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Editor’s Note
by Matt Comer . Q-Notes staff
Where is Q-Notesl
Recently, an email landed in my inbox
asking a very simple question: “The main
stream media is there. Where is Q-NotesV'
The reader had a concern that we hadn’t
covered what he thought was important news
out of.the Raleigh area. I could understand his
frustration not seeing a big gay news story in
the big gay paper and I’m sure his thoughts are
echoed by similar feelings across our audience.
The story was about a Raleigh man con
victed of knowingly exposing his sexual part
ners to HIV (read more on page 23). North
Carolina public health laws require those with
communicable diseases to take certain steps
to decrease the chances disease is spread to
other people. As it pertains to HIV, health
codes require HIV-positive individuals to
practice safe-sex (i.e. use a condom) and noti
fy their present and future sexual partners of
their HIV status.
The Q-Notes staff tries hard to track down
the news that will most interest our readers
and provide them with the most up-to-date
coverage of LGBT issues and topics in the
Carolinas. Sometimes, though, we’re hampered
by the nature of what we are. As a bi-weeldy .
paper, we probably aren’t going to get to the
breaking news stories as fast as the main
stream media will — if we even get to them at
all. As a bi-weekly paper, the way and the time
in which we report the news is a bit different
than mainstream media, especially TV media
(to which our reader compared our coverage).
In this instance, we didn’t find out about
the story until after our deadline. (We have a
five day turn-around from the time we send
our paper to the press and the. time
we deliver it to news stands.) Trust
me, if we had known about it in
time, there would have been a story
in the Aug. 23 issue.
■elt is an unfortunate fact that we
can’t and will never be able to get to
the news as fast as daily newspapers or main
stream TV networks. By the time you pick us
up you’ve already heard all the facts. Because
we have a unique perspective on the news and
because we recognize the inherent realities of
being a bi-weekly, alternative news-magazine,
we put all our effort into creating a product
you will enjoy and find informative at the
same time.
We also like that we’re the ones with the
privilege of delving further into the issues and
providing you insights the mainstream media
often misses or ignores.
As for our story on the HIV-positive Raleigh
man, we were able to speak with the executive
director of an AIDS service organization in
Raleigh. Her perspective wasn’t included by the
mainstream media, but it is a unique point of
view that adds immeasurably to the value of
any discussion on the very delicate issues of
HIV/AIDS and its control and prevention.
When I was first hired almost a year ago,
some of my first news stories read like break
ing news alerts on a daily newspaper’s website.
It took me time and experience to learn first
hand that the style of writing at a regional, bi
weekly newspaper like Q-Notes should be more
focused on the in-depth and the unknown.
We know you aren’t coming to us for
breaking news — or, at least, we hope you
aren’t. We can’t serve you in that way, but we
can serve you by bringing you the best and
most entertaining, uplifting and enlightening
analysis and commentary available to the
LGBT community in the Carolinas. ►
Letters to the editor and comments from
Q-Notes Online.Web comments are not edited
for grammar or punauation.
Take a chance
As humans we have a propensity to place
constraints on ourselves by saying, “I can’t.” At
one time I had the same view as Wayne Besen
(“ManHunt: The law of supply and demand,”
Aug. 23,2008), until I quit thinking in a box. 1
. subsequently dikovered someone I believed I
“couldn’t” date, as someone who I’d do any
thing for. Our relationship lasted an extended
^speatkout ^
. Send your letter to the editor or any
other thoughts to
editor@q-notes.com or click an over to
our website at www.q-notes.com and
join the conversation there.
Web comments will be featured in each
issue. Limit letters to the editor to 150
words or less and include
your mime, city and state and a phone
number where you can be reached.
period of time: Sites like Manhunt have driv
en the homosexual community from commu
nity activities, bookstores and coffee houses
to the internet to look for perspective part
ners. Yet, I believe if guys opened their eyes,
they might discover someone that interests
them standing in line at the grocery store.
Take a chance and look beyond a “deal-break
ing habit” and you might find a guy worth
being with.
— Brandon Lee Caudle, Federal Correctional
Complex, Petersburg, Va., letter
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