Archive for the ‘Winston-Salem’ Category
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:
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
WFMY News 2 (Greensboro) did a wonderful story (video here) on my two good friends and mentors Gary Trowbridge and Frank Benedetti, a couple whose been together for decades. They are looking forward to a legal wedding in California. The state started legal marriages for same-sex couples yesterday at 5 ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, LGBT Families, North Carolina, Religion, United States, Winston-Salem | 4 Comments »
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- A pastor at a Southern Baptist Church in Lewisville, N.C., a suburb of Winston-Salem, is one of six candidates for the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Les Puryear, who worked as a telecom executive for 25 years, has been a pastor since 1996; this is his third ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
The Advocate compiled a list of "potential" Obama/Clinton Presidential appointments.
Hometown boy Kevin Jennings, native of Winston-Salem, N.C. and GLSEN founder, made the list for possible Obama appointments.
Do I sense a "Secretary of Education Kevin Jennings" in the air?
Oooo. Awesome.
Past posts.
Posted in Democratic Party, LGBT, New York, North Carolina, Politics, United States, Winston-Salem | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
From Box Turtle Bulletin (emphasis added):
And most importantly, ONE quickly became a voice for thousands of silent gays and lesbians across the U.S., many of whom wrote letters of deep gratitude to ONE’s editors. But in a sign of those times, all letters to the editor were published anonymously — ...
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Thursday, December 20th, 2007
The choir director of my childhood church, Grapevine Baptist Church, has responded to my previous post, "An awkward 'homecoming,'" in which I describe portions of my childhood and my recent "homecoming" and confrontation at the church where I first learned the harsh lessons of hate, bigotry and exclusion in the ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Religion, United States, Winston-Salem | 76 Comments »
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
I'm sure we have all heard of the "theory" that says all people are connected to each other within six degrees of separation.
From Wikipedia:
Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that, if a person is one "step" away from each person he or she knows and two "steps" away ...
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Updates at the bottom of post
Today, after seven years of attempting to build the courage and strength, I finally went back to my childhood Baptist church - the place where the stench of hatred, bigotry and oppression was, and still is, thick in the air. Grapevine Baptist Church in Lewisville, ...
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
Focus on the Family's "Love and Respect Marriage Conference" is coming to my hometown of Winston-Salem, N.C. this weekend, October 12-13.
This particular conference isn't necessarily one that deals with me or one that is totally, outrageously anti-gay, but the organization and church which are sponsoring it are those things (not ...
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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 ...
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