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Here you will find various press and media documents related to my work on LGBT rights, advocacy and awareness. You will also find public addresses and other places on the web where I appear.
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AUDIO/VIDEO PRESS ITEMS
‘The Boy Scouts & Homosexuality’ Click to listen (mp3)
Guests: Matt Hill [Comer] & Hans Zeiger
Viewpoints Talk Radio, Eastern North Carolina
April 1, 2004
This is an older recording and its quality is not 100%. You may need to turn up your volume to hear it depending on your computer. This is also Matt’s first-ever “live” radio interview.
‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Challenged’ Click to listen (mp3)
WUNC/NPR, Chapel Hill, NC (w/ national coverage)
September 22, 2006, Lorne Matalon reports
“Challenging ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’” Click to listen (RealPlayer)
NPR Here & Now, National
September 22, 2006
‘Marriage Defined’ Click to listen (mp3)
StateGovernmentRadio, Raleigh, NC
October 25, 2006, Josh Ellis reports
‘Matt Hill Comer’ Click to listen (mp3)
At age fourteen, Matt Hill Comer was on track to become an Eagle Scout, but a run-in with his local Boy Scouts troop over homosexuality took his life in a new direction. Host Frank Stasio speaks to Matt Hill Comer, now a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, about equality, politics and youth activism.
“The State of Things”
WUNC/NC Public Radio, Chapel Hill, NC
November 13, 2006, Frank Stasio hosts (original story)
‘Equality Ride’ Click to listen (MP3)
For two months, gay rights advocate and UNC-G student Matt Hill Comer has been traveling by bus to Christian campuses on the east coast as part of an effort to raise awareness about homophobia. Earlier this week, Matt was arrested for trespassing on the campus of Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He joins host Frank Stasio by phone to reflect on his travels as part of The Equality Ride.
“The State of Things”
WUNC/NC Public Radio, Chapel Hill, NC
April 27, 2007, Frank Stasio hosts (original story).
Interview with Matt Hill Comer Click to listen (MP3)
UNC-G student Matt Hill Comer recently returned from two months on the road. The Winston-Salem native joined about 50 other gay and lesbian college students for an advocacy tour of Christian colleges. WFDD’s Jennifer Curry spoke with Comer about his activism.
Local News, Jennifer Curry, Reporter
WFDD 88.5 FM Winston-Salem, NC
May 16, 2007 (original story)
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Speeches/Public Addresses/Statements:
“The Power of One.” Presented to the Congregation of the Metropolitan Community Church of Winston-Salem, NC, March 6, 2005; (Many Thanks go out to the congregation. May God’s Blessings be upon the church as it grows with its new pastor!)
Public Comment to the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education, March 8, 2005
Matt Comer & the Reverend Joe Cobb, Presentation on the Soulforce Equality Ride and LGBT activism (MP3 Audio File, 33min 35sec)) (On Windows, Right click and “Save File/Target As” to download to computer), The Metropolitan Community Church of Winston-Salem, NC, June 17, 2007
Press Items (Click here for Right to Serve/Don’t Ask Don’t Tell items):
“Reynolds High OKs Meetings” Winston-Salem Journal, September 12, 2000
“Gay/Straight Alliance at Reynolds?” The Pine Whispers, RJR High School, October 6, 2000
“Not Happy: Protest targets bias against gays” The Winston-Salem Journal, May 6, 2002
“Rally to protest Boy Scout policy will get under way today” Winston-Salem Journal October 11, 2002
“Local protesters ask for Boy Scouts policy change” Winston-Salem Journal October 13, 2002
“Booted gay Scout planning protest” The Chronicle, Winston-Salem, NC, March 25, 2004
“Groups hold competing rallies on Scout policy” Winston-Salem Journal, April 4, 2004
