Archive for June, 2006
Thursday, June 29th, 2006
Sandra Mikush, a candidate running un-affiliated for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education has finally received enough signatures to certify her name's place on the ballot in November's general election.
The Forsyth County Board of Elections must still certify some signatures and will officially certify her place on the ballot in ...
Posted in High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Winston-Salem | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
... And I'll talk to you all when I get to New York.
For news and more, just visit the Washington Blade, 365gay.com News, Pam's House Blend, BlueNC.com or Greensboro101.
Unfortunately, I won't be blogging much until I can get to the hotel.
Be sure to check out these stories:
Teen history buff makes ...
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Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
Here is Amy Kingsley's awesome article on the NC Democratic Convention... by the way, the group of UNCG students, that was us... and the gay comment, that was both me and my friend, lol:
Democratic Convention attempts to oust GOP
Amy Kingsley
YES Weekly, June 28, 2006
Staff writerOutside the High Point Theater on ...
Posted in Democratic Party, North Carolina, Politics, Republican Party | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
Over on one of my blogs, the UNCG Campus Watch, I have posted a working resolution I have drafted and I am thinking of submitting to UNCG's Student Senate, where I am currently Chairman of the Legislative Committee. The resolution deals with the situation regarding counting out of state student ...
Posted in College/University, North Carolina, Politics, UNCG | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
UNCG alumnus Jason Crawford, long the thorn in the side of UNCG's LGBT and straight allied student community, has written a letter to the editor of UNCG's campus newspaper, The Carolinian.
In the letter Crawford takes the time to not only attack UNCG's LGBT students, but also our straight allies, the ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, College/University, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Religion, UNCG | 12 Comments »
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
The Myrtle Beach Sun News has an Associated Press article on North Carolina state Senator Julia Boseman (D-New Hanover), our state's only openly gay or lesbian member of the General Assembly.
It is a great article, detailing Senator Boseman's "normal" activity within the General Assembly... something which has gone against her ...
Posted in LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Raleigh | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
Ahhh... the life of me. (Life... what life? I don't see much fun or free-time, lol).
I've got a busy day today, as well as for the next week or so. I'm heading over to UNCG this afternoon to man the UNCG PRIDE! information table at the school's summer orientation's organization ...
Posted in Dont Ask Dont Tell, Greensboro, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Soulforce/Right to Serve, UNCG | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
I don't know about how you all feel, but it seems a bit strange and wrong to me when citizens can no longer organize in order to speak out against government policies with which they do not agree. After all, don't we all have freedom of speech? Isn't questioning the ...
Posted in Civil Rights, College/University, Dont Ask Dont Tell, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Politics, Republican Party, United States | No Comments »
Monday, June 26th, 2006
Representative Brad Miller (D-NC) has a new post up over at DailyKos.
The Congressman's post, entitled "Put your money where your keyboard is," reminds everyone of this Friday's 2nd quarter campaign finance reporting deadline and how important it will be for many Democrats currently hoping to win office (I know how ...
Posted in Democratic Party, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics | No Comments »
Monday, June 26th, 2006
The anti-gay, right-wing gropu Called2Action has put out enough pressure on Wake County school officials to ban books in the schools. Earlier, I posted on how Called2Action, which is based in Raleigh, is exerting pressure on North Carolina legislators.
According to an article from the Guardian (UK), a dictionary of slang ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Raleigh, Religion | 1 Comment »
