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Thoughts and whatever

Gilbert Baker, his rainbow flag, and a personal story I’ve never shared before

On the passing of Gilbert Baker, a personal story of the rainbow flag I’ve never shared before.

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Analysis and Commentary

The ratings are falling, oh my! Notes on ‘When We Rise’

“Young people” are being blamed for the “When We Rise” ratings dip. I doubt it’s true, but here are some responses to that ridiculous unproven claim anyway.

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News

Charlotte’s LGBTQ Community Archive now has a name… three of them to be exact

The growing Charlotte LGBTQ Community Archive now has a name — three of them. The collection of historical papers and materials received its official naming at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte on Thursday, with honors going to two longtime community leaders and a transgender youth leader who died earlier this year.

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Thoughts and whatever

The greatest of hypocrisies: Gays condemn black riots over racism, forget our movement started with one

They attacked cops, after hitting them with personal items, resisting arrest and escaping detainment. They hurled bottles and other debris through the air. One cop’s eye was badly cut. Police officers were forced to barricade themselves inside a business to protect them from the unruly mob, which in turn uprooted a parking meter trying to break down […]