“Are You Game” GoTriad, October 14, 2004
“They need to know they’re normal” An Interview with Matt Hill, GoTriad, October 14, 2004
Three Letters to the Editor, by Matt Hill
SGA passes legislation in response to UNC-CH hate crime, The Carolinian, UNCG, Nov 30, 2004
Letter to the Editor: Bible used to discriminate, by Matt Hill, WS Journal, July 25, 2005
PRIDE! tears down ‘wall of hate’, The Carolinian, UNCG, Sept 20, 2005
PRIDE! members share their “coming out” stories, The Carolinian, UNCG, Oct 18, 2005
“Student Body votes in favor of Constitution” The Carolinian, UNCG, Nov 15, 2005
“Ad rejection provokes controversy” The News & Record, Greensboro, NC, Feb 2, 2006
“Letter from a red state LGBT activist” In Newsweekly, Boston, Mass, Feb 22, 2006
“Gay Seminar Teacher Fired” Carolina Journal, Raleigh, NC, March 16, 2006
“UNCG Student Arrested During Peaceful Protest” The Carolinian, UNCG, April 4, 2006
“Campus Policy Battle over Free Speech Zones Ends” The Carolinian, UNCG, April 4, 2006
“Blogs a trend in campus political discussion” The News & Record, Greensboro, NC, April 20, 2006
“Coalition forms to advocate for gay and lesbian rights” YES! Weekly, Greensboro, NC May 24, 2006
“Young, Motivated, Political” The News & Record, Greensboro, NC, July 9, 2006
“GOP leader: Gayness ‘natural as pedophilia’” The News & Record, Greensboro, NC, July 13, 2006
“GOP leader: Gay as ‘natural as pedophilia’” 365Gay.com News, National, July 13, 2006
“Students start PAC for conservatives” The Daily Texan (University of Texas), July 24, 2006
“Students protest military’s gay ban” The Daily Tar Heel, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC, September 22, 2006
“Students arrested after sit-in” The Carolinian, UNCG, Greensboro, NC, September 26, 2006
“UNCG student stands up for gay rights” The News & Record, Greensboro, NC, October 29, 2006
“Charges dropped against protesters” YES! Weekly, Greensboro, NC, November 29, 2006
“If the election were held today” Q-Notes, Charlotte, NC, January 31, 2007
“Student raising money for gay rights” The News & Record, Greensboro, NC, February 15, 2007
“Activists stage seminary sit-in” Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY, March 27, 2007
“3 are arrested at gay-rights group’s event” Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY, March 29, 2007
“Equality Rider returns to Greensboro” YES! Weekly, Greensboro, NC, May 9, 2007
“Gay rights activists endure tough road” News & Record, Greensboro, NC, July 16, 2007
On the WWW:
- BestGayBlogs.com, InDepth: Matt Hill Comer at InterstateQ.com
- “Greensboro is North Carolina’s Gay San Francisco?” Greensboring.com
- Coalitions for Inclusive Scouting Case Study: Matt Hill
- Open Letter to the Sarasota School Board by Matt Hill
- “Boy Scout Organizes Protest March 30″ EXP Magazine
- 2004 HRC Carolinas Dinner Scholarship Winners
- They need to know they are normal, www.gayteens.org
- Vernon Robinson Defends the Boy Scouts’ Ban on Homosexuals***
For more up-to-date and the latest online items, you can search online for “Matt Hill Comer” at Technorati or Bloglines:
***Vernon Robinson, former Winston-Salem City Councilmember (lost bid for re-election November 2005), former Republican candidate (2004 election year) for the Fifth Congressional District and former Republican candidate (2006 election year) for the 13th Congressional District organized a counter protest to Matt Hill Comer’s Triad Scouting For All Protest of the Discriminatory Membership Policies of the Boy Scouts of America. While at the Protest event, Matt asked the two City of Winston-Salem Police Officers overseeing the events if he could meet the organizer of the counter-protest, shake his hand and acknowledge that both parties would hold peaceful demonstrations. The officers returned to Matt after speaking to the opposing side; Matt had been denied his request to meet the opposing side.
