Drag Rag
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many entertainers, including all four national
Continental titleholders, plus a few formers,
like Chanel Dupree and Erika Norell. Also,
some of Alyson's former winners, too. The title
winners that evening include Mr. Carolines
Continental Kyle Ean Haggerty, Miss PLUS
Hanna Love, Miss Elite Cierra Douglas, Miss
SC Continental Alexis Gabrielle Sherrington
and NC Continental Athena Dion, a new child
who did really well, including turning Talent
completely out This "little Greek kid" (as I
call her), who was a military brat and actually
lived in Ft Bragg for two years, got a standing
ovation. Next in line was another new child,
Evelyn Monroe, who had on probably the
prettiest updo I think I've ever seen. Many,
many thanks to the co-hostess Vegas Dion for
all the hospitality and to Alyson for treatment
fit literally for a queen. Diskotekka in Miami is
one happenin'place! Wow!
I'll close with prelims leading up to NC
EOY, which Angelica Dust will relinquish in just
weeks. Miss Flower Power is Trixie Fontaine
with RU Macaria Rage; Miss Forsyth County is
Neely O'Hara with RU Malayia Chanel Iman;
Miss Land in the Sky is Brinna Michaels with
RU Manhattan; and Miss Piedmont Princess is
Vivica Dupree with Paradise Dust as alternate.
I have the distinct pleasure of mentioning that
Olive Oyl,the Grande Dame ofthe Triad, was
named Miss Bat$hl# Emeritus. And, yes, they
really are spelling it that way—you'll see
on the posters. Lord, only Olivia Vorhees Oyl
would consent to such.
A final note — A.J., I am not going out in
drag anytime soon, nor will I be asking for a
booking of all things, so here is your one-time
mention! Muah!::
info: Drop me a line, OK?
TheTeaMissD@yahoo.com
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gaily defensible way to include sexual orienta
tion in the City's equal employment language
without first requesting a Charter amendment
from the legislature."
The term "gender identity" was not added
to Walton's new non-discrimination policy.
"We are not recommending that you
include 'gender identity' as a protected sta
tus," McCarley's memo to Walton read. "This
is a relatively new term, has no recognized
legal definition, and is highly subjective."
Last year, McCarley told qnoteshe worked
with the city manager's office to come up with
the best possible changes for the new policy.
"The city manager asked us if we could
find a way to do this and we gave him the
best option we could," he said in a telephone
interview.
McCarley said the term "gender identity"
had not been held up to any judicial scrutiny.
Harper Jean Tobin, policy counsel for the
Washington, D.C.-based National Center for
Transgender Equality (NCTE), told qnotesshe
believed city officials were mistaken.
"It's not new in the sense that it has been
part of various state and local laws in many
places for a decade, in some places for two
decades," Tobin said in a 2010 interview via
phone. "There is a pretty well established
meaning."
Charlotte is the last major city in the state
to take up discussion of LGBT-inclusion in
city ordinances or policies. Durham and
Raleigh passed "sexual orientation"-inclu-
sive non-discrimination policies in 1987 and
1988, respectively. Seven other cities and
four counties include "sexual orientation" in
their non-discrimination policies or ordinanc
es. Boone, Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange
County also include "gender identity."::
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