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APRIL 26 . 2003 • Q-NOTES noted . notable . noteworthy GLBT issues Volume 17 • No. 25 • April 26, 2003 The Carolinas' most comprehensive Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender newspaper . Published every 2 weeks PO Box 221841 • Charlotte, NC 28222 704.531.9988 704.531.1361 FAX • www.q-notes.com Publisher: Jim Yarbrough • Editor . Art Director: Leah D. Sepsenwol editor@q-notes.com Associate Editor: Brian M. Myer editor2@q-notes.com Feature Editor: Lainey Millen assoceditor@q-notes.com Administrative Assist: Christopher Siddons info@q-notes.com Graphic Design Production: Lainey Millen production@q-notes.com Ad Sales NC/SC Jim Yarbrough, Corporate , 704.531.9988 publisher@q-notes.com Brent James, SC and Western NC: adrep@q-notes.com 704.531.9988 Ad Sales . National: 212.242.6863 Rivendell Marketing Co, Inc. GLBTQ Switchboards For meetings, or guidance contact the GLBTQ Switchboard in your area: NC: Charlotte Greensboro Raleigh Wilmington Win-Salem SC: Charleston Columbia 704-535-6277 336-855-8558 919-821-0055 910-762-0301 336-748-0031 843-720-8088 803-771-7713 Material in Q-Notes is copyrighted by Pride Publishing & Typesetting C 2002 and may not be reproduced in any manner without written consent of the editor. Advertisers assume full responsibility — and therefore, all liability — for securing reprint permission for copyrighted text, photographs and illustrations or trademarks published in their ads. The sexual orientation of advertisers, photographers. . writers, cartoonists we publish is neither inferred nor implied. The appearance of names or photographs does not indicate the subject's sexual orientation. Q-Notes nor its publisher assumes liability for typographi cal error or omission, beyond offering to run a correction. The views of this newspaper are expressed as editorials. Q-Notes accepts unsolicited editorial, but cannot take responsibility for its return. Editor reserves the right to accept and reject material as well as edit for clarity, brevity. All rights revert to authors upon publication. contributing writers Lou Chibbaro Jr., Bo Dean/OutWilmington, J. Lynn Davidson, Bob Egelko, Kent Fisher, Kelly Gilmer, Kevin Isom, Robert Kirby, Charlene Lichtenstein, Ed Madden, Miss Della, Brian Myer,"Mark Pitsch, Leslie Robinson, Anthony Romero, Michelle Scott, Mark Schultz, Leah D. Sepsenwol, Charlie Smith, Trinity on page one ' Charlotte Pride • Charlotte partner -benefits ' Magnolia Ball • Duke "Safe on Campus: DVD 12 06 06 07 11 03 15 38 04 41 19 04 21 20 16 16 31 34 23 22 24 35 10 04 25 09 39 09 17 27 11 30 11 43 • 42 37 36 29 • 46 40 13 38 01 19 • 29 45 articles ACLU Inaugural Membership Conference in DC ACLU: no more school outings Administrators responsible for safety B-GLAD holds diversity dialogue Career Success Network tele-gathering Changing hearts, minds & laws in SC DADT discharges decline. DIVA International does it for PFLAG Duke seminary students denied input Family Pride Coalition 2003 events Florida: let them adopt Cay Day at Carowinds Health sudy: straight women/lesbians Men's Health Summit interviews NGLTF honors activists Operation Lift The Ban begins Phelps clan critical of Church Progressive Caucus for SC Dem’ Party Reinstate murder rap for dog-mauling Ropin', wranglin, rhinestones Say you're Sony or step down SC hosts LGBT heavyweights for Pride Schools must make space Southern Country Charlotte Supreme Court excerpts on privacy features Day of Silence has spoken Dragapella lipshtick, slapshtick Gay school gets it — on MTV Military families get help from MCC Red, White, Blush columns Action Alert Non-discrimination policy & DP Action- Alert We were heard ActionAlert: Early HIV treatment HRC Classifieds Community Cards • 41-43 Curbside Drag Rag General Gayety Money Matters News Notes •41-43 Out and About Out in the Stars Para Todos: El Gran Silencio Q-Bits: Distribution Q-Poll QFYI QPoll Results • 25, 29 QPoll Results Tell Trinity advertising deadlines issue: 10 May issue: 24 May issue: 07 June deadline: 05-02 deadline: 05-16 deadline: 05-30 UJ fiC o 0) CO D (/) Mailed from Charlotte, NC; 1st & 3rd Class; in sealed envelope. Subscription rates - 1 yr - 26 issues: 1 st=$48; 3rd = $28. 