From the Durham Herald-Sun:
Marchers take on inequality
BY GINNY SKALSKI : The Herald-Sun
gskalski@heraldsun.com
Sep 24, 2005 : 9:59 pm ET
DURHAM — It can be hard to stand out when you’re marching in a parade behind floats with dancing drag queens, shirtless bikers donning leather vests and adorable dogs sporting rainbow-colored bandanas.
But one group of gay [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2005
Sep 27
Marchers take on inequality at NC Pride Parade
Sep 26
GLSEN National (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) Turns Ten
Protectors of youth
GLSEN, the leading national group focused on protecting LGBT youths in schools, just turned 10. As its influence grows, so do its growing pains
By Todd Henneman
From The Advocate, September 27, 2005
In April 2004 at Poway High School in conservative San Diego County, a 16-year-old student walked into the building wearing a T-shirt with [...]
Sep 25
Follow up: PFLAG Winston-Salem is growing, growing, growing
It really is cool… it really is.
PFLAG Winston-Salem held their first annual Kaleidoscope Awards Banquet on Thursday, September 8, 2005. Media coverage was good and an excellent article appeared in the Winston-Salem Chronicle (click here) as well as one in the Winston-Salem Journal.
PFLAG Winston-Salem is very quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with [...]
Sep 24
Gays allowed to openly serve in US Military; only during war, however
From the Washington Blade:
Out gay soldiers sent to Iraq
Regulation keeps straights from ‘playing gay’ to avoid war
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Friday, September 23, 2005
Members of the Army Reserves and the National Guard who inform their commanders that they are gay are routinely converted into active duty status and sent to the Iraq war and other high [...]
Sep 24
The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire, predicts breakup of Anglican Communion
According to an article on 365gay.com, the Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire, has predicted that the Anglican Communion will not be able to solve its current internal problems regarding homosexuality.
THe Rt. Rev. V.G. Robinson was made Bishop of New Hampshire and in the course of his election created an international controversy [...]
Sep 23
Ex-Gay “Love In Action” ministry gets one-week reprieve
According to an article on 365gay.com, the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities is giving Love in Action, the ex-gay ministry where 16 year old Zach Stark was sent to over the summer, one more week to apply for the proper licenses to operate as a facility providing care to mentally ill individuals.
In [...]
Sep 22
NC Pride Festival to occur in Raleigh-Durham this weekend
The Nc Pride Festival, the largest LGBT pride event in North Carolina, will be held this weekend, Friday, September 23 – Sunday, September 25, 2005.
The Day Festival, Rally and Parade will take place on Saturday, September 24, 2005, on the East Campus of Duke University.
The Night Festival will take place on Hargett Street in Downtown [...]
Sep 21
Wake Forest University # 17 on Princeton Review top 20 list of colleges with low acceptance of gays
According to an article published by the Washington Blade, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, is number 17 on the top 20 list of colleges with low acceptance of gays.
The list was compiled through a survey done by the Princeton Review, which also put out a list of the top 20 most gay-friendly colleges.
Although UNCG made [...]
Sep 21
PRIDE! tears down wall of hate
From The Carolinian, the UNCG student newspaper:
A great white wall filled with scrawling curse words and insults dominated the fountain last Wednesday. It was an expression of hate for the hope tomorrow will present a more compassionate world.
UNCG’s PRIDE! organization – the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning (GLBTQ) and Allied Student Association – presented [...]
Sep 21
Ex-gay ministry Love In Action shut down by State of Tennessee
According to an article on 365gay.com, ex-gay ministry Love In Action and its adolescent division, Refuge, has been shut down by the State of Tennessee for failing to obtain the proper licenses which would have allowed them to care for mentally ill patients.
Love In Action holds to the opinion that they are not treating mentally [...]
