JULY 17 . 2004 • Q-NOTES
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Outwilmington.com founder resigns
WILMINGTON — The Outwilmington
Community Center announced that as of July
I Bo Dean, founder of Outwilmington.com
and a board member after the
Wilmington Cay and Lesbian
Community Center merged
with the popular web resource
to form the successful
Outwilmington Community
Center venture, has left the
organization pursue other goals and family
interests.
The Community Center Board expressed
its b)est wishes to Bo. “[He] will be missed by
the entire Community and the Board. My
thanks to he and his partner Michael for all
the time, devotion and love for our
Community,” said Maryellen A. Wheeler,
treasurer for Outwilmington and president of
the Cape FearAVilmington Chapter of PFLAG.
Students With N.C.ties awarded prestigious
gay and lesbian scholarship
CHICAGO, III. — The Point Foundation
has awarded Point Scholarships to two
college students with North Carolina ties.
Tonia Poteat, a native of rural North
Carolina, is currently attending Emory’s
Rollins School of Public Health to secure
the Masters in Public Health degree she
needs to become a leader in national and
international LGBT, women’s
and HIV/AIDS health care.
Poteat has supported herself
since leaving home at age 16
and graduated magna cum
laude from Yale University
and summa cum laude from
Emory University’s Physician Assistant
program.
Marcie Fisher-Borne, the other recipi
ent, is currently attending the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a con
centration in social work. Fisher-Boone
was born and raised in southern
Mississippi; her coming out was not well-
received by her family. She completed a
master’s degree in both public health and
social work at UNC-Chapel Hill, where she
is now working on a Ph.D. in social work.
Duke ends pact with YMCA over DPs
^ DU-RFIAM — Duke University has
pulled the plug on a deal with the YMCA
after the agency said it would not honor
the university’s domestic partner plan.
Duke offers the same-sex partners of its
staff and faculty the same benefits it offers
married couples. Under an agreement with
the ’Y’, Duke promoted the agency in its
employee handbook in exchange for Duke
employees receiving discounted member
ships. But, the YMCA has refused to pro
vide family memberships to same-sex cou
ples. The two sides have been arguing over
the issue since April.
The ‘Y’ is also under scrutiny from the
city of Durham which gives it $70,000 a
year to provide services for youths and
senior citizens. City Councilwoman Diane
Catotti has suggested the city cut its ties
with the YMCA if its leaders refused to
change the policy.
Multi-faith community foims alliance to
promote same-sex marriage
WILMINGTON — A number of groups
from the religious and secular gay and lesbian
community have come together to help
secure the rights of same-sex couples. The
Southeastern Alliance for Marriage Equality
(S.A.M.E.) was formed from members of the
Unitarian Universalists, Unity Christ Church,
Outwilmington Community Center, Parents
and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, St. Jude’s
MCC, IntegrityAViimington Episcopal Group,
and other community members, with the goal
of informing the public on legal, moral, social,
economic and health issues of civil marriage.
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