Archive for the ‘Triad’ Category


NC college expands non-discrimination policy to include gender-identity

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 ...

Catching up…

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

It has been a while since I've heard of any news from PFLAG Winston-Salem or since I've posted on their exciting happenings. The folks at PFLAG W-S hold a very special place in my heart; many of them were the community members and friends who were first there for me when ...

Carolina gays: Study says 6% have used meth, more likely to be HIV positive

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, the big hospital in my hometown of Winston-Salem, has released the results of a study they did on gay men, HIV and the use of crystal meth. The new study, reported in the August issue of AIDS Patient Care and STDs, found that 6% of ...

Greensboro gay businessmen, philanthropists honored with Leadership award

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 ...

Council candidate Blanks’ answer to DP benefits issue lacking

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 ...

Update: Greensboro candidates & Domestic Partner benefits

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 ...

Conservative, anti-gay “blogitator” removed from TV station by police; update w/ video

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 ...

Greensboro ‘07 - The LGBT Vote; candidates respond to domestic partner benefits issue

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 ...

Triad gears up for first-ever local Pride

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 ...

Triad Pride, Greensboro, Schedule

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 ...