News Briefs for 08.07.20
Beyond the Carolinas
News briefs from across the globe for 08.07.20.
Local & Regional LGBTQ Community Resources
Providing Support for All
Resources for the LGBTQ, progressive and allied communities are provided for qnotes’ readers as a starting point for discovering places to receive services and support.
Advocates Continue the Fight Online for HIV Virtually Speaks on Jones Street 2020
Carolinas News Notes
Patients, healthcare providers, community leaders and advocates continued their advocacy online on June 10 for HIV Virtually Speaks on Jones Street 2020, the annual statewide HIV and hepatitis advocacy day.
Arts Activist Focuses on Community Needs
Uses 'Gift' to Challenge Societal Norms
Google Jermaine Nakia Lee, and the summation below: “I’ve always believed CREATIVES & LGBTQIA folk have been given a special assignment by God — to challenge societal norms that seek to divide us with our gifts and with our very presence. God seems to like to use ‘the least of us’ to.”
Remembering a Leader: Larry Kramer
In Memoriam: 1935-2020
We lost a great leader with the death of Larry Kramer. Larry was an accomplished man, earning a degree from Yale, an Academy Award nomination as a screenwriter, a two-time Obie winner, Pulitzer prize nominee and activist.
We Need Medicaid Expansion
Expanding Medicaid has been on the HIV advocacy agenda for several years. Now that North Carolinians are living with the impact of a global pandemic, the need for action on access to care is critical.
Non-Profits Seek Support
Local LGBTQ Organizations Struggle to Make Budgets during COVID-19
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer non-profits throughout Charlotte are constantly fundraising, but with COVID-19 these vital organizations are struggling to meet their budgets with canceled events, a plethora of grant opportunities and reduced individual support.
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