Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 17 December 2012
Tags: charlotte, lgbt chorus, sings, god bless you chick fil a, holidays, 2012, concert, humor, satire, conservatives, homophobia, video 
With a bit of tongue in booty-cheek sass, the Charlotte LGBT Chorus tackled anti-gay conservative totems in a performance of "God Bless You Chick-Fil-A" at its holiday concert over the weekend.
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Tags: democratic national convention, gayest speeches, opening night, charlotte, 2012, michelle obama, transcript, video, jared polis, andrew tobias, marriage equality, same sex, lgbt
LGBT across the far reaches of the Internet are understandably fawning over First Lady Michelle Obama's empowering and tear-jerking opening night speech on Tuesday in Charlotte. But a few other LGBT-laced addresses are worth pixelated headlines, too.
Check out how Jared Polis and out DNC Treasurer Andy Tobias rallied the troops (and watch Michelle's rousing call to support her hubby) after the jump!
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 05 September 2012
Tags: democratic national convention, dnc, 2012, charlotte, north carolina, zach wahls, iowa, two moms, lgbt, activist, announced, speaker, severe weather, moves, bank of america arena
Iowan activist Zach Wahls will kick his political career up yet another notch as a speaker at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night. Now, as an official opening act for President Obama's big headlining speech tomorrow night, is it too much to ask to see a Wahl's 2020 campaign??
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Written by Instinct Staff | Sunday, 26 August 2012
Tags: democratic national convention, north carolina, charlotte, same-sex marriage ban, amendment one, lgbt issues
It's convention fever! With the Republican National Convention convening this week in Tampa, attention is also turning to the Democratic National Convention, which will be hosted in Charlotte, North Carolina on Sept. 4-6.
Using North Carolina as the site of the DNC has caused some uproar in the wake of North Carolina's passage of Amendment 1, which banned gay marriage and civil unions in the state earlier this year.
Still, some are arguing that hosting the DNC in North Carolina will highlight the problems faced by the LGBT-community.
More after the jump. FULL STORY
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 24 August 2012
Tags: democratic national convention, 2012, dnc, record number, historic, openly gay, lgbt, delegates, attending, charlotte, north carolina, 2012 elections
The gay community will be represented by a record number of openly LGBT delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Just how many of us will substitute our rainbow flags for Obama banners on the floor of the convention in 10 days?
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Tags: north carolina, charlotte, former mayors, amendment one, republicans, democrats, come out, opposing, richard vinroot, harvey gantt, video, elections, polls, marriage equality, same sex, gay
Harvey Gantt and Richard Vinroot, two former mayors of Charlotte, have banded together to release a video opposing North Carolina's Amendment One.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 09 November 2011
Tags: lawan mayfield, out, openly gay, lesbian, lgbt, elected, official, charlotte, north carolina, politics, elections Doesn't that smile just brighten your day? In more good gay news following yesterday's big elections across the country, LaWana Mayfield has become the first openly-gay elected official in Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Tags: anderson cooper, snooki, skit, books, gorilla beach, second novel, charlotte, north carolina, fox news affiliate, rising, derek james, copying, stealing, accusations, gaylebrities
So, we were searching for "Anderson Cooper Rips Off..." during lunch, but before we could type in "clothing," Google-auto filled in the results to include this insanity: a morning-TV personality for Fox's Charlotte, NC affiliate is accusing our husband of ripping off a Snooki skit. Details follow.
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Tags: y2 yoga, homophobia, language, it gets better, tanner bazemore, charlotte
Tanner Bazemore, owner of Y2 Yoga, a Charlotte, N.C.-based studio, used the derogatory form of "gay" multiple times to announce snow closings in an email blast and Twitter messages that read like they were written by Willow Palin.
"Greetings! I know it sounds gay, but we are definitely less gay across the bored (sic) when compared to CMS, BOA, etc, etc. Mainly, I am being gay," read the email message, which was compounded with Tweets such as, "Closing completely because of some white stuff is being uber gay!"
From the owner of a yoga studio of all people.
Bazemore went on to issue a disclaimer that didn't really satisfy those offended by his original statement. “Y2 Yoga is in full support of whatever your sexual... FULL STORY
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 19 July 2010
Tags: primal instinct, gavin henson, hotties, rugby, uk, athletes, muscle, charlotte church Before she met UK rugby star Gavin Henson, we prayed at the alter of Charlotte Church. Now that they’ve split, it’s Gavin we’d like to kneel before. Check out these photos of the jaw-dropping athlete from the U.K.’s Fabulous Magazine (what a fabulous name!) and just try to concentrate on work the rest of the afternoon. We dare you.
Follow the jump for more NSFW-ish images!
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