Archive for March, 2008
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
The Newark Star-Ledger reports that a 29-year-old former aide to Gov. James McGreevey has come forward with details of threeways between himself, McGreevey and his wife, Dina Matos McGreevey:
A former aide to James E. McGreevey said today that he had three-way sexual trysts with the former governor and his wife ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
In response to words from Mark Creech, director of North Carolina's Christian Action League, on the recent passage of the Charloote-Mecklenburg Schools anti-bullying policy, a local blogger reveals the true homo agenda:
There’s that term again, Homosexual Agenda. It looks like the cat’s out of the bag now, folks, the Christians ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Charlotte, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, United States | No Comments »
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
I didn't say it - Rick Santorum did. (Well, actually, the folks at RealClearPolitics chose that headline for his article, but if the shoe fits, I'll take it.) Reporting back from a meeting of, in his words, "the who's who of Hilary Clinton's vast right wing conspiracy," Santorum ...
Posted in LGBT, Politics, Republican Party | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Disclaimer: I went to film school. I also work in television. That should help explain why many of my posts revolve around videos: I can't get enough. The following is a video that I wish was never made, that we lived in a world devoid of such ...
Posted in Anti-Gay Politicians Watch, Anti-LGBT, Politics | 3 Comments »
Monday, March 10th, 2008
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- On Tuesday, March 11, tens of thousands of North Carolinians will head to their local precinct meetings to elect delegates to county conventions. The meetings are the beginning of the long trek to the state convention, the national convention and for choosing delegates to represent Democrats ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
We see this little golden nugget from the March 8 issue of Q-Notes:
When asked about the polling data that shows Hagan and Neal statistically even, Hagan spokesperson Colleen Flanagan countered with a Feb. 6 poll conducted by Public Policy Polling. In that particular poll, Hagan had 21 percent while Neal ...
Posted in Democratic Party, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, United States | 3 Comments »
Monday, March 10th, 2008
My March 8 editorial from Q-Notes, the premier LGBT news source of the Carolinas:
Perry, Huckabee and the piss-me-off meter
by Matt Comer . Q-Notes staff
Even though anti-gay conservatives say a lot of stupid things on an almost daily basis, there have been a couple of recent situations that really sent the ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Headlines from the March 8 issue of Q-Notes, the premier LGBT news source of the Carolinas.
S.C. gender-variant teen killed
News receives little regional, national attention
compiled by Q-Notes staff
N. CHARLESTON, S.C. — News that a gender non-conforming teenager was shot down here more than a month ago has been slow to reach ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
After decades of political scientists telling us young people don't vote, we hear this from the Greensboro News & Record (h/t Ed Cone)
Of the 4,988 new registrations in the first two months of this year in Guilford County, 1,863 are from people younger than 25.
The difference over the last presidential ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
My aunt passed away Saturday morning.
I'll be going to work to put the paper together Saturday (you know, the news doesn't stop) and then heading back to Winston-Salem. I was working on a piece to throw up here sometime this weekend or on Monday. It will likely be put off, ...
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