Seems as though the Florida Legislature beat good ole’ N.C. in passing a state-wide anti-bullying bill protecting LGBT students. We’ve got a similar bill that needs to be passed by our State Senate this coming session.
No word yet on whether Gov. Crist is going to sign it, although the Florida Senate vote was 39-0.
Oh. [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Apr 30
Florida beat us to it
Apr 29
Easley, ‘pansy’ and the gay response: Don’t let perceptions of N.C. be clouded by Gov.
After hearing Gov. Mike Easley’s unfortunate use of the anti-gay slur, “pansy,” I immediately sensed the high probability that my governor’s words could have a huge impact on the way people outside of my state perceive our political leaders and its people.
As a North Carolinian (a very proud one at that) I also immediately felt [...]
Apr 27
National scrutiny: Not fun
The N.C. Primary campaigning is in full swing.
Everyone knows I’m a person with a reputation for going head-first into any adventure of mine. How ironic that my first journalism/media job puts me smack-dab in the middle of LGBT political coverage of the N.C. Primary… in a year where our wonderful state isn’t ignored as it [...]
Apr 24
N.C. Primary coverage: The gay angle, first hand
In the next few days and next two weeks, I get the lovely opportunity to be the voice of the LGBT community and its needs and concerns during the N.C. Primary on May 6th.
Attending the Clinton rally in Uptown Charlotte Monday… talking to campaign staffers and volunteers… tracking the polling… and, perhaps, doing some unofficial [...]
Apr 24
St. George’s Day and my ‘Englishness’
Yesterday was St. George’s Day, in other words, the day of England’s patron saint.
From The AP (via PageOneQ.com):
April 23 is St. George’s Day, England’s national day. But it’s not a public holiday, and for decades it passed largely unnoticed — a far cry from its rowdy Irish counterpart, St. Patrick’s Day.
“We tend to be a [...]
Apr 24
The new Q-Notes Online linked from CNN!
From the staff blog, InsideSource:
I was busy-ing myself yesterday evening after work, checking Q-Notes Online’s web stats.
Q-Notes was linked to CNN.com, featured in their feeds from local news!
Take a peek (click on images to make larger):
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Apr 23
Hometown politics: Hagan v. Neal
Okay… so I’m a week late catching up on news from my beautiful hometown of Winston-Salem, N.C.
It seems as though N.C. State Sen. Kay Hagan won the Forsyth County Democratic Convention straw poll 58% over openly gay, Chapel Hill businessman Jim Neal.
And, The Winston-Salem Journal endorsed Hagan.
I’m not particularly surprised. Winston is full of three [...]
Apr 22
NC-06: Bratton wavers on LGBT equality?
I got the chance this morning to take a quick look at the candidate questionnaires for the radical, anti-gay N.C. Family Policy Council.
6th Congressional District candidate Jay Ovittore passed with flying colors. Teresa Sue Bratton — well, not so much:
Should “sexual orientation” be added as a protected class in federal law?
___ Yes ___ No [...]
Apr 18
Q-Notes releases N.C. primary ‘endorsement’
We’ve released our North Carolina primary endorsement. Well — it isn’t quite an “endorsement.”
Over the last few weeks, we have been contacted by numerous parties representing the Democratic presidential contenders. They want to know if Q-Notes is making an endorsement for the upcoming N.C. primary, slated for May 6, and, if so, whether we are [...]
