Category Archives: LGBT

MAP closes: Where do we go from here?

29 Oct 09 – 10:31 am

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 as [...]

By Matt Comer | Also posted in Feature, Health | Comments (3)

Charlotte Out Parade

12 Oct 09 – 7:35 am

photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr
Dozens paraded on the sidewalks through Uptown on Sunday afternoon to show support for gay rights and equality. The first annual Charlotte Out Parade took place on October 11th – a date that is celebrated across the country as National Coming Out Day.
According to Mitchell Killman, one of [...]

By James Willamor | Also posted in Protest, Uptown | Comments (5)

The Great Nationwide Kiss-In, next Saturday

8 Aug 09 – 2:04 pm

watch this video at DYM SUM
day: next Saturday, Aug 15time: 1-3pmwhere: Freedom Park
“The Great Nationwide Kiss-In was formed in response to recent events in three different U.S. cities, where gay or lesbian couples have been harassed, detained or arrested for the simple act of kissing in a public place. Badash, Mailloux, and Witte created this [...]

By Justin Ruckman | Also posted in Events, Protest | Tagged | Comments (1)