Wston Salem, North Carola Gay Bars Lbian Clubs - Maps, Lks, Drivg Directns
Contents:
- NORTH CAROLA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
- GREENSBORO, NC GAY CY GUI: A GREAT PLACE TO CALL HOME
NORTH CAROLA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
Cheryl Hopks, a -chairwoman of the para and s associated events, wrote a June 7th, 1996 article for the Wston-Salem Journal that one of the reasons for holdg the paras is to “raise awarens wh the muny and beg a dialogue on gay issu[3]. The para was heavily advertised the North Carola gay publitn The Front Page. In Cheryl Hopks’ article, “Celebrate: Gay ftival offers full menu of events[3], ” she refers to the negative ments about the para, sayg “we are not really surprised at the vehement opposn of some of [them].
” The most vol opposn to the para me om a group of church lled “Church for Christian Fay Valu, ” who took out a full page ad on June 7th, 1996 to nounce the para and homosexualy general.
GREENSBORO, NC GAY CY GUI: A GREAT PLACE TO CALL HOME
In one le, they nounce homosexualy as a “social malignancy which preced the fall of natns (Greece/Rome, etc. )[7], ” and quot the vers of the Bible which nmn homosexualy.
An article News and Rerd[9] timated that 12, 000 people marched opposn of homosexualy, 2, 000 more than who marched the pri para. The same article mentned that May a lol alrman, Robert Nordlanr, tried to pass a rolutn nouncg homosexualy at a board of alrmen meetg. The Wilmgton Morng Star, a Wilmgton-based newspaper, said Nordlanr’s rolutn was aimed at the pri para and homosexuals general, spe a recent Supreme Court lg, Romer v Evans, which said stat nnot ban bills which aim to protect homosexuals om discrimatn.
Before anizg the 2011 pri para, they raised money by hostg “Gay Bgo” nights downtown. In an article for the Wston-Salem Journal[11], Monte Mchell wr that many gay-affirmg church had booths set up the vendor area, ntrastg the group of church who took out the anti-pri ad 1996. Donald Patterson "Gay Pri march puts issu out open, " News and Rerd, June 6, 1997.