Archives: Raleigh

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Village Hearth Cohousing is moving closer to becoming a reality now that it has completed design workshops and met its new neighbors, The LGBT Center of Raleigh has released five of the six 2017 award recipient names for its Oct. 6 awards gala, the Equality North Carolina 2017 Equality Gala will be held on Oct. 21, he annual AIDS Walk & 5K Run will take place on Oct. 21 and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Health Care and School of Medicine are offering over 50 different online, on-demand, continuing medical education and educational unit training courses targeted at LGBTQ patient-centered care.

The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina has announced that Yusef Salaam will be its keynote speaker at its Justice for All Liberty Awards Dinner to be held on Oct. 14, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Triangle is seeking signatures and contributions for its annual Independent Weekly ad that will run on Sept. 27, Two plays are being presented onstage during September across the Triangle which have LGBTQ themes and storyline and the Central NC Pagan Pride Days Festival will be held from Sept. 16-17.

The NC HIV/AIDS Advocacy Conference, Building Power Across the Spectrum, will be held from Oct. 6, the 2017 Carolina Conference on Queer Youth will be held on Oct. 13 and Carolina Jews for Justice has announced that it has hired two new staff members to help the organization advance its initiatives.

The LGBT Center of Raleigh will hold its Annual Awards Gala, “Strength Grows Here,” on Oct. 6, the Miss Hispanidad 2017 Pageant will be held on Aug. 25 and on July 23 St. John’s Metropolitan Community Church held a Celebration of Life for Rev. Carlton Dale Mutts Rutherford, LCSW, M.Div., who died on July 15.

Ryan Butler has tendered his resignation as president of LGBT Democrats of North Carolina in order to join his husband, Chris Sgro, who has taken a position with the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, D.C.

The Triangle Gay Men’s Chorus has hired a new artistic director, Michael J. Kroeplin to oversee musical direction of the chorus’ 23rd concert season, The Crape Myrtle Festival will hold its Grand Gala on July 29, 7 p.m., at the Contemporary Art Museum and SAGE Raleigh has hired a new program director, Joseph Wheeler, for the organization.

Over recent months, ReachOUT NC celebrated a major milepost on its journey toward helping the community.

“Chasing Capri,” a documentary film by southern filmmaker Caleb Holland, was released and featured a Carolina transgender teen at the center of the storyline, Mark Spano will read from his award-winning novel “Midland Club” on June 25, Gospel Drag and Talent Show will be held on June 23 and SAGE Raleigh will hold its annual 4th of July cookout and potluck on July 4.

The National Diversity Council Carolinas will hold its 2017 diversity best practices meeting on July 12, 8:30 a.m., at Rho, Inc., 6330 Quadrangle Dr., Chapel Hill, N.C.

Top Catz Boxing has announced that it has initiated an anti-bullying campaign, and the governing board for the Triangle Gay Men’s Chorus has released its director.

After nine months of preparation, the seventh annual Out! Raleigh festival faced an unfortunate closure due to extreme weather. High-speed winds in the early afternoon of May 6 blew down vendors’ tents and threatened injury to attendees. Organizers decided to cancel the festival on Saturday, which was scheduled for 11 a.m.-6 p.m., at 2 p.m.

The Raleigh Little Theatre is presenting “Avenue Q” and iNSIDEoUT is holding its 11th Annual Awards Banquet and Gaiety.

Raymond Guy Lanier, 64, died suddenly at his home in Raleigh, N.C. on April 30. Mr. Lanier, a longtime resident of the Boylan Heights neighborhood, he was a lover of life, his fellow mankind, all God’s creatures, large and small, all types of music — especially that of cathedral classical pipe organ.

The Triangle Gay Men’s Chorus will perform in concert, the Judaism and Trans Justice: A Panel Discussion is upcoming, iNSIDEoUT is conducting a fund matching initiative and a report on girls has been released by Meredith College.

AIDS advocates met in Raleigh and Planned Parenthood South Atlantic’s annual Chow for Choice is around the corner.

“Race: We Are So Different?” opens at the Carolina Museum of Natural Science, iNSIDEoUT! is having its annual Gaiety and Banquet, Burning Coal Theatre is holding auditions, ReachOUT has installed new officers and Crape Myrtle Festival is seeking hosts.