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QNotes Staff
March 5, 2011 in Guest Commentary by QNotes Staff
With the Democratic National Convention, with its significant inclusion of LGBT officials coming to Charlotte in 2012, it is time for the Charlotte LGBT community to be more visible in putting forward demands for LGBT inclusion and better treatment by both the party organization and the city government.
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Janice Covington
February 18, 2011 in Guest Commentary by Janice Covington
Janice Covington discusses drag history, importance of inclusion: “The art of drag is a very serious part of the LGBT community,” she writes. “Being a drag queen makes you a member of a unique family that many others, either straight or LGBT, don’t understand.”
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QNotes Staff
February 5, 2011 in Guest Commentary by QNotes Staff
While we have come to expect pathetic behavior periodically from Bill James, what was perhaps equally disconcerting was the feeble response by the default party of conscience, the Democratic majority on the county commission.
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Matthew Tsien
January 22, 2011 in Guest Commentary by Matthew Tsien
President Obama created a stir last month when he reiterated that while he doesn’t support gay marriage, he still struggles with the issue. He said his views are “constantly evolving.” [...]
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Darryl Hall
January 8, 2011 in Guest Commentary by Darryl Hall
After reading Dr. Michael Brown’s guest commentary, “Setting the record straight” (Dec. 25, 2010), it is not surprising he still clings to the notions of “lifestyles” when espousing his convictions and judgments against the LGBT. He does deny comparing homosexuality to pedophiles, but goes on to justify this comparison. Just as I wouldn’t compare someone who uses fire to cook or heat with an arsonist, we shouldn’t compare homosexuals to pedophiles. Using an extreme to enable criticism of a group is not only being unfairly judgmental, but denies fundamental facts of humanity that show Dr. Brown’s doctorate is definitely not in biology.
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Dr. Michael Brown
December 25, 2010 in Guest Commentary by Dr. Michael Brown
In a recent editorial, Matt Comer says I supposedly compare “homosexuality to child rape” and that I “paint gay people in the same light as child rapists.” Is this true? God forbid! Dr. Michael Brown responds to Comer’s “A Prayer for Michael Brown.”
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Matt Comer
November 27, 2010 in Guest Commentary by Matt Comer
The statistics are scary. In places like Washington, D.C., and 19 of the largest U.S. cities, the facts and figures take on new meaning, as more and more people contract HIV and are left to live with the disease, the cultural and institutional stigma and health disparities.
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QNotes Staff
August 21, 2010 in Guest Commentary by QNotes Staff
by Mark Wisniewski, Charlotte, N.C. [Ed. Note — An edited version of this commentary was printed in The Charlotte Observer on Aug. 15. The longer, unabridged version was also submitted [...]
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QNotes Staff
July 24, 2010 in Guest Commentary by QNotes Staff
by Hilda L. Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor It’s been 17 years since Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) — groundbreaking legislation that allows parents to take [...]
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Charlie Smith
October 31, 2009 in Guest Commentary, Opinion by Charlie Smith
Four of the five anti-gay resolutions presented at the Special Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina were easily passed by the clergy and lay delegates on Oct. 23. [...]
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QNotes Staff
September 19, 2009 in Guest Commentary, Opinion by QNotes Staff
by Beth Sherouse, Columbia, S.C. Since movement veteran Cleve Jones announced plans for a national gay rights march on Washington following the passage of California’s Prop. 8 last November, reactions [...]
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Ed Madden
May 30, 2009 in Guest Commentary, Opinion by Ed Madden
We are all equal, but some of us are more equal than others. That’s the fundamental assertion of inequality at the heart of that classic novel “Animal Farm,” by George [...]
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QNotes Staff
May 2, 2009 in Guest Commentary, Opinion by QNotes Staff
by Matthew L. Adams, Greenville, N.C Have we become too gay? Almost every gay male role in the movies and on television is portrayed as stereotypically feminine. When did men [...]
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QNotes Staff
May 2, 2009 in Guest Commentary, Opinion by QNotes Staff
by Janice Covington, Charlotte, N.C. Prostitution is on the rise in our community, especially among our transgender brothers and sisters. Some say that participation in prostitution for a transgender person [...]
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QNotes Staff
April 4, 2009 in Guest Commentary, Opinion by QNotes Staff
by Monica Simpson A dear community organizer, Shane Windmeyer, wrote an incredible guest commentary (“Imagine: $700,000 for local LGBT advocacy & support,” March 21), in which he raised the question [...]
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Joseph Urbaniak
February 7, 2009 in Guest Commentary, Opinion by Joseph Urbaniak
I would like to thank Matt Comer for his editorial in the Jan. 10 issue. He made some very good points about me and the purpose of my writing. I [...]
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Kevin Scott
January 10, 2009 in Guest Commentary, Opinion by Kevin Scott
After reading the most recent column from convicted child molester Joseph Urbaniak in Q-Notes, I felt compelled to voice my concerns to the editors. I have been a long-time reader [...]
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Sabrina Love (Nathan Shook)
December 27, 2008 in Guest Commentary, Opinion by Sabrina Love (Nathan Shook)
I was once told that having privilege comes with great responsibility. With that thought in mind, let me begin by wishing you a joyous holiday season and hoping that you, [...]
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Alvin McEwen
December 13, 2008 in Guest Commentary, Opinion by Alvin McEwen
I keep hearing all of this nonsense about us LGBTs attacking people, about us using intimidation and violence to oppress people, about us somehow being ugly aggressors. Newt Gingrich (who [...]
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Daniel Myers
Working towards equality in the American workforce
May 14, 2011 in Guest Commentary by Daniel Myers
To end discrimination-based sexual orientation and gender identity in the American workforce, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community must work together for the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), a bill that would provide job protection based on employees’ sexual orientation or gender identity in both the public and private sector workforce.
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