GREENVILLE, S.C. The man found guilty of the May 15, 2007, killing of openly gay Sean Kennedy was released from prison a week early.
Stephen Andrew Moller was released from his 5-year suspended sentence on July 1. His sentence had already been reduced by two months after receiving a good behavior credit for receiving his GED [...]

Just days before a respected safe schools advocate is set to begin his work at the Department of Education, a national anti-LGBT and “family values” organization has a launched an online and print advertising campaign to stop his appointment.
The Family Research Council (FRC) aims to keep Winston-Salem, N.C.-native Kevin Jennings — founder and former executive [...]

The history of the LGBT community is a tough subject to study. The community has been oppressed and maligned for so long, that much of the history is forgotten. In most schools, LGBT youth never learn about the legendary events and people who helped to shape the queer community, the entire nation and its political [...]

In the 1980s, the chances for any openly gay man or lesbian woman wining an election to public office were pretty much slim-to-none. That didn’t stop scores of gay and lesbian North Carolinians from throwing their hat into the ring and giving it a shot.
With this year’s candidacies of openly gay Mark Kleinschmidt for Chapel [...]

From the eastern tip of the Tar Heel State to its western mountainy edge, and from the Upstate of South Carolina to its capital city, Columbia, the Carolinas saw plenty of Pride activity in mid-June.
Wilmington
In Wilmington, about a dozen vendors set up shop during the OutWilmington Pride street festival on Water St., near the historic [...]

Another openly gay man has announced his intention to run for a city council office in North Carolina. Lee Sartain, a Charlotte native and N.C. State University alumnus, made the announcement in early June. He’s running to fill one of two at-large seats on the Raleigh City Council.
In a telephone interview with Q-Notes, Sartain, 28, [...]

Durham, N.C.-based blogger Pam Spaulding has been honored with an award from the Women’s Media Center.
Spaulding, who operates the acclaimed progressive LGBT blog PamsHouseBlend.com, was one of 11 female journalists and media personalities honored at a reception held June 17 at the Women’s Media Center offices in New York City.
The “blogmistress,” as she calls herself, [...]

A century from now, the American people will look back at the beginning of the 21st century. They will see each of us, individually fighting for life, love and liberty — and they will say we were heroes.
It is quite fitting that this issue is published on June 27. Forty years ago this weekend, young [...]

On Thursday, June 25, the North Carolina House of Representatives voted 60-55 to concur with a Senate version of a sexual health education bill designed to revamp the state’s curre. After its passage, the bill was sent to the governor.
The Healthy Youth Act (HYA) replaces the state’s current abstinence-until-marriage sex ed curriculum with a [...]

Yes… you heard right. Finally, Q-Notes has jumped on the bandwagon and gotten ourselves a Twitter account.
Check out our profile and follow us! Ever want to send us a message there, just send @qnotescarolinas.
We’ll post breaking news updates and little snippets on our day, along with interesting links, general LGBT chatter, our recent headlines, stories [...]

Originally published: June 22, 2009, 9:23 p.m.
Updated: June 24, 2009, 11:30 a.m.
The press office of North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue has confirmed she will sign the anti-bullying bill passed by the legislature on Tuesday, June 23.
The Fayetteville Observer reports that an aide has said she expects the governor to sign the bill. Hickory-based activist and [...]

Originally published: June 17, 2009, 4:13 p.m.
Updated: June 18, 4:50 p.m.
Click here to see the udpated story: Perdue to sign gay-inclusive bully bill
A bill that would protect North Carolina students from harassment and bullying on the basis of sexual orientation and gender-identity passed a key House committee on Tuesday, June 16, as right-wing and anti-gay [...]

“Jersey Boys” — It is a classic American tale, straight out of the 1960s. Recounting the life and times of the hit group the Four Seasons, this musical is a favorite among old and young alike.
The musical will run in Raleigh June 24 through July 18 at Progress Energy Center. Q-Notes had the opportunity to [...]

For the first time since 2001, the longest-running Broadway musical makes its triumphant return to Charlotte: “The Phantom of the Opera” will run at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in Uptown, June 10-July 5.
Q-Notes had the opportunity to speak to actor D.C. Anderson, who plays one of the two theatre managers, Monsieur André. Born in [...]

When most people hear the word “evangelical,” they immediately think of people like the late Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson of “The 700 Club” or Focus on the Family’s James Dobson. Far-right fundamentalists, it seems, don’t have a monopoly on the word.
Over the last weekend in May, LGBT Christians and evangelicals from around the nation convened [...]

Originally published: May 16, 2009, 5:28 p.m.
Updated: June 13, 2009 12:12 a.m.
CHARLOTTE — For the first time in Charlotte politics, an openly gay man might have a viable chance at winning election to city council. Owen Sutkowski, 26, assistant director of Student Life at Queens University, announced his run for the District 1 seat on [...]