Archive for August, 2005

Radical Christians blame gays for Hurricane Katrina

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

According to an article on 365gay.com, the radical Christian group, "Repent America" has blamed gays and the annual Southern Decadence festical in New Orleans for the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina. Southern Decadence is the largest annual gay festival held in the entire South. According to the article: "Southern Decadence" has a ...

Georgia high school bans all clubs in effort to silence gay-straight alliance

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

According to an article on the Washington Blade, a Georgia high school has banned all clubs in an effort to keep a gay-straight alliance from meeting at the school. White County High School has banned all non-curricular clubs such as Key Club, Interact, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and PRIDE, the ...

Good Problems at Gay UNCG

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

As many of you know, I am a member of the Executive Board of UNCG PRIDE!, UNCG's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Allied Student Association. It is with great joy that I get to share this news about UNCG PRIDE! After a summer's worth of planning with the Executive ...

State of the Campus Address Tonight - UNCG

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

Student Body President Daphne Villanueva will deliver the State of the Campus Address at tonight's meeting of the Student Government Association; tonight's meeting is a session of the full Senate. The meeting will begin at 7:30pm in the Kirkland Room of the Elliot University Center.

Greensboro Candidates Forum to be held

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

A Candidates forum for those running for the Greensboro City Council will be held on September 27, 2005, 6:15PM-8:30PM, at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery at UNCG. For more information, please email floyds@gcsnc.com.

Vatican to issue new regulations banning gay priests

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

According to an article on 365gay.com the Vatican is preparing to issue new regulations calling for the prohibition of allowing gays into the priesthood. For years, the celibacy vow all priests take was considered enough to allow gay persons to serve as priests since Church doctrine does not condemn homosexual ...

Presbyterian Task Force recommends change on gay clergy rule

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

According to an article published by the Washingotn Post on Saturday, August 27, 2005, a task force of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has recommended that the church make a change in its rules on gay clergy. According to the article: Unveiling its long-awaited report in Chicago, the 20-member Theological Task Force on ...

KKK to protest Gay & Gay-Friendly Methodists’ conference in Western NC

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

According to an article on 365gay.com, the Ku Klux Klan plans to protest the "Hearts on Fire" Conference of the Reconciling Ministries Network of the United Methodist Church. The conference is set to take place on Labor Day weekend at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. According to the article, which was originally ...

National Gay Groups Oppose Roberts

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

According to an article on 365gay.com, four of the nation's major LGBT rights organizations have jointly issued an official statement opposing Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court. The Human Rights Campaign, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians ...

First UNCG PRIDE! Meeting Tonight

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

The first UNCG PRIDE! meeting of the 2005-2006 academic year will be held tonight, Thursday, August 25th, at 7:30pm, in the Claxton Room of the Elliot Univerisity Center. UNCG PRIDE! is UNCG's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Allied Student Association. For more information: http://pride.uncg.edu ========= In other events, the President of the ...