Archive for August, 2007
Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Bob Page and Dale Frederiksen, owners of Replacements, Ltd. and national and regional LGBT philanthropists, were honored by the Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute's second annual Lewis-Underwood Award on Thursday, according to the Raleigh News & Observer.
According to the article:
Company chairman and CEO Bob Page and senior vice president ...
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Saturday, August 25th, 2007
A crowd of more than 500 people gathered inside the Regency Room on Elm Street in Downtown Greensboro on Friday night to celebrate community and the beginning of the "Back to School" season. In this first week of college classes in Greensboro, when the city's population jumps by almost 30,000 ...
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Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Did anybody make it to Triad Pride today? I definitely had plans to go, but stuff popped up here at home. If you went, and if you have photos, I'd love for you to forward them to me at matt@interstateq.com, and I'll post them on my site: http://www.InterstateQ.com.
Also... If anybody ...
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
An on-going historical survey and study is finding that "civil unions" or legally recognized relationships outside of the one man-one woman paradigm have existed before in Western law and civilization.
The study may very well prove false the assertions of anti-gay activists, who say that civil unions and marriage equality across ...
Posted in Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Politics | No Comments »
Friday, August 24th, 2007
In the on-going posting of conservative Greensboro blogger Joe Guarino's candidate questionnaire, one including a question on the issue of domestic partner benefits for city employees, another City Council candidate has responded.
Greg Woodard, an At-Large candidate who has also agreed to complete the InterstateQ.com LGBT issues candidate questionnaire, says that ...
Posted in Greensboro LGBT Vote 07 | 6 Comments »
Friday, August 24th, 2007
Just a little update on the distribution of my LGBT election issues questionnaire for Greensboro City Council and Mayor candidates...
Yesterday I told you that I had called 18 and that I could get only seven of the 18 on the phone long enough (or at all) to agree to either ...
Posted in Greensboro LGBT Vote 07 | 1 Comment »
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Today, I started the process of going through all 33 candidates for the Greensboro City Council and the two candidates for Mayor and sending out my short, five question candidate questionnaire on issues important to the Greensboro lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
You can view the questions being asked ...
Posted in Greensboro LGBT Vote 07 | 1 Comment »
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
PLEASE NOTE that an update and story on the forum on the evening of September 20th has been posted. Check out the update which includes in-depth commentary and video & audio.
Partly in response to the PrideCharlotte festival being held this week and into this weekend in Charlotte, NC, a right-wing ...
Posted in Pride Central | 3 Comments »
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
In InterstateQ.com's first post in its Q-vote 2008 initiative, I am glad to give some very exciting news for the LGBT community of North Carolina.
Mike Nelson, currently an Orange County Commissioner and former Mayor of Carrboro, has announced his intention to run for the North Carolina Senate in 2008, according ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Conservative Greensboro blogger Joe Guarino continues to collect responses from his City Council candidate questionnaire, including a question on the issue of domestic partner benefits for employees of the City of Greensboro.
So far, I've provided two posts, one with the responses of Perkins, Green, Jones, Wilson and Carmichael and the ...
Posted in Greensboro, Greensboro LGBT Vote 07 | 4 Comments »
