Print Edition 2019-05-03

LGBTQ homeownership below national average

Majority of NAGLREP Members Believe Current White House Policies are Having Negative Impact on LGBTQs Confidence to Buy or Sell Homes

National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals News Sources on May 3, 2019

The third annual “LGBT Real Estate Report” … found that housing discrimination — and the fear of it — continues to have a profound impact on LGBTQ homeownership levels that are currently at 49 percent, far below the national average of 65 percent.

New report details unique challenges, rewards for LGBTQ people who call rural America home

Rural Life Amplifies Impact of Both Acceptance and Discrimination, But Millions of Rural LGBT People Have Few Legal Protections

Movement Advancement Project News Sources on May 3, 2019

Popular culture images of LGBTQ individuals suggest that most LGBTQ people live in cities or on the coasts. Yet an estimated 2.9-3.8 million LGBTQ people call rural America home.

Local Realtors Talk Real Estate Trends

Charlotte-Area Pros Share Views

Zachary Harris/Matt Stone/Stephen Wentz on May 3, 2019

Knowing the latest in real estate trends in the Charlotte-area helps buyers and sellers when it comes to navigating the market. qnotes reached out to a few of them to get their take on the local scene.

Rural LGBTQ activists push back against ‘hillbilly’ stereotypes

Taking a Look at Marginalized Communities

Emily Holter on May 3, 2019

There are large populations of people of color, indigenous persons and queer individuals who call the mountains their home. Often forgotten by their own country, these marginalized communities stand in the face of adversity every day.

Finding a ‘home’ with the Lord and each other

Spiritual Reflections

Shea Watts on May 3, 2019

As faith leaders, how do we reckon with this? How do we care for those that are being priced out of their neighborhoods, uprooted from their communities and displaced with no place to go?

Girl talk

An interview with Garrison Starr

Gregg Shapiro on May 3, 2019

Singer/songwriter Garrison Starr, a Grammy-nominee for her songwriting work on Margaret Cho’s “American Myth” album, is back in a big way. “Girl I Used to Be,” Starr’s highly-anticipated new album, is scheduled for release later this year.

Arenas and Sex

Jesse’s Journal

Jesse Monteagudo on May 3, 2019

In his autobiography “Before Night Falls” (Antes Que Anochezca), the late Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas (1944-1990) wrote about his sexual encounters with nominally straight males in 1960s Havana: “These areas were full of recruits and students, single men who were locked up in barracks or schools and went out at night eager for sex.

Managing your persistent fears, anxieties and stresses

Mental Health: Finding Ways to Quiet the Inner Noise

Stanley Popovich on May 3, 2019

Everybody deals with anxiety and depression, however some people have a difficult time in managing it.

If you can ‘Dish’ it…

Dishing with Buff Faye

Buff Faye on May 3, 2019

They say “if you can ‘dish it,’ you can take it.” But I say let’s just “eat it.”

AFFA offers rainbow flags to community after flag burning incident

Carolinas News Notes

Lainey Millen on May 3, 2019

In response to a reported rainbow flag burning incident in West Ashley during mid-April, the Alliance For Full Acceptance has been offering rainbow flags to community members who wish to display a flag in solidarity with the affected family, the organization and LGBTQ community.