LGBT, Religion

Mitchell Gold in Hickory

by Matt Comer, January 31, 2010, 1:51 pm

Last Thursday I had the chance to travel up to Hickory, N.C., for Mitchell Gold’s appearance at Lenior-Rhyne University’s Visiting Writers Series. Gold, editor of “CRISIS: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing up Gay in America,” to which I contributed a chapter, was interviewed on stage by CNN journalist Soledad O’Brien. I’ve got more reflections on the event coming out in my Editor’s Note column with QNotes‘ Feb. 6 print edition.

Until then… here are a few photos from the event, after the jump…

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Gold on stage with O’Brien.

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Gold signs a community member’s copy of “CRISIS.”

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Gold speaks and signs a book with another community member.

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O’Brien speaks with a community member.

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Audience members chat in the lobby of Lenior-Rhyne’s P.E. Monroe Auditorium after Gold’s Q&A on stage.

    About the Author: Matt Comer
    Matt Comer, 24, is an LGBT journalist, blogger and activist currently living and working in Charlotte, N.C., where he serves as editor of QNotes, the LGBT news, arts and entertainment publication of the Carolinas. A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., Matt attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is still continuing to pursue his bachelors degree. He is the owner & editor of InterstateQ.com and has been active in LGBT advocacy work since the age of 14. Learn more about Matt, read his extended bio and see press clippings at MattComer.net.

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