/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 05:08:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=10068</guid> <description><![CDATA[Brannon Braga, who produced many of the episodes and feature films in the “Star Trek” universe, told AfterElton.com that the franchise’s lack of gay characters was “a shame.” His new show, “Terra Nova,” so far also has no gay characters.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/10068/where-no-gays-have-gone-before/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gay stamp of approval</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9938/gay-stamp-of-approval/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9938/gay-stamp-of-approval/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 05:05:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9938</guid> <description><![CDATA[I’ve kept a secret for years. Now, it’s time for me to come out — as a stamp collector. I’m throwing off my shame. I’m a nerd and I’m proud!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9938/gay-stamp-of-approval/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gay elf says end ‘discriminatory’ policy</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9768/gay-elf-says-end-discriminatory-policy/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9768/gay-elf-says-end-discriminatory-policy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:09:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9768</guid> <description><![CDATA[It’s always quiet at Santa’s Workshop in the first half of January. Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus are in Hawaii and the elves are sleeping. But not one elf. Smizzle, the lead choo-choo train builder, kept his eyes open long enough to call for an end to “Shut Up, Make Toys” (SUMT), Santa’s long-standing policy on gay and lesbian employees.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9768/gay-elf-says-end-discriminatory-policy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hopes for the New Year</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9639/hopes-for-the-new-year/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9639/hopes-for-the-new-year/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 05:04:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9639</guid> <description><![CDATA[As 2010 drew to a close, I’m was looking ahead. Here are some of my hopes for the LGBT community in 2011, along with a few predictions.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9639/hopes-for-the-new-year/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Winging their way to gayness</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9512/winging-their-way-to-gayness/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9512/winging-their-way-to-gayness/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:08:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9512</guid> <description><![CDATA[Scientists in Florida have discovered that when male white ibises eat too much mercury, they turn gay. Don’t blame an overbearing ibis mother. Blame the metal.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9512/winging-their-way-to-gayness/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Transgender steps forward</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9431/transgender-steps-forward/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9431/transgender-steps-forward/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 23:09:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9431</guid> <description><![CDATA[Recently our community marked the 12th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, a somber day devoted to memorializing those murdered for their gender identity.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9431/transgender-steps-forward/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Look homeward, lesbian</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9326/look-homeward-lesbian/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9326/look-homeward-lesbian/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:10:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9326</guid> <description><![CDATA[It was a North Carolina author, Thomas Wolfe, who wrote “You Can’t Go Home Again.” My partner Anne decided to ignore him and go home to North Carolina anyway.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9326/look-homeward-lesbian/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Finding your festival pace</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9161/finding-your-festival-pace/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9161/finding-your-festival-pace/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:05:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9161</guid> <description><![CDATA[I looked in my partner’s eyes. “Go on without me,” I breathed. “Leave me behind. I don’t have the strength. Promise me you’ll keep going.” Tenderly she said, “Leslie, it’s just a damn movie.”]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9161/finding-your-festival-pace/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>All aboard the crazy train</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/9026/all-aboard-the-crazy-train/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/9026/all-aboard-the-crazy-train/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 03:08:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=9026</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lately the crazy train has picked up speed. I don’t know if it’s the upcoming midterm elections or people are scared by gay court victories or what, but we’re in a period of nutty.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/9026/all-aboard-the-crazy-train/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DADT’s hectic September</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/8872/dadt%e2%80%99s-hectic-september/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/8872/dadt%e2%80%99s-hectic-september/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 04:12:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=8872</guid> <description><![CDATA[Boy, there’s been a lot of action around Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) lately. Let’s all follow the bouncing ball.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/8872/dadt%e2%80%99s-hectic-september/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>They meant well</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/8650/they-meant-well/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/8650/they-meant-well/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 04:10:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=8650</guid> <description><![CDATA[We’ve reached a point in America where many companies seek to do right by gay people. Once in a while, they get bit on the butt for it.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/8650/they-meant-well/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Youth, meth and going viral</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/8312/youth-meth-and-going-viral/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/8312/youth-meth-and-going-viral/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:38:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=8312</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jordan Duran, 26, struggled in his hometown of Puyallup, about 35 miles south of Seattle. By the age of five, he knew he was different from other boys. In high school he seized on religion. Duran even went to a therapist who “specialized” in reversing homosexuality. During his senior year, he came out. After graduation he headed for Seattle, and was introduced to ecstasy, ketamine, GHB and then meth.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/8312/youth-meth-and-going-viral/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>You&#8217;re outta here!