Every year you expect it — the dreaded family gatherings. Everyone knows you’re as queer as a three dollar bill and some of your precious family members always have something to say about it. The holidays are a stressful time for everyone, but for LGBT people our concerns and holiday [...]
Shopping, eating, parties and socials. The holiday season is one of the most hectic times of the year. It’s always good to find some time to just get away and enjoy some time with family and friends. Gay and lesbian choruses across the Carolinas are gearing up for their holiday [...]
Rough economy got you down? Tight budget putting a crimp on your holiday gift-giving style? Not to worry! Here are some great money-saving gift ideas to keep your conscience clear and your giftees just as happy. Dinner’s on me — Are you one of those gift-givers who got stuck with [...]
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Lambda Legal has filed suit against this eastern Tennessee city and Police Chief John Lowry on behalf of a man arrested in a September 2007 public sex sting. As reported in Q-Notes last October, the Johnson City Police Department arrested 40 men in late September — [...]
ATLANTA — Last month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report detailing new estimated figures for new HIV infections per year. Jumping from 40,000 new infections each year to more than 56,000, the CDC also said the burden for the increase was “greatest among gay and [...]
On Aug. 29, presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain announced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his pick for vice president. The announcement was received with concern by the LGBT community and pro-choice advocates. Palin’s record as governor of the nation’s most northerly state and her record on such hot button [...]
On Aug. 29, presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain announced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his pick for vice president. The announcement was received with concern by the LGBT community and pro-choice advocates. Palin’s record as governor of the nation’s most northerly state and her record on such hot button [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — When state delegations head to Denver, Colo., for the Democratic National Convention Aug. 25-28, they’ll be bringing with them more representation from the LGBT community than ever before. According to the National Stonewall Democrats, overall LGBT participation in the quadrennial Democratic convention will increase 27 percent from [...]
It’s 95 degrees outside. You’re sweating. It’s humid. The pool is still open. You might think it’s a tad bit early to be shopping for your Fall and Winter wear, but you really should think again. Fashion designers were looking at this year’s colors and trends as far back as [...]
GREENSBORO — Researchers at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro (UNCG), aided by funds from the Guilford Green Foundation, are working for a second year to develop resources to offer those in the domestic violence service field information on preventing, supporting and rehabilitating victims and perpetrators of same-sex domestic violence. The [...]
Lots of folks have dream vacations. Sometimes, those dreams are mere fantasies. When people get the chance to fulfill those dreams and fantasies, the memories made often last a lifetime. A resort in Curaçao, a small island in the Carribean, is hoping to help make some of those dreams come [...]
The Center Project Youth Director Gloria Williams poses with Brian Hollon, Rainbow Beach Film Director. MYRTLE BEACH — Rainbow Beach, the LGBT youth group at The Center Project of Myrtle Beach (TCP), hosted the first gay youth prom in the history of Myrtle Beach and Horry County. The May 3 [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The battle over a possible repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy is heating up on Capitol Hill. During the first weekend of May, two Navy admirals, one retired and one the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke out on the [...]
ANT will be the featured performer at Columbia’s Business Guild gala. COLUMBIA — What do you get when you mix scores of LGBT people, a nationally respected, openly gay comedian, the mayor of a state’s capital city, food and dancing? The S.C. Gay and Lesbian Business Guild Gala, of course. [...]
CHARLOTTE — As first reported on Q-Notes Online, a popular radio disc jockey was forced to issue written and on-air apologies after making anti-gay remarks on his show broadcast Apr. 15. CJ of 96.1 FM The BEAT made the remarks while discussing a reported kiss between openly gay gossip blogger [...]
REGIONAL — In recent years, a proliferation of local Pride festivals have popped up across the Carolinas. From Wilmington to Boone, Raleigh/Durham to Columbia, LGBT folks will have plenty of activities to choose from throughout the 2008 Pride season. The first event of the year will be the Triad Pride [...]
Openly gay Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes said the popular social networking site was always meant to be gay-friendly. Online social networking companies are teaming up with leading travel and transportation agencies in an effort to reach out to the LGBT traveler. The most recent companies to jump into the fray [...]
