Archive for the ‘Charlotte/Metro Area’ Category
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Well... "cult" probably isn't the right word, but it sounded good in the title, huh?
A more accurate title would have been, "Niece of MLK, veritable saint and Civil Rights martyr, promotes pseudo-hate group as uncle turns in grave."
I don't know why it took me so long to find this press ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Charlotte/Metro Area, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, United States | 2 Comments »
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
To the great dismay of the members and leader of the anti-gay, far-right Operation Save America -- including a member once charged and convicted of sex offense -- the annual Pride Charlotte celebration for LGBT and straight Charlotteans went off without a hitch. According to police estimates, a record-breaking ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Charlotte, Charlotte/Metro Area, LGBT, North Carolina, Religion, United States | 4 Comments »
Friday, April 11th, 2008
The Charlotte Observer had earlier reported that anti-gay Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education member Kaye McGarry would be proposing a motion to excuse anti-gay students from classes on Friday, April 25, when students will be participating in the National Day of Silence.
From that article:
School board member Kaye McGarry says she'll ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Charlotte, Charlotte/Metro Area, High School, LGBT Youth, North Carolina | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will formally introduce tonight a new bullying policy that expands protections to LGBT students.
From The Charlotte Observer:
Few dispute the need to rein in bullying in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. But a policy that will be formally introduced at tonight's school board meeting has touched off a debate over homosexuality, ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Charlotte, Charlotte/Metro Area, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, United States | No Comments »
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Every year, conservatives in and around Charlotte, N.C., get their panties in a wad over big business sponsorships of events like the Human Rights Campaign Carolinas Gala and Pride Charlotte (see also this DVD set, "Homosexuality, The Church & Society").
They say that Corporate America has given in to the demands ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Charlotte, Charlotte/Metro Area, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Republican Party, United States | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 12th, 2007
Here's your one chance to make a difference in rural Rowan-no "sex-based clubs" County. Mark your calendars for PFLAG Salisbury's Autumn Soirée this Saturday, Nov. 17.
It all starts at 6 p.m. at the Waterworks Visual Arts Center on 123 E. Liberty Street, Salisbury, N.C.
The event is a fundraiser for the ...
Posted in Charlotte/Metro Area, Community Events, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, United States | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Dr. Michael Brown of the Concord, N.C. based Coalition of Conscience, the man and organization responsible for the "Can you be gay and Christian?" forum in mid-September, appeared as a guest on Air America Radio's Thom Hartmann Show yesterday (see the Hartmann Show homepage here).
Needless to say, the exchange was ...
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Sunday, June 24th, 2007
Source: PageOneQ
PageOneQ and Raw Story captured the following segment off CNN's morning news on Saturday, June 23, 2007.
I'm sure you noticed, just as well as I did, that Charlotte, NC, is listed among those cities least-friendly toward LGBT workers and citizens.
This doesn't bode well for Charlotte's future economic and political ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Charlotte, Charlotte/Metro Area, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, United States, Winston-Salem | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
This happened on Monday... I had put up a post when the ACLU of NC organized it a few weeks ago.
I myself couldn't find the news article. It is below:
ACLU rep says ban on sex-based clubs is illegal
By Holly Fesperman Lee
Salisbury Post
EAST SPENCER -- A representative from the American Civil ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Charlotte/Metro Area, Civil Rights, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, United States | 1 Comment »
Saturday, April 7th, 2007
Just in time for the protest at the Rowan County Board of Education in North Carolina, planned by the ACLU of North Carolina, a judge in Florida has ruled that gay-straight student organizations are not "sex-based" clubs and do not violate abstinence only education curricula.
From an ACLU press release:
Federal Judge ...
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