Dec
08
There used to be a time — and that time, in many respects, might still be now — when most people thought of urban areas as the only places in to find any sort of measurable or visible LGBT presence. As gays move forward in our movement for civil and social equality, attention on our issues and recognition of our communities are starting to mount up in even the most unlikely of places.
An oral history project at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., researching and documenting the LGBT communities of the Appalachian Mountains received a $6,531 grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a private statewide non-profit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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May
23
The controversy of Irmo High School (Irmo, S.C.) principal Eddie Walker and his resignation (effective June 2009) over the formation of a gay-straight alliance has highlighted divergent opinions and points of views within the queer community.
The Rev. David Gillespie, a queer pastor who writes as “The Queer Heretic,” has come out disagreeing with activists who are calling for Walker’s immediate termination.
Read more at Q-Notes‘ InsideSource.
Feb
01
The Washington Post reports that the Maryland Circuit court affirmed the Maryland State School Board which affirmed the Montgomery County school board which included information about sexual orientation in the health education curriculum. The judged ruled there was no reason to “second-guess the appropriateness” of the curriculum chosen by the Montgomery community. Which includes giving the factually correct answer “No,” if asked if being gay is a mental disorder.
For all the talk of activist judges and special interest groups ramming agendas… it seems is is the anti-gay agenda which is out of step with the people, the public interest, and the process of law.
