Gay Charlotte and LGBTQ Carolina News, Arts & Entertainment
9/18 // CHARLOTTE • 9/19 // RALEIGH Lady Gaga Before departing to Europe, the Monster Queen will make her last 2010 U.S. tour stops in North Carolina, starting with the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte and then at the RBC Center in Raleigh. 9/18 // RALEIGH • 9/19 // CHARLOTTE Tom Petty and the …
In our Sept. 4 print edition, qnotes treated our Columbia readers to a special treat. Readers and visitors to the SC Pride festival will have a one-stop shop of LGBT community resources, faith institutions, HIV/AIDS service organizations, nightlife options and other LGBT-friendly resources and listings in our InFocus: Columbia. For those listings, check out our …
RALEIGH — Equality NC Foundation (ENCF) was one of five organizations selected to be showcased as a success story in online videos celebrating the diversity of their work. The Gill Foundation, which provides grants to those who work on a variety of issues, has produced the video highlights which shows how ENCF helped to obtain …
CHARLOTTE — The Wesley Mancini Foundation has announced that it is accepting applications until Oct. 1 for the grant period of Jan.1-Dec. 31, 2011. Grants are awarded to fund specific projects and are not awarded to cover general operating expenses. The Wesley Mancini Foundation is one of a few United States foundations dedicated solely to …
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 and refrain from food, drink …
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 unusual physical maneuver and delivered …
A new report released Aug. 24 by the National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) explores the reasons why sexual minority youth smoke and suggests strategies for prevention. The study, “Coming Out About Smoking: Tobacco Use in the LGBTQ Young Adult Community,” finds that sexual minority youth are likely to smoke due to unique stressors such as …
STATEWIDE — North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Alliance (NC GALA) was recently the focus in an article in NC Lawyers Weekly. The feature described how Dan Ellison graduated from the University of North Carolina Law School in 1984, but with anxieties unlike most of his classmates who were preparing themselves for the bar exam. …
Amy takes the stage CARRBORO — Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray will take to the stage on Nov. 12 at Cat’s Cradle, 300 E. Main St., at 8:30 p.m. Since her first solo album “Stag” was released in 2001, Ray has been touring both solo and with Indigo Girls’ with Emily Sailers, playing gigs across the …
ROCKY MOUNT — Parents and Friends of Lesbian and Gays (PFLAG) will hold a pancake fundraiser on Sept. 25 at 8-10 a.m. at Applebees, 1120 North Wesleyan Blvd. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased in advance or at the door. The chapter meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at …
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