NORTH CAROLINA
NX. News Notes
from page 11
Publications merge
ASHEVILLE — Despite the faltering state
of affairs in LGBT media across the country, the
publisher of three LGBT-focused publications
in. the Carolinas says his company is growing.
OnQ Network’s Jamie Seabolt and
Stereotypd’s Lin Orndorf and Porscha Yount
announced on Aug. 24 the merger of their
companies. Stereotypd, an Asheville-based
monthly LGBT newspaper, will now be pub
lished by OnQ Network, currently based in
Myrtle Beach, S.C., and making a move to the
Rdeigh-Durham area. The company also pub
lishes the glossy nightlife guide OnQ Carolina
Edition and the smaller. Charleston, S.C.-
based Drag Magazine.
“With our now sister publication, OnQ
Carolina Edition, showing the only growth in
gay media throughout the Carolinas this year, it
only made sense to share that opportunity and
growth with Stereotyds readers,” Seabolt said in
a press release. “The same edgy and thought-
provoking content that you have come to know
from us in Western North Carolina is now going
to be shared with the entire Carolina region —
from the mountains to the coast, north & south.”
Seabolt promises growth for the Asheville-
based publication. “You will notice many posi
tive changes over the next 3 months as we grow
with OnQ Carolina Edition including enhanced
directories, a new magazine layout, and a new
two-state distribution,” he said in the release.
The company also announced it will be
expanding Drag Magazine's coverage area.
Lin Orndorf, Stereotypds former editor-in-
chief, will continue as managing editor.
Porscha Yount, former business and creative
director, will continue as art director. Seabolt
will serve as publisher and executive editor.
Former owner and publisher Ira Schultz will
still have a role to play with the publication,
including writing his weekly column, “This
Week with Stephanie Sinclair.”
Published monthly, Stereotypd has a print
circulation of 8,000. OnQ Carolina Edition has
a bi-weekly print circulation of 5,000.
_ Campus Scene
HRC announces scholarship winners
ASHEVILLE — The Human Rights
Campaign Foundation announced on Aug. 13
five winners of the Generation Equality
Scholarshipior LGBT and allied students who
have demonstrated exceptional commitment
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Recipients will receive $2,000 and have the
opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. in
October for HRC’s National Dinner.
Recipient from the Carolinas is Natalka
Wiszczur, a second-year student at University
of North Carolina-Asheville (UNCA) and is
active both on campus and in the Asheville
community. She volunteers at One Voice, a
rape crisis center, where she provides short
term counseling and crisis intervention and
trains new advocates on LGBTQ issues.
Since 2007, she has been actively involved
with Tranzmission, a project of Asheville Prison
Books that supports queer and transgender pris
oners by providing books and pen-pals. Wiszczur
has created a queer prom in Asheville that serves
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organized annual events like Take Back the Night
and Stonewall Remembrance Day.
At UNCA, she has developed an inter
disciplinary major fbqusing on sex and
sexuality. “My degree is designed to inte
grate the ideas behind sex and sexuality
from sociological, psychological and physi
ological perspectives while simultaneously
developing the skills to actively promote
healthy sexuality within the community.”
In the future, she plans to increase collabo
ration between queer prison support
groups and continue working with at-risk
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