TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 21 No. 07 August 12,2006
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issue: 26 August deadline: 08-16
issue: 23 September deadline: 09-13
issue: 09 September deadline: 08-30
issue: 07 October deadline: 09-27
Front and center:
A soWier’s story 1
Victory in N.C. legislature 1
Nelly, Queen 29
OUTMusic Award winners 29
Special PRIDE Charlotte section:
Pride performers 15
Pride stage schedule 15
Pride week happenings 14
Time to celebrate PRIDE Charlotte 13
Articles:
AID Upstate celebrates 20 years 17
Army dismisses linguist 2C
Charlotte celebrates Black Gay Pride 26
Guild announces King award winners 23
New staff, efforts at SCEC 11
Features:
Fall albums 31
LaBelle speaks out 33
Columns:
Anything But Straight: Revelations 19
Classifieds 47
Community Cards 44/45/46
Curbside 41
Drag Rag 43
Dykes To Watch Out For
Editors Note
General Gayety: Life’s Not
News Notes: Global
News Notes: National
News Notes: NC
News Notes: SC
Opinion: Hate Speech
Out and About
Out in Print: Lawnboy
Out in the Stars
Q-Poll
Q-Style: Vogue
Tell Trinity
The Big Screen: Sunshine
Editorial Contributors:
Jim Baxter, Alison Bechdel, Wayne Besen,
Lawrence Berber, David R. Gillespie, Kevin
Grooms/Miss Della, J.S. Hall, Robert Kirby,
Charlene Lichtenstein, Lainey Millen,
Donald Miller, Irene Monroe, David Moore,
Melissa Moore, Edward Norman, Steve
Rawls, Leslie Robinson, Jason Victor
Serinius, Mark Smith, David Stout, Trinity,
Brandon Voss, Steve Warren
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