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CLT remembers gay teen suicide victims

Local organizations are partnering to present a special candlelight vigil in remembrance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people who have taken their lives as the result of bullying, harassment and depression. The “It Gets Better” Charlotte vigil will be held at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1900 The Plaza, at 7:30 p.m. on [...]

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MAP closes: Where do we go from here?

Metrolina AIDS Project’s offices at 127 Scaleybark Rd; photo: Matt Comer On Oct. 23, the board of Metrolina AIDS Project (MAP) announced they’d voted to shut down the nearly 25-year-old HIV/AIDS service organization. Over at my day job as editor of Q-Notes, Charlotte’s LGBT newspaper, I was frantically trying to keep up with the story [...]

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