Archive for July, 2006
Friday, July 28th, 2006
There has been a lot of talk about Ann Coulter and her comments about Bill Clinton.
Coulter seems to think Clinton has some sort of latent homosexuality. HA!
You can view the video of her saying this crap at Crooks & Liars.
If you can't view the video, the transcript is at Wonkette.
I'm ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Media, Politics, Sexuality, United States | 1 Comment »
Friday, July 28th, 2006
Very early this morning, at 1:09am Friday morning according to Capital Beat, the North Carolina General Assembly ended its 2006 session. Barring any unfortunate circumstances our legislators won't return until January 2007.
As both chambers closed up shop this morning, history was again made for LGBT North Carolinians. For the third ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, North Carolina, Politics, Raleigh | No Comments »
Friday, July 28th, 2006
Don't Forget! Guilford Green Foundation and the Adam Foundation's Triad Takeover Night is tonight, 5:30pm - until at the Green Valley Grill in Greensboro. The night is a chance to catch up with old friends, make new friends and just hang out with with folks from the local LGBT and ...
Posted in Community Events, Greensboro, LGBT, North Carolina, Triad, Winston-Salem | No Comments »
Thursday, July 27th, 2006
I've done a few posts on Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) the last two days, including a story that turned out to be false and factually misleading (the Sir Ian McKellen, Georgia National Guard appointment).
This new story, however, isn't false or factually misleading.
The Army has dismissed a 30 year old, ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Fayetteville, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Soulforce/Right to Serve, United States | 4 Comments »
Thursday, July 27th, 2006
Yeah, it sounds easy... don't lie, don't cheat, be honest and do your job. But with as easy as it sounds, will our state legislators and lobbyists understand it and follow it completely?
If you don't know what I'm talking about, get familiar with the Ethics and Lobbying reform bill passed ...
Posted in North Carolina, Politics, Raleigh | 4 Comments »
Thursday, July 27th, 2006
Vernon Robinson, vile and repugnant Republican candidate for the 13th Congressional District, was in Washington, DC, this week raising money and networking for his bound-to-fail campaign.
I was forwarded some PDF scans of campaign materials being used by Robinson while in DC. If you are looking for a corrupt politician who ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Greensboro, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Raleigh, Republican Party, United States | No Comments »
Thursday, July 27th, 2006
Congressman Mel Watt of the 12th Congressional District will hold a town hall meeting at NC A&T State University on Monday, July 31, 2006 (h/t: Sue).
The meeting will take place in Webb Hall from 6:00pm to 7:30pm and will focus on the genocide crises in the Darfur region of Sudan. ...
Posted in Civil Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Greensboro, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Soulforce/Right to Serve | No Comments »
Thursday, July 27th, 2006
Check out this hilarious video from the Fred Phelps group's gathering at the Southern Baptist Convention here in Greensboro.
A comedian/reporter/general funny guy comes on to Fred Phelps, Jr. Oh, and just look at how Junior just runs away like a scared little baby, calling his dear sister for help. It's ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Greensboro, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, Sexuality | 3 Comments »
Thursday, July 27th, 2006
I've added two new quotes to the Gay Objectors' Party (GOP) page on my site. The quotes section on the GOP page features both positive and negative remarks made by GOP leaders and groups.
The two new quotes consist of one positive and one negative. One is from the Triangle Log ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, Politics, Republican Party, United States | No Comments »
Thursday, July 27th, 2006
Yesterday, the North Carolina Senate passed Senate Bill 602, the Technical Corrections Act-2, 2005.
EqualityNC, our state's oldest and largest LGBT state-wide advocacy group, praised the passage of the bill in an email sent out to members and supporters today and a statement placed on their website yesterday.
According to the statement ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Sexuality | No Comments »
