Monthly Archives: April 2006

UNCG PRIDE! Meeting

End of Year Ice Cream Social
Tower Village Court Yard, April 27, 2006, 7:30pmĀ
For more info: http://pride.uncg.edu

NC Peace Coalition sets quotas for board

According to an article published by YES! Weekly, the North Carolina Peace and Justice Coalition, a group set within the anti-war movement, has been recently organized.
In part of that organizing, the Coalition is electing a steering committee.
The steering committee will, however, have “mandated” diversity, in that the group has set a quota on who can [...]

LGBT primary endorsements for Durham, NC

The following is from the Durham People’s Alliance Political Action Committee and was sent out on the email listserv of the Triangle chapter of the Stonewall Democrats:

The Peoples’ Alliance Political Action Committee is separate from the Chapter. We publish the PAC’s endorsements in this space prior to elections. The PAC strives to endorse candidates who [...]

Day of Silence

All Day, Wednesday, April 26, 2006
More information at http://www.dayofsilence.org
Sponsored by GLSEN and USSA

Collaboration is the key to Triad LGBT organizing

Last Saturday, numerous events within the LGBT community were planned across the Triad. All on one night. All of them overlapping.
The first event was Greensboro, Out at the Movies, run by Alternative Resources of the Triad/OutGreensboro.com. The second was the Guilford College Pride group’s “Genderbend”, the Spring dance. The third was Wake Forest GSSA’s Q-Ball, [...]

LGBT judicial primary voters guide

I received this message from Bob Page, owner of Replacements, Ltd., through Gary Palmer today. The message is in regard to the statewide judicial primary coming up with all the other primary elections on May 2, 2006:

From Bob Page
As you may know, Dale and I are working to develop a political action committee, which will [...]

Day of Silence tomorrow 4.26.2006

The National Day of Silence is tomorrow, Wednesday, April 26, 2006.
The Day of Silence is a day in which LGBT students and their straight allies take a vow of silence in order to recognize and raise awareness on the silence which LGBT people must face in society. The national project is sponsored and coordinated by [...]

Collin Finnerty goes to trial in anti-gay DC assault

Duke Lacrosse player Collin Finnerty had a hearing in Washington, DC, today in connection the simple assault on a man which included anti-gay taunts and prejudice.
According to the Charlotte Observer, Finnerty’s original plea deal has been revoked due to his current troubles involving the rape at Duke University:
An assistant U.S. attorney on Tuesday revoked a [...]

Miller Time

Congressman Brad Miller, the Democrat incumbent in the 13th US Congressional District of North Carolina, met with local bloggers tonight at the Green Bean in Downtown Greensboro. I was able to attend, although that meant missing an event with UNCG PRIDE!
Sue Polinsky has posted some pictures of the meeting, including a picture of me doing [...]

Once again… a new (awesome) design

Yeah, yeah, yeah… I know. I’m A.D.D.
As if you can’t already tell, I have a new design again. I really like this one. I’m still going with the whole blue theme, because I really like blue. I also like the purple theme on this thing, too… so I might switch it back and forth sometimes.
I [...]