Author Archives: Matt
Matt, 22, is an LGBT journalist, activist and youth advocate currently living and working in Charlotte, N.C. 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.
Monday, July 14th, 2008
David Benkof/David Bianco, who recently made waves with a string of anti-gay op-eds in gay and mainstream news publications, has decided to give up his alliance with anti-gay, radical right activists.
“I no longer feel comfortable being allied with the people running the Prop. 8 campaign, and the same-sex marriage movement ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Ex-gay, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Politics, Religion, United States | 2 Comments »
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
My editorial from the July 12, 2008 issue of QNotes:
A truly beautiful tragedy
Editor's Note
by Matt Comer | July 12th, 2008
Hardcore. Metal. Punk. Emo. Indie.
I don’t know what the differences are between these music styles — hell, I grew up listening to Country and Southern Gospel. But, I can say without ...
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Headlines from the July 12, 2008 issue of QNotes.
Charlotte, Raleigh among top 10 ‘Gay Ghettos’
N.C. cities were cited for their thriving arts and business climate
by Matt Comer | July 12th, 2008
CHARLOTTE — Two North Carolina cities have been named in an annual list of the top 10 “Gay Ghettos” in ...
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Our fabulous InterstateQ contributor Casey Pick -- who is currently on "hiatus" while she is working for the Log Cabin Republicans -- made her debut on this site with a commentary rebuttal to my Feb. 7, 2008 post, "Why don’t they just come out and say it already?"
In that post, ...
Posted in Politics, Republican Party, United States | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
On Monday I posted again about the N.C. Christian Action League's misleading words and tactics regarding the School Violence Prevention Act (HB 1366). That was after first exposing their inaccurate op-ed written by Mary Frances Forrester, wife of anti-gay, anti-marriage amendment supporter state Sen. Jim Forrester (R-Gaston).
Late last evening, the ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, United States | 3 Comments »
Monday, July 7th, 2008
InterstateQ.com was the first to tell you about the Christian Action League of North Carolina and the misleading, inaccurate op-ed written by Mary Frances Forrester, wife of anti-gay state Sen. Jim Forrester (R-Gaston County).
Now, the Christian Action League is misleading the public and their members again.
From a recent Christian Action ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, United States | 2 Comments »
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
A lot of these are vintage... for real... the sound and video quality ain't all that great, but they're funny nonetheless.
TV Nation fights Helms' homophobia with love songs...
MadTV: Helms on Elizabeth Dole - "A lesbo-feminazi"
1990 NBC report on Helms vs. Gantt
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Helms "Racial ...
Posted in North Carolina, Politics, Republican Party, United States | No Comments »
Friday, July 4th, 2008
Numerous items for you...
QNotes has a brief story up now, with video from CNN and a poll. Expect a longer, feature article in the July 26, 2008 issue.
Faith in America's statement.
The WRAL story. Helms worked here as a journalist and conservative commentator before moving to do his dirty deeds on ...
Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is officially considering a run for California governor. He's launched an exploratory committee. His chances? I'm not quite sure... read more at The Sacramento Bee.
According to an AP story posted at PageOneQ.com, Obama says he'll continue, scratch that, expand Bush's faith-based initiatives. Read more.
The N.C. ...
Posted in Democratic Party, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, United States | No Comments »
