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704-777-1741
Ballantyne Commons Shopping Center*
15235-J John H. Delaney Drive
Charlotte, NC 28277
(Office) 704-401-2954
BARBARA HOLLINGSWORTH
ATTORNEY & MEDIATOR
Specializing in Negotiation and Mediation of Relationship Issues
Domestic Partnership
Agreements
Collaborative Negotiation &
Mediation of Disputes
Wills & Powers of Attorney
704/433''8241
6725 Robinson Church Road • Harrisburg, NC 28075
.Welcome to Gastonia's
^fkst gay-friendly club!.
Dance Club
Crmd Opening} Saturday, ftebruary
(Domestic Beers only $1.50 on both opening dates)
• One Year Memberships Available for only $5
• Members $3 / Non-Members $5
on show nights and weekends
Everyday McesI
Domestic Beers $2 / Imports $2,50 / Well Drinks $2.50
Top Shelf $3.50 and up
Pool Every Night!
, Open 7 Days a Week, 3 pm - 2 am
wf Full Moon Saloon and l>ance Cluli
532 East Club Drive, Gastonia. NC 28054
Call 704-867-7678 for more information.
Q-NOTES • JANUARY 18 . 2002
Mancini Foundation Grants
CHARLOTTE — The Wesley Mancini
Foundation provides funding for projects pro
moting the inclusion of gay, lesbian, transgen
der and bisexual individuals as full partici
pants in the Charlotte community.
The 2002 recipients are: Time Out Youth:
$4000; The Lesbian & Gay Community Center:
$2500; and Metrolina AIDS Project: $3500.
Time Out Youth
• To support the billboard campaign for TOY’S
programs and services.
Founded in 1991, TOY provides support for
gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth
ages 13-23. in 2001, TOY ran a successful bill
board campaign funded through the Skylark
Foundation to increase community awareness
of their programs and the presence of the
proud gay and lesbian youth in our communi
ty. This grant will support a new round of bill
boards in five locations for one month.
Info:
Tonda Taylor, Executive Director
info@timeojtyouth.org. 704-344-8335
Lesbian & Gay Community Center
• To support an cxtenstion of a study examin
ing audience development
Founded in 2001 and soon to open its first
home. The Center will house offices for four
gay and lesbian organizations as well as be
available for meeting and program space for
over 40 organizations providing LCBT servic
es and programs.
Earlier this year The Gill Foundation
awarded The Center a two-year grant of
$30,000 through its 21 st Centrury Initiatives for
Emerging Community Centers program. Coupled
with the Mancini Foundation grant, the goal is
to open gay and lesbian-oriented program
ming to a larger audience with works pro
duced by either gay/lesbian groups or main
stream groups.
info:
Dan Kirsch, Executive Director
CommunityCenter@GayCharlotte.com. 704-333-0144
MAP: Metrolina AIDS Project
Founded in 1985, map is the Charlotte
region’s leading provider of comprehensive
case manatgementb, support services, pre
vention education and direct financial assis
tance to individuals and families living with
HIV/AIDS.
“HiV/AIDS is a disease affecting us all —
regardless of sexual orientation, race, sex, reli
gion, nationality or age. And it affects our
families, too — biological families and families
of choice,” said Director Les Kooyman.
“Wesley’s annual contribution provides for
a holiday gathering for all people in our com
munity affected by HIV/AIDS. This event
enables them to come together for support
and assistance during the holidays.”
info:
Les Kooyman, Executive Director
lkooyman@metrolinaAIDSproject.org. 704-333-1435
Teens set the standards
“Amazing Teens" chosen by
newspaper stajf to be honored for
their courage and their contributions
by Zenaida Serrano Espanol
Hawaiian Advertiser
Within the past year. Hawaiian students
made the news with their inspiring stories.
Ivy Ka'anana, 18
Ivy Ka’anana is a fighter — a title she
wasn’t looking for the day she asked officials
at Baldwin High School in Maui if she could
wear shorts or slacks instead of a dress to her
May 31 graduation ceremony.
But when she was told that she would not
be allowed to participate in the ceremony if
she did not adhere to the dress code, she
refused to take “no” for an answer.
“That was very unfair, very unfair,” said
Ka’anana, of Kahului. “For me, that was like,
my hopes just went all down the drain for one
little thing. Like 1 worked for something, for
nothing.” At one point, the American Civil
Liberties Union offered to file a gender dis
crimination lawsuit on behalf of Ka’anana.
“1 wasn’t fighting (to) make a big deal
about it ...I just was fighting for what I believe
in, for my rights,” said Ka’anana, who added
that she had never worn a dress before.
Helen Rosaga, Ka’anana’s mother, said she
supported her daughter throughout the con
flict. “I’m proud that she hung, in there
because it was very hard for her,” Rosaga said.
“1 told her, ‘just hold your head up high and
just be proud that you finished school.’”
When Ka’anana learned that the area
superintendent who oversees Baldwin High
had overruled the school’s decision, she was
thrilled. She wore a dress shirt -and khaki
shorts to the ceremony. The lesson she hopes
others learn from her experience: “Never give
up, and always fight for what you believe in.”
Kalaheo High's Gay-Straight Alliance
Diversity is a beautiful thing, according to
nearly a dozen Kalaheo High students who
fought hard to establish the Gay-Straight
Alliance.
Member Krystopher Lomu, a 17-year-old
senior, said the club was established “basical
ly to lend a helping hand out there for
teenagers who kind of didn’t feel safe, to say
that we’re here and we’re supportive, and just
to make the campus a little more aware.”
The Kalaheo club, founded in February,
became the first in a Hawaii public school to
openly refer to sexual orientation in its name.
“In today’s world, where kids don’t always
stand for things, I’m really proud of them,” club
co-adviser Sue Reardon said. “They fought
hard, and they risked being ostracized by fel
low students.... I think it took a lot of courage.”
Reardon said students had a difficult time
establishing the club because of resistance at
the administrative level, but they finally gained
acceptance months later, with help from par
ents, a minister, the National Center for
Lesbian Rights and the American Civil
Liberties Union.
"It was hard for us to get where we are at
right now and to keep it as a club,” Lomu said.
“But it’s just like, if you want to do something,
you have to stick with it.”...