Archive for May, 2006
Thursday, May 25th, 2006
Fundraising for my trip to Washington, DC's Capital Pride 2006 (http://www.capitalpride.org) is going well since it started on May 23rd.
Since my last update on the fundraising and since the original post (where a full list of donors can be found), the following folks have contributed:
Ed Cone: $25.00
Drama Queen at BlueNC.com: ...
Posted in Community Events, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, United States | No Comments »
Thursday, May 25th, 2006
As a young kid growing up in a Baptist church, then later as a teen who left the Baptist church, went back to the Baptist church and now as a young adult converting to the Episcopal church, I know a thing or two about Baptist principles. They are so engrained ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, North Carolina, Religion, Sexuality | 22 Comments »
Thursday, May 25th, 2006
Just a reminder to those of you reading my blog through a feed reader (by RSS).
Please update the RSS address to http://feeds.feedburner.com/qtriadblog
This will help me GREATLY in trying to track readership. Thanks ya'll.
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Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
Alright folks... Greensboro has hit the national news... at least the national gay media. Oh yeah... we are on the AP wire too. And guess what... we are connected with bigotry and discrimination and prejudice again.
Ya'll come on... when are we going to learn. North Carolina already has a bad ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Greensboro, North Carolina, Politics | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
First... the national gay media finally caught up to what I blogged about a week ago. 365gay.com News has an article up about the Liberty University trespassing charges and, now, convictions. We were all convicted and fined more than $200 each.
Now the update: On July 22, 2006, Soulforce will have ...
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Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
So a bunch of anti-gay folk up in Port Townsend, Washington, are saying there is no anti-gay prejudice or discrimination in their town.
Oh sure... That's why they are protesting a the county's proclamation for Pride month.
According to an article in the Port Townsend Leader, a recent proclamation from the Jefferson ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, Politics | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
Yesterday (well.... late last night/very early this morning, lol) I wrote a post over at BlueNC.com about being invited to attend the NC State Democratic Party Convention. In the post I asked why I should even go, considering the fact that from where I stand as a gay North Carolinian, ...
Posted in Civil Rights, Democratic Party, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
According to an article by the Chicago Sun Times, a cross-dressing, gay student was barred from attending his senior prom in Gary, Indiana, due to what the system is calling "dress codes."
Kevin Logan has spent the entire year wearing female clothing to school and even had problems with the principal ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Politics, Sexuality | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
The North Carolina Advocacy Coalition (click here for more info) receives its first press coverage this week in Greensboro's YES! Weekly. The printed issue comes out tomorrow, Wednesday, May 24th, but the online edition is already up.
You can check out the article on YES! Weekly's website.
I'm actually really excited as ...
Posted in Civil Rights, Greensboro, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Media, North Carolina, Politics | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
Since my original post on going to D.C.'s Capital Pride Festival (http:/www.capitalpride.org) last night, things look good.
A total of $35 has been donated to help me get up there so far. A big thanks goes out to Lance and Anglico at BlueNC.com for being the first to help out. A ...
Posted in Community Events, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, United States | 1 Comment »
