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The MattHillNC.com Blog
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The MattHillNC.com Blog: LGBT Happenings & News from the Piedmont/Triad, NC, and abroad. Winstn-Salem, Greensboro, High Point, UNCG, North Carolina
Recent Posts
Anti-gay pol to step down in N.C.
North Carolina state Sen. David Hoyle (D-Gaston) announced Dec. 9 he’d step down at the end of his term in 2010. Hoyle, chairman of the Senate’s Finance Committee, had been considered the third most powerful member of the Senate’s l...
Public prayer losing ground in North Carolina?
County commissioners in the sleepy, liberal town of Asheville, N.C., have made a “consensus” decision to end public prayer at their meetings. The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners are set to bring the topic up for official discussion...
Nat’l org salutes Triad Equality Alliance
Freedom to Marry, a national advocacy and education organization on marriage equality issues, is saluting North Carolina’s Triad Equality Alliance for their media advocacy efforts. The organization has funded several LGBT awareness building bil...
Yes, but will he lead like Terry Sanford?
Former N.C. State Sen. Cal Cunningham, a Winston-Salem, N.C.-native living in nearby Davidson County, has announced his challenge to Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, also of Winston-Salem. Other than the interesting regional connection between the ...
Not in the least bit surprised
Sing with me… It’s that time of year, when I sit at my desk and research the year, sifting through… o-old stories of important ga-ay news! I was in the office late last night putting our Dec. 12 print issue of Q-Notes to bed. I want...
‘Their blood shall be upon them’
There’s a lot of talk here recently over a proposed anti-gay death penalty law in Uganda. Activists and news organizations have linked the legislation’s Ugandan proponents to several high-profile American religious leaders and politicians...
