Gay Charlotte and LGBTQ Carolina News, Arts & Entertainment
Retired banker Robert Frank Dogens is well-known in Charlotte’s prominent finance sector as a former senior vice president at Wells Fargo, but he’s made as much of an impact, if not more, as a community activist.
The year of 2018 saw many challenges and changes on the landscape of the LGBTQ and allied environment. And among those changes were the deaths of several individuals who came from a cross section of society who contributed in significant ways to the world in which we live.
Nikolai Mather has earned more than a few impressive distinctions. With a combination of persistence, talent and audacity, he’s become a college student, a leader, an activist, a pioneer — and most recently, a journalist.
Chely Wright is an award-winning country singer-songwriter and LGBT activist.
Adam Rippon is an Olympic figure skater and an advocate for LGBT rights. In 2018 he became the first openly gay American athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics.
Ann Northrop is a pioneering journalist and news producer who spearheaded media strategy for ACT UP and AIDS awareness during the height of the epidemic
Mmapaseka “Steve” Letsike is a leading South African HIV/AIDS and LGBTI activist.
Chi Chia-wei is a pioneering Taiwanese gay rights activist and marriage equality champion. He helped make Taiwan the first nation in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.
Francisco J. “El Jimagua” Cartagena Méndez is a Puerto Rican writer and well-known human rights activist.
Richard D. Burns is a longtime LGBT community leader and organizer.
