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January 2nd-Biithdav Celebration for Simply Liz-special guests!
January 9th-Colt and Company-All male review!
January 16th-Mr. Charlie Brown from Atlanta! Not to Miss!
Wild Wednesdays ooiiar Night!
$1 cover for members & non-members
$5 cover for 18-20 year olds
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2008 Talent Search — happens
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Mr. Odyssey Contest — takes place
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$100 cash prize to each contests winner!
Wednesday, December 3lst: New Years Eve Blowout
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Sunday, January 18th:
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L O O K l N G: fB A CIK
Year-end review of 2008
from page 13
were a lot of new faces in the crowd,” she said.
“It was a wonderful day. People were happy
and having fun.”
Cole said she’s been pleased with each fes
tival’s growth. “For the second’year in a row
our attendance has increased by nearly 30
percent over the previous year. We would cer
tainly like to see this pattern continue.”
Politics
2008 Election
Thank God it’s finally over. That’s what
most Americans are saying. The 2008 election
season was more like the 2005-2008 election
season. After more than two years of cam
paigning, candidates finally made their
farewell bows, re-entrances or debuts the day
after election day.
Perhaps the biggest story for the LGBT
Carolinas was Jim Neal.’s courageous primary
battle against State Sen, Kay Hagan. Both vied
for the chance to go head-to-head with
incumbent Republican US. Sen. Elizabeth
Dole. While Neal and Hagan ran neck-and-
neck for a while, Hagan’s campaign cash and
TV ads paid off. She won in a landslide. Come
November, good ole’ Liddy was out of office
and North Carolina, once again, claimed at
least one Democrat in the Senate.
Charlotte schools pass policy
March
In one of the biggest school board victories
in the Carolinas, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Board of Education passed an inclusive anti
bullying policy protecting LGBT students.
Following the6-3 vote, MeckPAC chair Phil
Hargett told Q-Notes,“We realize this policy is
not just about gay students, that it is about ail
students, but we are happy and very excited
that sexual orientation and gender-identity
are protected.”
The new CMS policy protects students on
the basis of about 20 “real or perceived” char
acteristics, including sexual orientation and
gender-identity. It also calls for inclusiveness
training and detailed record-keeping of bully
ing incidents.
Columbia passes pro-LGBT ordinances
March
In an historic occasion for the LGBT com
munity of the Palmetto State, the Columbia
City Council passed new public accommoda
tions and housing ordinances banning dis
crimination on the basis of sexual orientation
and gender-identity.
The motion passed unanimously on March
5. Columbia is the first municipality in the
state to offer such protections and only the
third in the Deep South. Atlanta and New
Orleans offer similar protections.
“We have passed one of the most compre
hensive bills in the country, in one of the most
conservative states in the countr)^’ said C. Ray
Drew, executive director of the S.C. Equality
Coalition (SCEC). “South Carolina, and states
like ours, represents the front lines of our bat
tle for LGBT civil rights in this country.”
Council members Daniel Rickenmann and
Tameika Isaac Devine introduced the statutes
and pushed for their passage. Rickenmann
and Isaac Devine stated, “When we work
together and respect each other, we can make
Columbia an even better place to live.”
‘Naked Boys’ ill-received
May, September
This certainly wasn’t a good year for
“Naked Boys Singing.” Two times during 2008,
the acclaimed gay-popular musical faced chal
lenges from Carolinas institutions. In May,
North Carolina government officials refused
the musical’s performance in a state-owned
venue in Winston-Salem. In September, The
State newspaper in Columbia censored cover-
,age of the musical produced by MBF
Productions. The difficulty in spreading news
about the musical lead MBF to cancel it.
Ding, dong the witch is dead
July
On July 4, former U.S. Sen. Jesse Heims
died. The LGBT community erupted with joy.
However disrespectful it might have been, the
relief of knowing one of history’s most anti
gay bigots had finally passed was like music to
many queer folks’ ears.
“Jesse Helms will be and should be the his
torical ‘reminder’ of just how bad it can be when
an elected politician can legislate so badl}^’
activist Mandy Carter told Q-Notes in July. “I
don’t know if there could ever be‘another Jesse
Helms.’ I think he was one of a kind. So, we can
now add him to the list of the icons of the‘old
segregationist South’ that are no longer with us.
“I say never forget and never again,” she
added. ►
online extra: Read more 2008 top stories at
q-notes.com
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