Archive for November, 2007
Monday, November 12th, 2007
Here's your one chance to make a difference in rural Rowan-no "sex-based clubs" County. Mark your calendars for PFLAG Salisbury's Autumn Soirée this Saturday, Nov. 17.
It all starts at 6 p.m. at the Waterworks Visual Arts Center on 123 E. Liberty Street, Salisbury, N.C.
The event is a fundraiser for the ...
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
Ed Cone in the Greensboro News & Record on Jim Neal, Kay Hagan and the effort to oust missing-in-action Elizabeth Dole:
No matter how the Democratic primary between Greensboro's Kay Hagan and investment banker Jim Neal plays out, the general election between the survivor and Elizabeth Dole will see a notable ...
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
The Greensboro News & Record had an article Sunday on the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and their efforts to keep themselves from falling apart, literally.
According to the article:
Unlike meetings of the past, when cultural issues such as affirming gay Christians morphed into high-profile, heated debates, this year's ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Greensboro, North Carolina, Religion, United States | 2 Comments »
Friday, November 9th, 2007
The United States House of Representatives passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act by a vote of 235-184 on Wednesday, Nov. 7.
There has been quite a bit of debate over the inclusion or exclusion of transgender protections in the bill. From a Q-Notes article from Oct. 20:
At the end of September, U.S. ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Democratic Party, Employment Discrimination, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, United States | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
I might have been disappointed earlier today, but thankfully tonight I can go to bed happy. Three years after President Bush focused his presidential campaign largely on gay marriage, the United States House of Representatives voted to add sexual orientation to the list of classes protected under employment non-discrimination ...
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
It gets me every time. Every time I read an article from a Christian organization or hear a quotation from a Christian that simply does not present the full story, I'm disappointed. Disappointed because I hold my Christian faith in such high esteem, my respective for God, my ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Ex-gay, LGBT, LGBT Families, LGBT Youth, Marriage Equality, Politics, Religion | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
Headlines & snippets from the Nov. 3 issue of Q-Notes, your premier source of Carolinas’ LGBT news & views:
N.C. gay man campaigns for U.S. Senate
Jim Neal says he’s always been out, sexuality not an issue
by Matt Comer . Q-Notes staff
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — “If not now, when?”
That is the question ...
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
See the Q-Notes Nov. 17 issue for the editorial: "Oral Sodomy & Tennis."
A member of the North Carolina State University tennis team has been charged with 'crimes against nature' after allegedly performing oral sex on a sleeping team mate.
Nineteen-year-old Dejon Bivens (pictured right), a freshman and graduate of Charlotte Country ...
Posted in College/University, LGBT, North Carolina, Raleigh, United States | 4 Comments »
Monday, November 5th, 2007
I think this is exciting... probably only because I'm a geek and work in news-media.
CBS News on Logo will be expanding from their 3-minute daily interstitial format to a weekly 30-minute format starting November 12. Lovely.
The big Press Release below:
FIRST-EVER HALF-HOUR GAY NETWORK NEWS SHOW TO LAUNCH ON LOGO ...
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