Archive for the ‘Greensboro’ Category
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
According to the Greensboro News & Record (h/t Doug Clark, Off the Record), Guilford College in Greensboro, NC has added gender-identity and expression to its non-discrimination policy.
The effort to add the terms was spearheaded by senior David Norton (pictured right - past posts), an active and vocal part of the ...
Posted in College/University, Greensboro, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Triad, United States | 1 Comment »
Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Bob Page and Dale Frederiksen, owners of Replacements, Ltd. and national and regional LGBT philanthropists, were honored by the Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute's second annual Lewis-Underwood Award on Thursday, according to the Raleigh News & Observer.
According to the article:
Company chairman and CEO Bob Page and senior vice president ...
Posted in Greensboro, LGBT, North Carolina, United States | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Conservative Greensboro blogger Joe Guarino continues to collect responses from his City Council candidate questionnaire, including a question on the issue of domestic partner benefits for employees of the City of Greensboro.
So far, I've provided two posts, one with the responses of Perkins, Green, Jones, Wilson and Carmichael and the ...
Posted in Greensboro, Greensboro LGBT Vote 07 | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
An update on last week's post on conservative blogger Joe Guarino's City Council candidate questionnaires and the issue of domestic partner benefits in Greensboro: Two more candidates have responded to the questionnaire.
Bill Knight, Jr. (At-Large candidate) declined to answer the DP question when he first returned his questionnaire to ...
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Friday, August 17th, 2007
Jeff Sykes (pictured right with Reidsville police), a regular commenter at local Greensboro blog EdCone.com and at InterstateQ.com, had to be physically removed from a local television station by police on Thursday.
Sykes is known for his outlandish, ultra-conservative and anti-gay comments in the local Greensboro blogosphere, often aggravating many bloggers ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Greensboro, North Carolina | 12 Comments »
Friday, August 17th, 2007
My lovely little adopted home city of Greensboro, NC, is having their municipal elections this November.
The candidates for City Council had a forum the other night with Greensboro's Neighborhood Congress and conservative home-town blogger Joe Guarino, a person with whom I've had plenty of ideological disagreements, put together a short ...
Posted in Greensboro, Greensboro LGBT Vote 07 | 4 Comments »
Thursday, August 16th, 2007
In the 1980s, when Alternative Resources of the Triad (ART) was first started to assist local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in finding much-need resources and support, most local queers would have never dreamed of a locally-focused LGBT pride festival occurring in the area.
The dream has come to ...
Posted in Community Events, Greensboro, LGBT, North Carolina, Pride Central, Triad, Winston-Salem | No Comments »
Thursday, August 16th, 2007
The schedule for the Triad Pride 2007 festival in Greensboro & Winston-Salem, NC, August 23rd through August 26th, 2007.
More Information: OutGreensboro.com/TriadPride.html
Click here for the PrideCharlotte schedule
Thursday, August 23, 2007Kick Off Party around the Triad
Club Odyssey (Winston Salem) A great place for fun!
The Q Lounge (Greensboro, edge of Downtown Greensboro)
Time Out ...
Posted in Community Events, Greensboro, LGBT, North Carolina, Pride Central, Triad, Winston-Salem | 2 Comments »
Monday, August 6th, 2007
A Guilford College student and activist for many LGBT issues, including HIV/AIDS awareness and gender equality, is the 2007 recipient of the James Allen Broach Scholarship from the Triad Business and Professional Guild.
David Norton (pictured right), a rising senior at Guilford College, was honored with the $1,500 scholarship named in ...
Posted in College/University, Greensboro, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Triad, United States | No Comments »
Monday, July 16th, 2007
Had another article published in the Greensboro News & Record today. My friend John told me it was published...
Gay rights activists endure tough road
By Tom Steadman, Staff Writer
July 16, 2007
He was arrested in Grand Rapids, Mich., and barred from a dozen college campuses, and he wondered if he'd ever get ...
Posted in College/University, Greensboro, LGBT Youth, Media, North Carolina, Politics, Soulforce/Equality Ride, United States | 1 Comment »
