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Reigning “RuPaul’s Drag Race” queen Bianca Del Rio is slated to perform at Charlotte Pride this month, just weeks after winning season six on the famed Logo show and jetsetting around the globe to take in victorious applauses.
Charlotte Pride has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years. Organizers say the event, this year scheduled for Aug. 16-17, will grow again as they welcome headliners LeAnn Rimes and Sevyn Streeter to Uptown Charlotte.
Charlotte Pride Week is chocked full of fun and entertaining things to do all across the Queen City.
Last year, when anti-LGBT violence broke out in Charlotte’s Russian sister city of Voronezh, local LGBT activists in the Queen City stepped up and asked Charlotte City Council to sever its ties with the city.
Two weeks ago, in the July 18, 2014, print edition, I wrote that North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory had missed a unique opportunity to tip his hat in the direction of inclusion and set this state, his office and his party apart from anti-LGBT politics of division
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Amidst great progress for LGBTQ people in The United Methodist Church, many friends and family members have asked me why I would leave a denomination that is showing great hope for the future inclusion of queer people.
Readers respond to and converse on our July 21 report on former Charlotte restaurant owner K.C. Terry (goqnotes.com/30421/), recently arrested for theft in Asheville and facing several charges relating to the solicitation and prostitution of teenagers.
Richard Grimstad, 35, and Craig Hopkins, 49, have been co-directors of Charlotte Pride for two years, overseeing its growth in Uptown Charlotte and the reintroduction of a local LGBT Pride parade. With Charlotte Pride just two weeks away, qnotes thought it’d be a great time to catch up with the two leaders, chat a bit and learn more about them
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