Archive for June, 2007
Saturday, June 30th, 2007
92%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?Mingle2 - Online Dating
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
Okay... I absolutely love it and wish I could have had this setup when I started InterstateQ.com.
A new LGBQI news portal focusing on politics, activism, youth, culture & arts.... IQN theINTERSTATEQ.COMnetwork.
I hope you'll check it out. I hope you'll link to it in your blogrolls and I hope it actually ...
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
So, it seems as though the Human Rights Campaign has gotten itself a blog.
I guess it is too bad they are about two years (or more) behind everyone else.
I wonder if HRC really thinks its new blog is going to help them out. If we can use past HRC actions ...
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
From Activate! - The North Carolina Advocacy Coalition (original story):
Click to download in PDF
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 28, 2007
Contact: Matt Hill Comer
Executive Director
Phone 336 391 9528
ncadvocacy@gmail.com
PO Box 24972
Winston-Salem, NC 27114
Phone 336 391 9528
ncadvocacycoalition.org
Winston-Salem City Council protects gay & lesbian employees
Gay and Lesbian advocacy group praises decision; calls for more
WINSTON-SALEM, NC - ...
Posted in Employment Discrimination, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, United States, Winston-Salem | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
A community member in Mankato, Minnesota, writes a letter to the editor on the Soulforce Equality Ride visit to Bethany Lutheran College.
He makes the argument that Soulforce "should be more open to change," for our "viewpoints" and our "lifestyle:"
Was SoulForce just as willing to become less liberal and more conservative, ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Soulforce/Equality Ride | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
Kevin Jennings, the Executive Director of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), writes a reflection on his first Pride experience:
I couldn’t help but think back to 1986 and my first time marching in the Boston Gay Pride Parade, at age 23. My excitement and nervousness was palpable. ...
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Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
As I have continued to get myself involved in situation after situation and controversy after controversy, I have increasingly realized that sometimes, taking a stand on a certain issue puts you into bed with some strange allies.
I first learned this lesson while working with the Student Government Association at The ...
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Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
Seth Crawford, a junior at Northwest Guilford High School in Greensboro, NC, wrote a great student journalism article and profile on me and my activism as a part of a multicultural journalism workshop with the Greensboro News & Record.
His article appears in today's paper:
UNCG student fights for gay rights
June 26, ...
Posted in Civil Rights, College/University, Dont Ask Dont Tell, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Soulforce/Equality Ride, Soulforce/Right to Serve, Triad, United States | No Comments »
Monday, June 25th, 2007
Part Five of the InterstateQ.com Pride Series.
North Carolina certainly may not be like the hot-beds of LGBT community, life and activism like San Francisco or New York City, but we still have plenty of history makers and leaders to be proud of!
From politicians to activists, authors to bloggers and community ...
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
Part Four of the InterstateQ.com Pride Series.
Before 1973, LGBT people were considered to be mentally diseased, sick or ill. Even today, people still believe it.
But history would be made in 1973, when the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its lists of mental diseases contained in its Diagnostic and Statistical ...
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