Archive for July, 2006
Sunday, July 30th, 2006
Two men leaving San Diego's Pride Festival in Balboa Park were attacked by three men wielding a baseball bat and hurling derogatory, anti-gay language today.
The attack occured at approximately 9:45pm (PST) on Saturday.
Police say that during the attack one of the men was hit with the bat while the other ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, LGBT, Politics, United States | No Comments »
Sunday, July 30th, 2006
This was written originally as a comment on one of my previous posts. The writer is my good friend Joseph Arrington, former Vice President of UNCG PRIDE! and, in my honest opinion, a man full of great advice and wisdom.
This has got to be among some of the most beautiful ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Greensboro, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, UNCG, United States | No Comments »
Sunday, July 30th, 2006
... including GW Bush, Tony Blair, Osama bin Laden, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Saddam, North Vietnam, the Christians, the Jews, the Muslims and others:
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating ...
Posted in Global, Religion, United States | 1 Comment »
Saturday, July 29th, 2006
I've talked so much about the "courage of youth" on my blog. Being young myself I can totally relate to high school and college students who are taking a stand to fight for equality and acceptance. After all, my own journey into activism, advocacy and politics started when I was ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Politics | No Comments »
Saturday, July 29th, 2006
Should student clubs in high schools be allowed to discriminate on certain factors when it comes to membership and voting rights?
The answer may be a tricky one.
At UNCG and other colleges across the nation, certain student clubs (like politically affiliated groups and religious groups) are allowed to limit membership to ...
Posted in High School, Politics, Religion, United States | 2 Comments »
Saturday, July 29th, 2006
No doubt the Irreligious Wrong and others will be up in arms over this. I bet they say the gay agenda is now attacking the "freedom of speech." Nevermind the fact that the speech was intimidating, harassing, physically threatening... and, oh yeah... that kind of speech and behavior is illegal, ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, Politics | No Comments »
Saturday, July 29th, 2006
So i made a post concerning the upcoming QCYNT College Night at a new local gay bar on August 24, 2006.
Since then I have gotten so many hits from people searching for "Q Lounge Greensboro." The hits have come from Yahoo! Search, MSN Search, Google Search and others.
Maybe I should ...
Posted in College/University, Community Events, Greensboro, LGBT, LGBT Youth | 1 Comment »
Saturday, July 29th, 2006
I had a great night.
Hit up the Guilford Green Foundation/Adam Foundation's Triad Takeover Night at Green Valley Grill. I actually managed to find something affordable to eat there (sort of). I had some wonderful bowtie pasta for grand total of about $22.00 (including tip). I highly recommend it. Chatted with ...
Posted in College/University, Community Events, Greensboro, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Triad | 4 Comments »
Friday, July 28th, 2006
Expanding upon my previous post, Comer for NC House 2010:
I've got some good positions I think a lot of people would like. My position and would-be, maybe, if I ever go anywhere in the world, plan to fix some of our problems with our public education system is just awesome, ...
Posted in North Carolina, Politics | No Comments »
Friday, July 28th, 2006
Is it possible? Would it happen? Does a young, gay guy ever have the chance?
Last night, a good friend and I were talking over AOL Instant Messenger. He is a slightly conservative Republican, although not "conservative" in the sense of radical, right-wing, but more "conservative" as in the sense ...
Posted in College/University, Greensboro, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Winston-Salem | 12 Comments »
