Q-NOTES • MAY 25 . 2002
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Volume 17 • No. 1 • May 25, 2002
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Charlotie Pride 2002
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Action Alert: Abstinence-only education
Action Alert: Family Reunificaton Act
Action Alert: Drug Warning
Anti-gay amendment
Birch gets honory doctorate
Bathroom as legal battleground
Being gay tough topic for roommates
Domestic partners denied benefits
Lesbian mom may sue to adopt
NGLTF leader wins Stonewall Award
Paternity hope for HIV men
Ronda Shouse, activist, columnist
Safe school forum
Take Miami Back vs. Save Dade
features
Behind enemy lines, port 1
Book review: Guilty as Charged
Charlotte Pride 18 • 19
Music on their own terms, part 1
Out, out garden and home lovers
SC Business Guild gets the word out
SC law still lagging
Wanda Dee bghtsfans
What's in a name?
columns
Business Cards 33.34.35
Classified Ads
Curbside Cartoon
Drag Rag
Money Matters
News Notes 33.34.35
Out & About
Out in the Stars
Q-Poll
QFYI
Q-Notes 15
Straight from the Lips
Tell Trinity
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• OUT OF THG PAST
ElecHon results in NC a mixed bag
Viatical companies targeted by state
Pride march breaks records
Nelson win big for State GLBTs
The lead story in the December 1995 issue
reported that Carrboro Alderman Michael
Nelson was successful in his mayoral bid,
defeating two opponents by a 2:1 margin. The
victory kept Nelson as the only openly gay
elected official in NC and one of five openly
gay mayors in the nation. After his victory.
Nelson reiterated his long held position that
he is not a gay politician but a politician who
happens to be gay, and credited his win
solely to his stand on the issues.
The same article revealed that
Charlotte GLBT activist Sue Henry
received two percent of the vote in her
symbolic write-in campaign for mayor
Henry joined the race just three weeks prior
to the election to show her disappointment
with both of the major party candidates. The
effort and the vote totals were seen as a
success by Henry and her supporters.
A third article in the issue announced that
Amnesty International, the world’s largest
grassroots human rights organization, was
set to kick off a major campaign to raise funds
and awareness for its work on behalf of GLBT
prisoners of conscience around the globe.
Brothers Foundation closes
The lanuary 1996 edition offered
coverage of a public hearing sponsored by
the NC Department of Insurance to discuss
proposed legislation to regulate viatical
companies that conduct business in the
state. Representatives of the viatical industry
expressed concern that stringent restrictions
might drive companies out of the state and
ultimately hurt the terminally ill citizens they
were enacted to protect.
Another front page story reported on the
closing of The Brothers Foundation, Charlotte’s
only AIDS service organization focused solely
on housing. The article noted that the closing
was a cost cutting measure and would not
affect the agency’s two housing programs
since each already operated independently to
qualify for federal funds. ’
Candidates square off for big race
February’s top story dealt with the choice
facing GLBT Democrats in the upcoming
Senate primary between Harvey Gantt and
retired pharmaceutical executive Charles
Sanders. The stakes in the race were high
with the winner set to square off against
powerful incumbent jesse Helms. According
to the report, Gantt offered a better record of
support on GLBT issues, but most believed
that Sanders could mount a better challenge
in the general election. The primary was
scheduled for May.
Additional articles detailed NC Coalition
for Gay and Lesbian Equality Executive
Director Kenda Kirby’s bid for a seat on the
Durham County Board of Commissioners,
confirmed that anti-gay men’s group
Promise Keepers planned to hold a rally at
Charlotte Motor Speedway in )une, and
revealed that President Clinton had
reluctantly signed the Department of
Defense Authorization Bill containing a
provision to remove all HIV-positive enlistees
regardless of their health status.
HIV bill
builds strength
Following up on the military HIV ban, in
the March edition it was reported that a bill to
overturn the measure was already gathering
support in both branches of Congress with
the President’s full endorsement.
Also included in the issue was an
exclusive interview with outrageous
comedian )udy Tenuta — whose second
album was titled Attention Butt Pirates and
Lesbyterians — and a look at NC Mobilization
’96, a statewide campaign to help elect a
GLBT-friendly senator to replace jesse Helms.
Charlotte arts council embroiled in battle
The lead article in the April edition
detailed the compelling controversy that
engulfed Charlotte Repertory Theatre’s
production of the Tony-winning Angels in
America and garnered national attention in the
process. Anti-gay Rev. )oseph Chambers was
outraged by the play’s themes — which
include homosexuality, the AIDS crisis and
mormonism — and sought to have it shut
down by the Charlotte City Council and the
Performing Arts Center board. In the end, and
after some last-minute legal wrangling, the
play enjoyed a sold-out run that shattered all
box records for a Charlotte Rep production.
HIV-positive military ban repealed
Ending coverage that began a few editions
earlier, the top story in the May issue
announced that the ban against HIV-positive
enlistees had been repealed by Congress. The
repeal measure was attached to the Omnibus
Rescissions and Appropriations Act which
funds federal agencies. The bill was
overwhelmingly approved.
■ Another story announced that the SC
Pride March and Festival had set a record for
attendance drawing 4000.
QrNotes hits number 10
The june issue was a milestone for Q-
Notes. It was our 10th anniversary issue, it
inaugurated the change to a biweekly
publishing schedule and it also featured a
new logo and layout design. A lengthy front
page feature from editor David Stout fondly
recalled the paper’s past and optimistically
anticipated its future.
This tiiniing point is where ivc end oar year
long look back. Wf hope you enjoyed these
recollections as much as we did.