Archive for the ‘LGBT’ Category
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
From The LA Times:
The food fight is over.
Nearly a month ago, opponents of Proposition 8 -- which would amend the state Constitution to ban gay marriage -- started a "soft boycott" of Bolthouse Farms, among the largest producers of fresh-cut carrots in the world and the maker of juices and ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
I was reading one of the hundreds of blogs and websites I check out each week and ran across this blog by a gay parent working and living in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Discussing how his high school-aged son told him about a few of his acquaintances attending the NC Pride Parade ...
Posted in High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Sexuality | 4 Comments »
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Famed singer and conservative talking head Pat Boone has written a curious commentary at the rabidly anti-gay "news" website WND.com. In the "exclusive commentary," entitled, "Are you ready for a gay America?", Boone laments the loss of what he sees as his traditional America and the forthcoming "breakdown of society," ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Boy Scouts, Civil Rights, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Politics, Religion, Sexuality | 4 Comments »
Friday, September 19th, 2008
My attention was drawn to an article from a Kansas TV station this morning while browsing The Washington Blade's website. A teen in a small town of about 800 people was severely beaten inside his home by a classmate who had heard rumors he was gay. The rumor was false. ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Hate Crimes, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, United States | 2 Comments »
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Yeah... a once Raleigh native told Washington, D.C.'s Metroweekly magazine that he felt safer in Raleigh, as well as in Boston:
At the same time, Mark Hayes, another local gay man, was finding himself similarly fed up. While Perry is a Washington native, Hayes came to the District about five years ...
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
The Winston-Salem Journal, my lovely hometown newspaper, published a great column by John Railey. Interviewing an African-American minister, Railey's column delves into just some of the multitude of issues that make stopping HIV/AIDS difficult in black communities and in the black church:
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Health, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, United States, Winston-Salem | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
The Charlotte Observer today published a front-pager on the new book edited by Mitchell Gold, featuring 40 stories of gay and lesbian people's ordeals growing up gay in America and their experiences in the church.
"CRISIS: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Charlotte, LGBT, Media, North Carolina, Religion, Sexuality, United States | 5 Comments »
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
From the day job blog...
For a man who still cries when he hears the national anthem, I’m livid someone would question my patriotism based solely on my sexual orientation and party affiliation. My 80-year-old, heterosexual, U.S. Marines WWII/Korean War veteran, Old South, Democratic grandpa would kick your ass if he ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Republican Party, United States, Western NC | No Comments »
Friday, September 12th, 2008
Looks as though this year's Soulforce Equality Ride is going to face a little opposition. As I wrote back on August 9 and as I reported for Q-Notes on September 9, the 2008 Equality Ride will make a stop at the Columbia, S.C.-based Columbia International University on Oct. 6.
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Soulforce Equality Ride 2008, South Carolina, United States | 10 Comments »
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
The 30-year-old owner of Boy Butter Lubricants (haha) swam a solo marathon across the St. Lawrence River at Cape Vincent, NY to Wolf Island in Canada and back, a round-trip distance of almost 6 miles, in order to raise money for SAGE, or Seniors Active in a Gay Environment. SAGE ...
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