Using the archives
qnotes offers archived online articles and features dating back to 2005. You can use the tools below to browse past issues, articles, topics, columns and more. These online archives are not meant to be a full and accurate account of all articles published in qnotes print editions.
In April 2017, qnotes entire publishing archive became available by way of an online digitized format that was undertaken by the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, a digitization and digital publishing program housed in the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This was made possible through an arrangement between the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and qnotes owner Jim Yarbrough.
Visit guides.library.uncc.edu/kinghenrybrockington, findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/573 and uncc.worldcat.org/title/q-notes/oclc/31152833 to learn more. To view the archived newspapers, visit digitalnc.org/newspapers/q-notes.
Looking for something published before April 19, 2008?
When qnotes upgraded our website in April 2008, archived articles published prior to April 19, 2008 were left online, but are not indexed by our new content management system. You can use the search tools and index listings below to search all current web material housed in our new content management system as well as material published before April 19, 2008.
Special Series
For a listing of Special Series Archives (from both the former and current site), click here.
Questions? Need physical copies? Access to physical archives?
You can direct any questions about qnotes archives to the managing editor at 704-531-9988 editor@goqnotes-launch2.newspackstaging.com. Copies of some back issues dating to 1986 can be provided via mail for a nominal fee. All back issues might not be available. Access to the official, physical archives of qnotes and The Front Page can also be granted by request on a case-by-case basis. These online archives are not meant to be a full and accurate account of all articles published in qnotes print editions.
Search
Use the form below to search all online goqnotes-launch2.newspackstaging.com material from 2005 to the present.
Browse by Print Issue Date (reverse order)
You can browse online archives by issue date. Please note that some articles published in print issues might have been originally published online, and some might only be published in the print edition. As such, some articles might not be coupled with print issue dates, or might not appear in online archives. Please consult the PDF (or Issuu.com archive) of each print issue for a full account of that issue’s articles; please note that these online archives are not meant to be a full and accurate account of all articles published in qnotes print editions.
You can also view all Issuu.com archives in easy-to-read viewers here; we are currently in the process of uploading each of our past issues to this service.
Find a missing document or broken link? Contact us at editor@goqnotes-launch2.newspackstaging.com if you come across a missing document or broken link, and we’ll get it fixed as soon as possible. Thank you.
Browse archived material
prior to April 19, 2008
Starting with the April 19, 2008 issue, qnotes began using a new content management system for its website. The following archived pages have been set up for your convenience. They house all articles published online prior to April 19, 2008.
The search form below can be used to help in your search all qnotes online material, including archived stories published prior to April 19, 2008.
Column Archives (prior to April 2008)
Anything But Straight
Audiophile
Commercial Closet
Drag Rag
General Gayety
Money Matters
QStyle
Tell Trinity
Features Archives (prior to April 2008)
2008 (prior to April 19)
2007
2006
2005
Top Stories Archives (prior to April 2008)
Top Stories 2008 (prior to April 19)
Top Stories 2007
Top Stories 2006
Top Stories 2005
Editor’s Note Archives (prior to April 2008)
2008 (prior to April 19, 2008, Matt Comer)
2007 (David Moore/Matt Comer)
2006 (David Moore)
2005 (David Moore)
Op-Ed Archives (prior to April 2008)
2008 (prior to April 19, 2008)
2007
2006
2005
Special Series
Below you will find a listing of qnotes special series archives from the former and current websites.
A Soldier’s Story (Oct. 22, 2005 – Aug. 26, 2006)
Male rape victim shares his story (May 31, 2008)
Male rape victim shares his story, Part Two (June 14, 2008)
Lockdown – Life as a gay man in a N.C. prison (Nov. 1, 2008 – March 2009)
Timeless Pride (June 27, 2009)
Timeless Pride, Part Two (July 11, 2009)