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CONTENTS
Front:
Q&A: Charlotte s new mayor-elect 01
Articles:
AIDS Quilt comes to WNC 11
Boseman bows out for re-election bid 11
Charlotte area HIV/AIDS resources 12
Gay papers shut down 06
Life with HIV 13
Local philanthropy support LGBT orgs 10
Nesbitt friend to community 05
Remembrance 27
Columns:
Drag Rag 27
Editor’s Note 04
General Gayety 22
News Notes: Carolinas ' 08
News Notes: Domestic 07
Out and About 26
Out in the Stars 25
Q-Poll 04
Tell Trinity 24
Features:
Hi-tech holidays 19
Seasons’s Readings! Gift ideas 22
Style: not just for fashion anymore 17
The 3G wars 18
There’s an app for that 19
Ultimate Guide to Gay Gift Giving 16
Front & QLiving Covers:
Anthony Foxx is interviewed by local
media on Election Day 2009.
Photo: Henk Jonker. henkjonkerphoto.com.
Ultimate Gift Guide illustrations
by Todd Austin (ReTodd), via Flickr.
Licensed under Creative Commons.
Design by Matt Comer 8c Lainey Millen.
Editorial Contributors:
ARAcontent, Matt Comer, Kevin
Grooms/Miss Della, Charlene Lichtenstein,
Lainey Millen, Leslie Robinson, Mickey
Rox, David Stout, Terri Schlichenmeyer,
Trinity
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