Empowering Differences
Time Out Youth Deputy Executive Director resigns
O’Neale Atkinson, a previous editor of Qnotes, and staffer at Charlotte’s former LGBTQ Center,…
FDA moving forward with plan to allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood with fewer restrictions
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced January 27 it is proposing a change…
In advance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, a hero advises Charlotte to focus on relationships
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker made headlines one year ago – on Jan. 15, 2022 –…
Winston-Salem Trans Educator accepts position with Wildacres Leadership Initiative
Liam Michael Hooper is known for many things. He’s an author, a gender theorist,…
arts & culture
Amy Grant gets flack from Franklin Graham for hosting her niece’s same-sex wedding
Amy Grant isn’t intimidated by the backlash she’s getting from North Carolina’s homophobic media evangelist Franklin Graham. Seems he’s a bit disenchanted with Grant’s decision to host her niece’s same-sex wedding and felt compelled to share his thoughts on Twitter.This past November, the Grammy-winning Christian pop singer, who also received the Kennedy Center Honors in…
gaming
CGN’s Top 12 Games
Humanity’s fascination with gaming is believed to date back 5,000 years. The first evidence of such recreational activity discovered thus far has come in the form of dice. A collection of carved and painted dice-like stones were discovered in a 5,000-year-old burial mound in southeast Turkey, making them the earliest gaming pieces ever found. Similar pieces…
charlotte
Queering up your car
Over the past two decades the state of North Carolina has kept a tight grip on what it would allow drivers to have printed on their personalized automotive tags. For the most part, text on car tags never stepped far beyond “family” friendly and “wholesome” American culture. The LGBTQ community has always been a resourceful…
news
Supreme Court may be forced to consider transgender bathroom bans
The Supreme Court may be forced to consider whether transgender people have the right to use public restrooms that correspond with their gender identity following a recent lower court decision.Last month, a federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled that Drew Adams, a transgender boy, is not entitled to use the boys’ bathroom at his public…
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