As Nathan Tabor announces his intentions to run for office, one thing becomes apparent: Homophobia, bigotry and prejudice will once again be the currency of Forsyth County politics.
According to an article published by The Winston-Salem Journal, the race for Senator Ham Horton’s seat in the North Carolina Senate is heating up.
Nathan Tabor, a young Republican [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2005
Dec 29
Forsyth County politics pick up again with homophobia, bigotry & prejudice
Dec 29
Arrest made in connection with murder of Tennyson’s gay great-grandson
According to an article published by The Times (London, UK), an arrest has been mad ein connection with the murder of Hallam Tennyson, the gay great-grandson of the Victorian age poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Beryl Hallam Augustine Tennyson, known as Hallam to friends and family and aged 85 years, was found brutaly stabbed to death [...]
Dec 29
High school senior, GSA president plans & organizes gay-friendly prom
According to an article published by The Argus (Bay Area, CA), a high school senior and president of his school’s Gay-Straight Alliance is planning and organizing for a gay-friendly prom, despite the prospect of possible protests by the Reverend Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church.
For that reason, prom organizer Justin Daley is reluctant to name [...]
Dec 29
Frank criticizes Army Chief over attack of gay soldier in Arizona
According to an article published by 365gay.com, Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has written a letter to the United States Army Chief, criticizing him over the attack of a gay private in Arizona.
In the letter, Frank chastises Army Chief of Staff General Peter Schoomaker over the handling of the beating and harassment case involving Kyle Lawson, [...]
Dec 29
GLAAD applauds new year of LGBT television characters
According to an press release from GLAAD (The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), many know television shows will feature gay and lesbian characters, as well as gay-positive themes.
In its press release GLAAD applauded the new year’s upcoming schedule of shows containing gay and lesbian characters, including shows on HBO, Showtime, NBC, ABC, CBS and [...]
Dec 28
Pope Benedict XVI named ‘anti-gay person of the year’
The Washington Blade, Washington D.C.’s LGBT newspaper, has named Pope Benedict XVI its “Anti-Gay Person of the Year”:
Blessed bigotry: Pope Benedict XVI is Anti-Gay Person of the Year
‘God’s rottweiler’ actively pursues political agenda against gay marriage, priests
By DYANA BAGBY
Friday, December 23, 2005
Presiding over what some describe as the “strongest bully pulpit in the world,” [...]
Dec 28
KKK recruiting in Greensboro
According to an article published December 28th on the Fox 8 WGHP website, and featured on their December 28th newscast, the KKK has been recruiting in Greensboro.
In one neighborhood, residents found white supremist flyers:
White supremecy and racial segregation, not exactly the warmest of Christmas greetings. But some homeowners in Greensboro say, that’s exactly the holiday [...]
Dec 28
Charlotte foundation honors UNC-Chapel Hill student, LGBT youth advocate
According to an article published by the Charlotte Observer, the Echo Foundation of Charlotte will honor a UNC-Chapel Hill sophomore and LGBT youth advocate.
Andrew Chan, a graduate of Providence High and UNC-Chapel Hill student, will be honored with one of the Echo Foundation’s inaugural Young Heros of Hope Awards for his work in “spearheading programs [...]
Dec 28
Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance to hold auditions for gay-themed play tonight
According to an article in the Regional Briefs (B2) published by The Winston-Salem Journal, the Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance wil hold auditions for a gay-themed play tonight.
Auditions for “Sordid Lives” will be held tonight, starting at 7:00pm Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art at 750 Marguerite Drive.
According to the article:
Roles are available for five men. One role [...]
Dec 27
UNC-Chapel Hill GLBT-SA’s push for awareness attacked by campus conservatives
A few weeks ago I posted about a letter to the editor in The Daily Tar Heel. The letter, which was written in November, was from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender – Straight Alliance (GLBT-SA) Co-chair Tommy Rimbach and addressed the issue of including gender-identity in the UNC-Chapel Hill non-discrimination policies and the issue [...]
