Back in March, Q-Notes featured a piece about a new film project in Wilmington, N.C., documenting an 18-year-old murder many have said is a hate crime.
The film project got some mainstream press cred over the holiday break.
From The Wilmington Star News:
A brutal 18-year-old murder drew new attention in 2008.
In February, St. Jude’s Metropolitan Community Church [...]
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Film about 18-year-old NC hate crime gets mainstream press
Julia Boseman, openly gay North Carolina state Senator, to speak at Triad Business Guild
State Senator Julia Boseman (D-New Hanover), pictured right, will be speak at the next meeting of the Triad Business & Professional Guild in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Thursday, March 15, 2007. The meeting will be held at the Greensboro-High Point Marriott at the PTI Airport.
From the press release:
Boseman is the only openly gay member of [...]
Judge rules in NC ‘Day of Truth’ case
A federal judge has ruled that Sampson County, NC, Midway High school student Benjamin Arthurs has the legal right to distribute anti-gay “Day of Truth” materials on the LGBT harassment and school climate awareness day known as the Day of Silence.
Alliance Defense Fund sued the Sampson County School Board on behalf of Arthurs on the [...]
Boseman opponent drops out of race
According to WECT-TV 6 in Wilmington, NC, the Republican challenger to the seat of state Senator Julia Boseman (D-New Hanover), pictured right, has pulled out of the race after being accused of child molestation (YAY! for those “Republican Family Values”).
Wilmington, NC, lawyer Sherman Criner was cleared of the molestation accusations, but it was enough to [...]
NC group pushes for marriage ban
A conservative North Carolina group is pushing for a state constitutional amendment which would ban marriage rights or other similar relationship statuses for same-sex couples.
According to a June 8, 2006 article I just found via WWAY NewsChannel 3 in Wilmington, NC, the group Cape Fear Act Now is working to lobby the North Carolina Senate [...]
Anti-gay group sues North Carolina school
The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), a group known for defending anti-gay stances and positions, has filed a federal civil rights suit against Midway High School and the Sampson County School Board (near Wilmington, NC).
According to an Associated Press article of 365gay.com News and a press release from the ADF, the ADF claims that the administrators [...]
