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went with me and he had a gay friend
in Atlanta. We piled into a '68 VW and
off we went down Juniper Street. We
pulled up in front of this place called
The Armory and there must hove been
300 people outside. My friend asked his
friend why everyone was outside, and
the Qfuy said it was because the inside
was packed. So we sauntered in and
got progressively sloshed and walked
across the parking lot to the Backstreet.
It was equally packed and the kid just
had a blast. The Armory and Backstreet;
it was a baptism of fire.
The first bar I went to in Charlotte was
the Odyssey when it was downtown.
That firetrap was the most fun bar I've
ever been in in this town. What a hop
ping place! I con remember walking up
those stairs with the music getting pro
gressively louder. Even on those stairs
you could feel the heat off that dance
floor. Those people knew how to party
and that total let-your-hair-down, don't-
care-what-anybody-thinks partying is
something I think we've kind of lost in
Charlotte.
There's a whole generation of kids
coming up now who have never known
those days and don't know what they're
missing. There was a sense of camara
derie and brotherhood and sisterhood.
People would talk to each other even if
they didn't know each other. That's rare
now. And when the bars would kick us
out, there'd be a group of 15 or 20 in the
parking lot and somebody would yell,
"Let's go to the White Tower," Going to
breakfast — that's another thing we
used to do that we don't do as much
now.
Q-Notes: Why did you lun ioi QCQ
president?
DG: I didn't actually run. Several peo
ple wanted to know if I'd be interested. I
told .them, I' wasn't,. pgrticulqrly^;but;if
they chose me I'd accept it. I would
have been perfectly content to sit on
that board and be a collective thorn in
several people's sides.
Q-Notes: What can you oHei QCQ?
DG: There's a perception that the
board is stodgy, stuck-up, elitist. And
that may have to some extent been true.
As a trained journalist. I'm not averse to
people knowing that members of the
board don't always agree. In past
years, the board has been comprised of
one or two star players; this one is
composed of a group willing to be team
players. We may not get the ball every
time, but we're willing to do what we
have to to get the ball across the goal. It
should be a team effort. And I think for
the first time in a long time we have that
team assembled.
I want us to be more open about our
finances, which at this point are dismal.
When people ask where money is go
ing, I want to be able to tell them. They
have a right to know.
Everything we do should raise funds.
We soy we're a fimdraising group, so
let's do it. Everybody in the world can
do ten things, but only two things really
well. So QCQ has to go back to doing
what it does best. If we can hove fun
raising funds, that's great. But our first
consideration has to be fundraising.
I'm going to push for people realizing
that I don't run this organization and am
merely the president. It's run by the
board from which I take instructions.
QCQ has enjoyed extremely good
support in the past. I hope that contin
ues. When we had only four groups in
town, it was relatively easy to raise
enough to keep them going. We've now
got 15 or 16. To keep them going will
require a hell of a lot more than we've
ever raised before.
WANTED;
Gay Men & Lesbians
(& others)
Who Want to Worship God|
in Spirit and in Truth
Come worship with us!!
Sun. 11 a.m.. Wed. 7:30 p.n
Metropolitan Community Church
of Charlotte
4037 E. Independence Blvd.
Suite 726
(704) 563-5810
OFFICE HOURS: Mon: 1-7 p.m
Tues.-Thurs. 10-4 p.m.
Mail: 3001 Central Ave., Suite 156
Charlotte, NC 28205
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