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The Near Future of LGBTQ Equality in North Carolina |
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Written by Lin Orndorf
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 16:54 |
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In 2009, national issues like the economy, unemployment, and healthcare reform dominated national and even local or regional headlines. Same-sex marriage has all but disappeared from national news and even the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which was signed by President Obama in October, received little notice. Recently the most-mentioned LGBTQ news item is the proposed anti-homosexual law in Uganda. Fortunately, the most recent updates seem to indicate that the death penalty portion of the Ugandan law will be removed.
What will 2010 bring in the way of equal rights and protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans folks here in the United States?
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 February 2010 17:01 |
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Written by Brett York
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 16:51 |
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 In 2009, Ricky Burns II was named as the Best LGBT Young Adult Leader in a poll conducted by Q-Notes. Ricky Burns, originally from Maryland, has lived in North Carolina since he was 12 and has been a Charlotte resident since he started college there in 2004. In addition to running a non-profit foundation, Clownin Around Foundation, that grants dreams to kids with disabilities, Ricky Burns is a co-creator and executive producer of QueerView, the nation’s only live LGBTQ talk show starring Sabrina Love.
Burns is part of the next generation of LGBTQ leaders in North Carolina and elsewhere who have grown up in the Post-Stonewall Era and many of them are young enough not to have witnessed the horrors of the early years of the AIDS Pandemic. Their experiences of growing up, coming of age and coming out are very different from those who are over 40. Burns, like many other of our young up-and-coming leaders is aware of and respects those who came before him.
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Helen’s Hotline: Advice to Forlorn Young Ladies |
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Written by Helen Damnation
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 16:17 |
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Dear Helen,
I know that polyamory is in, but it's just not for me. I have to make a choice before I go crazy. So, Liza or Barbara?
Sincerely,
Torn Between Two Divas
Indianapolis, IN
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 February 2010 16:45 |
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Queering the Upstate: The Bodies of Knowledge Symposium Convenes for Its 3rd Year |
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Written by Maxwell Powell
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 16:39 |
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 The Women’s and Gender Studies Program at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg will host the 3rd Annual Bodies of Knowledge Symposium March 18 and 19.
This year the symposium has been expanded to include a scholarly conference in addition to lectures by star quality LGBTQ scholars, artists, and activists. The organizers are inviting paper and panel proposals for presentations relating to the broad umbrella category of Queer Epistemologies and Phenomenologies and can cover a wide range of academic backgrounds including humanities, arts and social sciences but using concepts specific to philosophy.
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Written by Lin H. Orndorf
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 16:20 |
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2010 has arrived and Stereotypd has passed a milestone. It was one year ago this month that we debuted the new name of this publication. In that year, much has transpired. Some of it was good. Some of it was not so good. All of it was challenging and character-building as if this LGBTQ publication had gone through its Saturn Return. Or maybe Mercury was in retrograde – a lot – last year.
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