Archive for August, 2007
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
We've all heard it. We ask someone why they didn't vote in an election, whether it be a primary one or a general election, and people say something to the effect of "I didn't know."
"I didn't know who the candidates were."
"I never heard about it."
"I didn't know when it was."
I'm ...
Posted in Politics | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
ANNOUNCEMENT: Join Matt, InterstateQ.com readers and other community members for a community discussion, forum and general time of learning on trans issues at Tate Street Coffeehouse in Greensboro, NC, 6:00pm, September 16, 2007. More info here.
According to ABC 11 (Raleigh-Durham, NC), Duke University has moved a male-to-female, pre-operation transgender student ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, College/University, Durham, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Triangle | 51 Comments »
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
So far I've posted four stories highlighting answers to a question on domestic partner benefits included in a candidate questionnaire distributed by conservative Greensboro blogger Joe Guarino. So far, I've reported on nine of the candidates' responses.
Two more, Sandy Carmany and T. Dianne Bellamy-Small, both incumbents, have responded.
Sandy Carmany ...
Posted in Greensboro LGBT Vote 07 | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, the big hospital in my hometown of Winston-Salem, has released the results of a study they did on gay men, HIV and the use of crystal meth.
The new study, reported in the August issue of AIDS Patient Care and STDs, found that 6% of ...
Posted in LGBT, North Carolina, Sexuality, United States, Winston-Salem | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
No, you aren't crazy and you aren't imagining things. For my regular readers, you'll be saying, "Oh my goodness, Not again, PLEASE!?"
After my last site design, with lots of bugs I could never fix (like the bugs with comments and the photos beside them - which most people didn't have ...
Posted in Blog | 2 Comments »
Monday, August 27th, 2007
Back in April, news came about that Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, had changed its anti-gay student conduct code, contributing the force for the change, in part, with the Soulforce Equality Ride visits to the university.
A second Christian university visited by the Equality Ride in March 2007 has amended ...
Posted in Soulforce/Equality Ride | 7 Comments »
Monday, August 27th, 2007
Sandra Anderson-Groat
At-Large City Council Candidate
Mailing Address:
505 Daybreak Square North
Greensboro, N.C. 27455
Phone: 336-282-9047
E-mail: Sandra@sandraandersonbuilders.com
Campaign website: under construction
Question One. Economic studies have concluded that those metropolitan areas most welcoming, inclusive and supportive of their LGBT communities are more likely to attract and retain dynamic, high-paying business and young professionals. With this ...
Posted in Greensboro LGBT Vote 07 | 1 Comment »
Monday, August 27th, 2007
The first of the completed InterstateQ.com LGBT Issues Questionnaire.
David Crawford
District Four City Council Candidate
Mailing Address:
5601 Roanne Way 103
Greensboro NC 27409
Phone 336-997-5051
Email david@crawford.org
Campaign website myspace.com/davidcrawford01
FULL RESPONSES:
Question One. Economic studies have concluded that those metropolitan areas most welcoming, inclusive and supportive of their LGBT communities are more likely ...
Posted in Greensboro LGBT Vote 07 | 4 Comments »
Sunday, August 26th, 2007
The Charlotte Observer also published an article on a local Pride festival in North Carolina yesterday; the one that took place down in Charlotte:
Event celebrates tolerance
Gay pride event offers a place to enjoy, learn, let protesters speak out
KAREN CIMINO
kcimino@charlotteobserver.com
While the Pride Charlotte Festival focused on tolerance, one mother came to ...
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Wow... The Winston-Salem Journal actually offered some pretty positive coverage to yesterday's Triad Pride Festival in Downtown Greensboro. I'm surprised; shocked really.
From the Journal:
Nearly 700 attend Triad Pride Festival
Gay-pride gathering celebrates diversity, chairman says
By Fran Daniel
JOURNAL REPORTER
Sunday, August 26, 2007
The Triad Pride Festival at Festival Park in Greensboro yesterday drew ...
Posted in Pride Central | No Comments »
