Streaming National Lavender Graduation
Campus Pride in partnership with PFLAG National will host a national “Lavender Graduation” for LGBTQ+ and ally graduates of the Class of 2020 to celebrate and honor their achievements.
Social Connectiveness at a Distance
Time Out Youth Goes Virtual to Support Area Youth
In its 39-year history, Time Out Youth Center (TOY) has, in one way or another, provided face-to-face support for area youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning. That all changed during the week of March 22, as Charlotte and Mecklenburg County joined the growing list of areas around the country under a “stay at home” order.
Remembering Dan Kirsch
Former QNotes Editor and Community Leader Dies at Age 66
At a recent meeting of the LGBTQ Elders Steering Committee, co-chair Cindy Hostetler said, “Every LGBTQ organization today (in Charlotte, N.C.) ties back to Dan Kirsch.” Kirsch died suddenly on Friday, Feb. 21. He was 66.
‘STRONG’ participants take on capitol
Carolinas News Notes
On Feb. 8 a crowd of 30,000 individuals marched and rallied in downtown Raleigh at the 14th annual Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) People’s Assembly and Moral March.
NC NAACP to Make History at HKonJ
Organization Establishes Largest Contingency of LGBTQ People and Allies for People’s March and Rally
The HKonJ (Historic Thousands on Jones Street) will host its largest assembly of LGBTQ people and allies from throughout the state and across the nation for its Feb. 8 People’s Assembly March and Rally in Raleigh. The theme is 1000 STRONG.
North Carolina ranks high nationally for LGBTQ-friendly hospitals
North Carolina Had the Fourth-Highest Number of Health Care Institution ‘Leaders’ in an Annual Survey-Based Report from an LGBTQ Rights Group.
In a state where advocates for transgender health still shudder remembering HB2, the “bathroom bill” of 2016, area hospitals have stepped up in their treatment of LGBTQ patients.
Stonewall 50 finally gets our history right
LGBT History Month: The Truth of What Happened
Something very strange happened during last June’s celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. The LGBTQ community, especially those of us from Gay Liberation Front New York realized how the history we created from 1969 to 1971 was being distorted by those who had recorded it.
#TeamPregnantDad: Resources
Resources, help available for transgender people in Charlotte and beyond
The Charlotte Observer provided this abbreviated list of resources to accompany #TeamPregnantDad, a five-part news series that follows Liam Johns, a transgender man from Charlotte, on his journey from pregnancy to fatherhood.
The Queen City: A Pride Retrospective
The Early Years of Pride Events in Charlotte
Pride events in Charlotte grew out of the activism of the 1970’s, such as the short-lived Charlotte Gay Alliance co-founded by the late Don King in 1972, and a chapter of Dignity, organized in 1977, and later changed to Acceptance to expand its diversity and outreach.
Our People: Tina Wright and Nikki Lynn Thomas
King-Henry-Brockington Archivists
Tina Wright and Nikki Lynn Thomas are both archivists at J. Murray Atkins Library at University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) involved with the King-Henry-Brockington Archive, a collection of materials relating to LGBTQ history in Charlotte.
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