Author Archives: Matt
Matt, 21, is an LGBT activist and youth advocate working mainly within the cities of Greensboro & Winston-Salem and the State of North Carolina. He is the Owner & Editor of InterstateQ.com and has been active in LGBT advocacy work since the age of 14, now currently serving as the Executive Director/Co-founder of Activate! - The North Carolina Advocacy Coalition.
Friday, February 3rd, 2006
A current Greensboro, NC, resident and former resident of Virginia has written a scathing letter to the editor blasting the Virginia marriage amendment.
Reject tool of hate against gay people
The Free-Lance Star, Fredericksburg, VA
Feb 3, 2006
The marriage amendment and a plethora of anti-gay legislation are sending an unmistakable message that ...
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
The following is a column written by one of the local LGBT community leaders, Chris Cannon. It was published in the Winston-Salem Journal's weekly, 'Relish'.
Internet, chat rooms help gays connect, be themselves
Thursday, February 2, 2006
By Chris Cannon
special to relish
Most of my gay single friends and I spend many of our ...
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
I found these two really great quotes in the Log Cabin Republican e-newsletter (no, I'm not Republican) and I thought I'd post them:
"People don't choose this. We don't choose who we love. The heart chooses who we love...It isn't right to say that it's acceptable to discriminate against people because ...
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
According to a news release published by Guilford College, Greensboro, NC, the Reverend Ken Hull has been appointed to head up the college's LGBTQA programming.
The Rev. K. Hull has been a pastor in the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) for the past 12 years and from 1999-2004 he served as the ...
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
According to an article published by the Washington Blade, legislation which makes permanent the mayor's LGBT Affairs office has passed the Washington DC City Council and has been signed by the mayor.
According to the article:
His decision to sign the bill, introduced by gay Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1), put ...
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
According to an AP article published by the Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, VA), a bill which would ban all gay-straight student groups from Virginia schools has received approval from the Virginia House of Delegates.
The bill, sponsored by Delegate Matthew Lohr, follows a similar bill which easily passed in the House 95-0 ...
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
According to an article published by CRN Interactive, ten gay youth in Charlotte performed stories of discrimination, coming out and dealing with families. The performance was held at the Actor's Theatre of Charlotte.
According to the article:
The script was created in workshop as collaboration between Fringe Benefits, a theatre ...
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Monday, January 30th, 2006
According to an article published by 365gay.com, a same-sex couple in Hendersonville, NC, is refusing to pay Federal and North Carolina State income taxes in protest of bans against marriage for same-sex couples.
According to the article:
Merrill, a 71-year-old artist and gay activist says the protest will involve about million dollars ...
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Monday, January 30th, 2006
I just received an email containing a letter to the editor of The Daily Tar Heel. The letter was published today and was written by UNC Chancellor James Moeser.
In the letter Chancellor Moeser stands in support of UNC's LGBTQA student group, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender-Straight Alliance (GLBT-SA). The group ...
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