</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/8168/youre-outta-here/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/8168/youre-outta-here/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:12:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=8168</guid> <description><![CDATA[Even if you don’t like baseball, you’ve probably seen video of a manager vociferously arguing a call with an umpire. The manager might throw his cap. He might throw a base. He might throw out his back throwing a base. Brent Bowers, skipper of a minor league team, performed an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/8168/youre-outta-here/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Back in the news groove</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7979/back-in-the-news-groove/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7979/back-in-the-news-groove/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:05:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7979</guid> <description><![CDATA[I’ve shirked my duty. I haven’t provided you with an LGBT news quiz in an eon. Shocking behavior. I’m back on the case now, ready to help you figure out whether you know your news. For each multiple-choice question below, circle the right answer. Or the wrong one — in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7979/back-in-the-news-groove/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Victory for Argentina</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7793/victory-for-argentina/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7793/victory-for-argentina/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:10:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7793</guid> <description><![CDATA[Argentina suffered a distinct blow when its promising soccer team was bounced from the World Cup. What did the country do to pick up its spirits? It passed gay marriage. Argentina is the first nation in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage. Gays and lesbians in Argentina will have all [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7793/victory-for-argentina/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Change tackles the rugby world</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7672/change-tackles-the-rugby-world/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7672/change-tackles-the-rugby-world/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:06:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7672</guid> <description><![CDATA[Things do change. Consider the case of Gareth Thomas, an international rugby star. The Welshman is 6’3” and a muscular 225 pounds. He’s busted his nose five times, fractured both shoulders and a hip and an arm, lost eight teeth and been concussed an average of three times a year. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7672/change-tackles-the-rugby-world/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DADT: Truth and sense gone AWOL</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7507/dadt-truth-and-sense-gone-awol/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7507/dadt-truth-and-sense-gone-awol/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:09:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7507</guid> <description><![CDATA[The things they say. Politicians and advocates opposed to the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) have provided a chain of ignorant remarks and fantastical claims. I suppose when fear is your main motivator, your lips come out swinging. In May, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., chatted on American Family [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7507/dadt-truth-and-sense-gone-awol/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lit and flicks sustain the newly out</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7291/lit-and-flicks-sustain-the-newly-out/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7291/lit-and-flicks-sustain-the-newly-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:06:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7291</guid> <description><![CDATA[I asked my friend Louisa about her weekend plans. She said she intended to cozy up with a lesbian romance. It’s not that Louisa doesn’t have anyone real with whom to cozy up. She’s a year into her first lesbian relationship and that’s the point. Because she’s in love, because [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7291/lit-and-flicks-sustain-the-newly-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A well-earned comeuppance</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/7172/a-well-earned-comeuppance/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/7172/a-well-earned-comeuppance/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:09:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=7172</guid> <description><![CDATA[Since entering Congress in 1994, Indiana Republican Mark Souder focused on changing America’s moral direction. Now we know whose moral direction got changed. The eight-term congressman, a pillar of family values, recently resigned his seat, saying that he had “sinned against God, my wife and my family by having a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/7172/a-well-earned-comeuppance/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>George Rekers&#8217; European vacation</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6986/george-rekers-european-vacation/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6986/george-rekers-european-vacation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 04:11:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6986</guid> <description><![CDATA[As a Baptist minister, a co-founder of the Family Research Council and a board member of the National Association for Research &#38; Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), George Rekers has been a relentless leader of the Christian right for decades. He lifted the banner of anti-gay activism, but now he can’t [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6986/george-rekers-european-vacation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Fences</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6750/fences/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6750/fences/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 00:17:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6750</guid> <description><![CDATA[Poet Robert Frost, playwright August Wilson and novelist Mark Twain got literary mileage out of fences. Now, instead of writing about a fence, Chris Trumbull has written on a fence. He didn’t create literature; he created graffiti. Or, it would be graffiti if he’d written on someone else’s fence. Trumbull [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6750/fences/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gay news that’s fit to print</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6483/gay-news-that%e2%80%99s-fit-to-print/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6483/gay-news-that%e2%80%99s-fit-to-print/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 21:07:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6483</guid> <description><![CDATA[“I’m doing your research for you.” Anne was all smiles, but her words had made me all nervous. Someone choosing a topic for me to write about is often as welcome as someone choosing my clothes for the day. I could wind up in paisley. My partner’s enthusiasm was undeniable. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6483/gay-news-that%e2%80%99s-fit-to-print/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The lot of the LGBT elder</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6304/the-lot-of-the-lgbt-elder/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6304/the-lot-of-the-lgbt-elder/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:07:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6304</guid> <description><![CDATA[As if arthritis and profuse nose hair weren’t enough. Aging is already loaded with physical and emotional challenges. Now we hear that LGBT elders face a distinct set of burdens in addition. It gives growing old all the appeal of a colostomy bag. Called the first major collaboration between LGBT [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6304/the-lot-of-the-lgbt-elder/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Fighting for the right party</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6167/fighting-for-the-right-party/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6167/fighting-for-the-right-party/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:09:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6167</guid> <description><![CDATA[The month of March has come to mean one thing to me: prom struggles. Last year, I wrote about a lesbian in Indiana who sued her school district for the right to wear a tuxedo to her prom. She was represented by the ACLU and Men’s Wearhouse. Now a case [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6167/fighting-for-the-right-party/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Generously running interference</title><link>http://goqnotes.com/6055/generously-running-interference/</link> <comments>http://goqnotes.com/6055/generously-running-interference/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:07:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Leslie Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Gayety]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://goqnotes.com/?p=6055</guid> <description><![CDATA[For the first time, the Navy will let women serve on submarines. Personally, I’d sooner serve on a garbage barge than spend months trapped underwater, but I’m sure the idea appeals to some. Submarines are the only class of ship from which women have been barred, so this is a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://goqnotes.com/6055/generously-running-interference/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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