Archive for January, 2008
Friday, January 18th, 2008
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Congresswoman Donna Christian-Christensen, the delegate of the U.S. Virgin Islands to the U.S. House, will make an appearance in Myrtle Beach, S.C., just days before the scheduled Democratic primary in that state.
Christian-Christiansen, a member of the Health Brain-trust of the Congressional Black Caucus, will speak at ...
Posted in Civil Rights, Democratic Party, Health, LGBT, Politics, South Carolina, United States | No Comments »
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
The blogosphere has responded to the full publication of the Q-Notes' endorsement of Sen. John Edwards (see Q-Notes site).
A lot of what I've seen so far are only simple repostings of the endorsement, but The Left Coaster had some really great thoughts:
Some Obama supporters insist that McClurkin is old news, ...
Posted in Democratic Party, LGBT, Media, North Carolina, Politics, South Carolina, United States | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
It has never really made much sense to me why those who lead the LGBT media feel it necessary to put all our news and media companies and needs into one entity. The old phrase, "Putting all your eggs in one basket," takes on a serious meaning in these circumstances. ...
Posted in LGBT, Media, North Carolina, South Carolina, United States | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
From Box Turtle Bulletin (emphasis added):
And most importantly, ONE quickly became a voice for thousands of silent gays and lesbians across the U.S., many of whom wrote letters of deep gratitude to ONE’s editors. But in a sign of those times, all letters to the editor were published anonymously — ...
Posted in Civil Rights, LGBT, Media, North Carolina, Politics, United States, Winston-Salem | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
The Coalition of Conscience (otherwise known as "CoC"), led by Dr. Michael Brown, has announced a week-long series of forums on the LGBT community, homosexuality and the Bible. The forums are designed to counter to 1,500-person strong Human Rights Campaign Carolinas Gala.
CoC, the same organization that held the "Can you ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, United States | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Headlines from the Jan. 12 issue of Q-Notes, the leading LGBT news source for North & South Carolina:
2008: A look ahead
Expectations for the LGBT community
by Matt Comer . Q-Notes staff
From almost-made-it legislation and Capitol Hill lobbying to youth activism and national movements for equality, 2007 laid the groundwork for real, ...
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Q-Notes, the leading news source for the LGBT communities of North and South Carolina, has published its full endorsement of John Edwards. Before the New Year, Q-Notes editorial staff announced our intention to endorse the former Democratic Senator from North Carolina and released a short statement. In our Jan. ...
Posted in Democratic Party, LGBT, Media, North Carolina, Politics, South Carolina, United States | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Whew... It really has been a crazy past few days (almost a week to be exact), but I'm back in Charlotte now. Lots of things have happened and I haven't really had the time to keep up with everything.
Two important updates:
HRC Carolinas Youth Scholarship: Youth! Don't forget about the HRC ...
Posted in Charlotte, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, United States | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
I've been taken offline for the past day and maybe some more, due to a family emergency. I've had to travel back up from Charlotte to Winston-Salem.
While I'm working from home when and where I can (in fact, I got some great work accomplished in about three hours or so ...
Posted in Misc | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Voters in the first primary in the nation, at Dixville Notch, N.H., cast their ballots at 12:00 a.m. on Jan. 8.
For the Dems, Obama came in the lead with seven votes, Edwards came in second with two votes and Richardson came in at one vote.
But wait, where's "Unstoppable, presumed incumbent" ...
Posted in Democratic Party, Politics, United States | 3 Comments »