6 months -13 issues: 1 st = $25; 3rd = $15 Make checks payable to Q-NOTES: Po Box 221841. Charlotte, NC 28222 YEARLY 26 issues: □ $48 t □ $28 • name: 1/2 YEAR 13 issues: □ $25/ □ $15 address: CITY STATE ZIP CREDIT CARD- CHECK ONE: □ MASTERCARD □ VISA □ DISCOVER □ AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD #: EXP DATE: signature: BENEFITS from page 1 Mecklenburg County for the same changes. But like Durham, will focus on the city first. The benefit far outweighs cost Mayor Pat McCrory is worried about the cost. The city faces an estimated $11 million deficit in its 2003-04 budget. Charlotte is in debt and this issue is not the arena issue, after all. “We can’t afford it,” McCrory said. ;‘With a big deficit, any addi tional cost is too much." National studies indicate most cities and companies that put the benefits in place have seen their costs rise less than 1 percent. And in North Carolina’s three cities and locally headquartered corporations, there has been little measurable increase. “Wachovia began offering medical and dental benefits to both same-sex and oppo site-sex domestic partners in 2001 and it had ’no material impact’ on the company’s ben efits costs, said spokeswoman Arati Randolph” to the Observer. > Value for value To qualify, couples must certify they have lived together for at least six months and intend to do so indefinitely, among other cri teria, she said. "We want to be able to attract and retain the very best talent, and part of that is mak ing sure our benefits are competitive and attractive,” Randolph said. “The other piece is that one of our values is respecting and valuing the individual." There is no indication yet as to how many of Charlotte’s 5800 city employees would sign up to receive the benefits. One of every eight couples is a same-sex variety, accord ing to the 2000 Census which also reported 5.4% of ali Charlotte households arc occu pied by unmarried couples. Durham city, but not county Only 10 of Durham’s 2000 employees enrolled their partners when the change took effect )an. 1, said benefits manager Michael McGinni — adding about S15.000 to the $ 11 million the city pays annually in health insur ance costs. Durham County employees tried to per suade the county to follow suit last month. Commissioners bowed to an 1805 state law forbidding “fornication and cohabitation.” Their city attorney advised assigning the benefit would put them in violation of that antiquated law. NC Rep. Paul Luebke, D-Durham, claim ing the Durham County attorney’s interpre tation of the law is wrong, introduced a bill prohibiting the use of the 1805 law to deny domestic partner benefits. Chapel Hill and Carrboro successfully thwarted an attempt by the NC Foundation for Individual Rights, a conservative group, to repeal the benefits awards when an Orange County judge ruled against the Foundation in 2000. The NC Family Policy Council, a conser vative nonprofit in Raleigh, will join the Foundation in its fight to defeat the bill. ”’Wc have fornication and adultery laws here that criminalize sexual activity outside marriage,” said Research Director Stephen Daniels, to the Observer >. ’“Granting benefits to unmarried couples gives them legitimization.” A gay unidentified city employee said he never experienced a hostile environment at the city but it would be nice for city leaders to send the message that he and other homosexual employees arc valued. "We want to know that the benefits we get arc equal to everyone cIsc’s,” he said. ”lt’s an issue of fairness.” info: ActionAlert page 11 SAFE from page 1 coming out. responding to homophobia, religion and other issues. “Before this program, 1 could hide the fact that I was an ally,” said Bianca Briola, a Duke admissions officer and 2002 graduate who has been trained to teach faculty and students how to become SAFE members. ’’Now, I really have to take personal respon sibility for my beliefs. The SAFE program provides a formal structure for students to have some sort of support. Having the sign on my door invites conversation,” The DVD was produced by Poyntcr and the LGBT center, with grants and funding from the American College Personnel Association Educational Leadership Foundation, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Foundation, the Duke Mack Campus Life Fund and the Duke University Division of Student Affairs. The DVD is free for interested institu tions, It can be previewed and ordered online info: hftpy/lgbt.studentaffairs.duke.edu/safe.html. Kerry Poynter: kpoynfer@duke.edu 919-684-6607 action!alert. hrc Amend Family & Medical Leave Act On March 25, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D- NY) introduced HRM30, the Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act, amending the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act to include domestic partners and other family members. take action online! free fox to your US Rep http;//hrc,grQSSioots.com/domesticparfners/urgefml
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