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Accommodations^;; Pack^^ Ticket cgays;kiyyeekend.con\ CRESTWOOD - Sponsored by - lounge ATMFfTDMVin^ mmaKssm continued from previous page itself” and to “serve as a salient reminder of the devastating results of disobedience, and hopefully, the beginning of a personal healing process for many hurting people.” Prior to Haggard’s appearance at the new age church, some had perceived the Elevation faith community as accepting of LGBT people. Gay member Chad Ellis told Q-Notes he was deeply hurt by Furtick’s statements on homo sexuality, offended by Haggard’s presence and disappointed the church decided to bring in such a controversial figure to begin its conver sation on homosexuality. Started in 2006 with the help of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, Elevation Church now claims up to 5,000 or more mem bers and has been named the second-fasting growing church in the nation. Moller released Stephen Andrew Moller, found guilty of the May 15, 2007, killing of openly gay Sean Kennedy, was released from prison on July 1, a week earlier than when his 5-year suspended sentence was scheduled to end. Moller had been denied parole on Feb. 11. In prison, he reduced his sentence by two months after earning a good behavior credit for receiving his GED. Kennedy’s mother, Elke Kennedy, said Moller’s early release was a failure of justice. “He should have served every single day of the already short sentence,” she said. Eastern rising Community members in Eastern North Carolina took to the streets and local media to raise awareness on LGBT issues this year. In July, nine community members protested the Pitt County Board of Commissioners in Greenville for their consideration of a resolu tion supporting a ban on marriage for same- sex couples. Protest organizer Randy Toler, a junior at East Carolina University, said he hoped the community would continue to rally together. Kevin Boyette, a recent East Carolina grad, spoke to the campus newspaper about the need for a center for LGBT youth, while another community member, James Smith, spoke out on the need for a more vocal, local community. One community meeting was scheduled in August, although turn out was low. Smith will try again in 2010. God has a better way? Charlotte’s anti-LGBT religious community showed out in force for this year’s Pride Charlotte festival at Gateway Village on July 25. As many as 500 protesters in red shirts read ing, “God Has a Better Wa^’ stood across the street from the event and held a prayer and worship rally led by militant evangelical Lou Engle. As many as 12,000 to 15,000 people attended the Pride Charlotte festival, making the event the largest and most successful yet. Local leaders take stance on D.C. march In the fall, tempers across the nation flared as activists and community leaders debated the merits of a national march on Washington, D.C., planned by veteran activist and political organizer Cleve Jones. In the Carolinas, most LGBT leaders said they wanted a more local- and state-level focus on activism and advocacy. With Jones Equality North Carolina’s Ian Palmquist, longtime activist Mandy Carter and SC Pride’s Ryan Wilson all said they disagreed. “Most of our movement’s resources have always gone to the federal level and that’s still the case. Yet, all of our significant victo ries have come from the work of state groups, usually on shoe-string budgets,” Palmquist said in a Sept. 5 cover story on the local and national disagreements. Failed merger Allegations concerning financial misman agement, missing print editions and unful filled advertising contracts with Carolinas businesses and non-profits were the unfortu- 14 DECEMBER 26.2009* ftNot es pushing for a federally-focused strategy. Community members in Eastern North Carolina got busy and took their message to the street this year. Photo Credit: James Smith nate result of a failed merger this year between the now-defunct OnQ Carolina Edition nightlife magazine and the Asheville- based Stereotypd formerly known as Out in Asheville. Jamie Seabolt, founder and editor of OnQ, and Stereotypd staff each pointed the finger of blame at the other. “You really have been fed a lot of false claims by Porscha [Yount] that they can not (sic) supported (sic) with documents,” Seabolt wrote in a statement to Q-Notes. Yount, Stereotypd business director, and editor Lin Orndorf said the deal with Seabolt moved too quickly and that they later became uncomfortable with Seabolfs business prac tices and tactics. Seabolfs troubles in the Carolinas followed a string of troubling allegations and past scrutiny involving his prior businesses in Charleston, W.Va., and Pittsburgh. Clymore takes new position After a two-decade-long service to Raleigh’s non-profit HIV/AIDS service organization, Jacquelyn Clymore, former Alliance of AIDS Services-Carolina executive director, became the new “state AIDS director” in November. Her move to the North Carolina Department of Health’s HIV/STD Prevention and Care Branch is a chance for her leadership to benefit HrV/AlDS care in new and different ways. “They’ve gained a new brand and style of leadership, equal to any in the past and sur passing anything in the future,” said longtime friend and fellow advocate John Paul Womble. “In an economic downturn, when dollars are very tight, I can think of no one better. She’s coming from the non-profit world and she’s used to working with limited resources. Who better to sit in a chair on a statewide level and help the state learn how to manage resources like a non-profit?” Clymore replaced longtime director Evelyn Foust, a strident advocate who helped the state lead on prevention and treatment across the Southeast. I
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