A Personal Perspective

It has been over two week since the NC4Marriage Rally in Raleigh. Alot as happen since then. The Marriage bill was introduce and so was the bulling bill.

But I want to talk about what happen at the Rally and the lack of community support for the counter protest that was there. Yes there was a counter protest of these bigots, this protest did make some of the local networks, yet not the LGBT community news network.

There were talks that we couldn't get enough folks to make an impact with a counter protest, other just want us the attend the day of action, that Equality NC is pushing. Yet a member of Equality NC showed up that the Rally to give his sound bite to the local media that was there. He did stop by and talk with the counter protesters. 

Still to date nothing about this protest in our own LGBT Newspaper. Yes I know there are bigger issues then talking about this protest. However I'm sure that The Day of Action will get a full page or two in the Next Q-notes. I'm starting to believe that Q-Notes should change its name to Charlotte's Notes, since about 70% or more or less is about Charlotte and surrounding area. It seems to me that ever since The FrontPage merge with Q-notes Raleigh and east have been officially cut from the community.

I personally feel that our local LGBt paper is choosing which communities in which to write about the most, while leaving out the rest. I can only guess that we east of 95 are the ugly kids in the chess club, While Charlotte are the kids that are in the drama club.