Ya know, sometimes when I sit down to do this column, I wonder — “Well, what do I start with?” I go back and look at the notes I’ve made, the emails and texts I’ve saved and sometimes I still mess up! Case in point — in the last Rag, I failed to mention that […]
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Miss Gay NC America crowned
The newly crowned Miss Gay North Carolina 2008 Victoria Parker (center) with Miss Gay America 2008 Mikaila Kay and Miss Gay North Carolina America 2007 Coti Collins. In a packed house at Scorpio nightclub in Charlotte, Victoria Parker took the crown as the next Miss Gay North Carolina America on Aug. 24. Presented by VON […]
Film Fest Sneak Peek

The 13th annual North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival will kick off at Durham’s Carolina Theatre Aug. 14. For four days, North Carolinians will be treated to a slew of prized LGBT-themed films. Sixty-six out of the full slate of 68 LGBT movies, some of them short and some of them feature-length, are North Carolina premieres.
Pageants – they’re here, there and everywhere
Miss Della and her ‘babies’ at the recent Miss TX FFI in Dallas. She calls them her Little Latino morsels. Photo Credit: Marco Antonio Reyes Oh, boys and girls, it’s hotter than the Cuban baseball team here, dayum! My big ass is suffering but enjoying the pageantry season, too. As you know, I’ve just gotten […]
Charlotte, Raleigh among top 10 ‘Gay Ghettos’
CHARLOTTE — Two North Carolina cities have been named in an annual list of the top 10 “Gay Ghettos” in the U.S. Compiled by the owners of GayRealEstate.com, the list is topped by a two-way tie between Atlanta, Ga., and Portland, Ore. Charlotte comes in at third, with Raleigh ranked fourth in a tie with […]
Gowns, greetings and a host of pageants galore!
Spring’s greetings, bois and gyrls! Here we are yet again to chit-chat about crowns and gowns and such. One of my favorite subjects, as you may well know — pageants! Speaking of, we’re off to a great start. Congrats are in order for Victoria Parker who recently won Miss NC FFI at Large in Hickory […]
Great Dame: The return of Shirley Bassey
You wouldn’t expect a song from a 70-year-old artist to be ripping up the club — but, there it is. As I write this, septagenarian Dame Shirley Bassey is at number three (with a bullet) on the “Billboard” Hot Dance Club Play chart with a cover of Pink’s “Get The Party Started.” Once you get […]
It’s raining pageants everywhere!
Oh my gosh, kids, I don’t know where to begin! I have so much info to spread around that I don’t know if we can fit it all in this time. Seriously! I’ll start off with a correction to the Mar. 22 issue when I mentioned the benefit in Miami. The “drag connection” was totally […]
Flip loves Matt and other odd Ozark tales
Operation Save America’s Flip Benham was unsuccessful in ‘saving’ LGBT community during Diversity Weekend. Photo Credit: Lainey Millen EUREKA SPRINGS, Ar. — From Apr. 3-6, this Northwest Arkansas town played host to one of its seasonal Diversity Weekend celebrations. This resort town only has 2,300 residents. Over one-third of the population is gay, lesbian, bisexual, […]
