‘Next Ten Pledge’
CHARLESTON — The Alliance for Full Acceptance (AFFA) is challenging community members and AFFA supporters to help them raise $10,000 by Sept. 30.
The organization has operated in the Charleston area for 10 years. In that time, the group has garnered more than 1,600 members, created an award-winning TV, radio, print and billboard media [...]

The gorgeous Isis, seen here, is one of the 14 models competing to win over Tyra, Mr. Jay, Ms. J and all the other judges in the upcoming cycle of “America’s Next Top Model.” What’s so fab about her, other than the fact that she has legs for days and will surely give the other [...]

Letters to the editor and comments from Q-Notes Online. Web comments are not edited for grammar or punctuation.
McCain and gay adoption
John McCain has no idea and is pandering to the right wing of the Republican party and fundamentalist Christians with his stand on these issues.
— Wade Boyles, Aug. 9, 2008, web
Della in the ‘Big D’
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Dorae Saunders, a former Miss Pride Charlotte and star in the movie “Trantasia,” has been chosen among the top 40 contenders in NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.”

The 13th annual North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival will kick off at Durham’s Carolina Theatre Aug. 14. For four days, North Carolinians will be treated to a slew of prized LGBT-themed films. Sixty-six out of the full slate of 68 LGBT movies, some of them short and some of them feature-length, are North Carolina premieres.

Letters to the editor and comments from Q-Notes Online, July 7-Aug. 1, 2008. Web comments are not edited for grammar or punctuation.
Pride Charlotte
I want to personally thank all the organizers, sponsors and volunteers who made Pride Charlotte 2008 possible. As far as I’m concerned, it was the best one yet. I’m already looking forward to [...]

Which new movie release are you most excited to see?

Brideshead Revisited

The Dark Knight

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Mamma Mia!

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Step Brothers

Swing Vote

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

Other

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As fuel prices creep higher and higher, consumers are becoming more educated on alternative modes of transportation and alternative fuels. One you may have heard a lot about but think you’ll never see is hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. They are a long way off but a few manufacturers have fleets of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles [...]

Do you agree with SC Pride’s decision to raise funds in order to pay the State of South Carolina’s almost $5,000 debt for the ‘So Gay’ ads?

Yes

No

I’m not sure

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Celebrating three years of Pride Charlotte in the Queen City, organizers more than exceeded their goal of attracting more than 8,000 attendees to the annual event on Saturday, July 26.

A recent Q-Notes article reported that Charlotte, N.C. was deemed to be one of the “top 10 Gay Ghettos.” (“Charlotte, Raleigh among top 10 ‘Gay Ghettos’”)
The number of Gay folks moving to a city, living there or requesting information does make any city a Gay Ghetto. For Charlotte the opposite is true. We do not [...]

On Sept. 11, openly gay former NBA player and author John Amaechi will be a featured speaker at the Executive Leadership Summit of the National Organization for Diversity in Sales and Marketing, an organization founded in 2003 to foster effective, diverse sales and marketing strategies within corporate America, as well as within the small business [...]

Ira Levi - One of the first vocalists signed to legendary mega-dance label Strictly Rhythm/WEA in the 90’s, singer songwriter Ira Levi is one of the first Dance artists to cross over and to be signed by a major label. His Billboard singles include “Free Your Mind” and “We Came To Work It Out” . [...]

Pride Charlotte 2008 is pleased to present this year’s emcees!
Riley, a.k.a The Westcoast Kid, moved to North Carolina in 2005 bringing with her the love of community and the mastery of gender variance. Riley volunteers on the Pride Charlotte Task Force and sits on the board of directors at the Metropolitan Community Church of Charlotte. [...]

Bank of America Main Stage
11:00 Pride Kickoff
11:20 Gay Mens Chorus of Charlotte
11:50 Spoken work artists
12:30 Rodie Ray
01:15 Drag Kings
01:50 Queen City Outlaws
02:20 Ira Levi
03:00 Melissa Reaves
03:45 Sugarbeach
04:15 Josh Zuckerman
05:00 Drag Queen Show
Q-Notes Community Stage
12:30 One Voice Chorus
01:20 Transgender Adventures in History
01:40 Beledi Beat Dancers
02:15 “Sabrina Love’s Queer View”
03:00 Seth Boulton & The Dream Machine
03:35 Charlotte [...]

Located in downtown Charlotte’s business district, the Blake Hotel offers 308 oversized guestrooms with individual climate control, WIFI, On Demand movies (diplayed on a state-of-the-art 36-inch flat-screen TV) and IPOD docking stations. They also offer a complimentary continental breakfast.
As the official accommodation of Pride Charlotte 2008, the Blake Hotel is offering a special room rate [...]