Matt Comer
At a Glance:
Matt Comer has been a Project Contributor since December 2008, has written 31 entries and currently lives in Charlotte, NC.
Bio
A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., Matt Comer currently lives in Charlotte, N.C., where he serves as the editor of Q-Notes, the LGBT newspaper of North and South Carolina.
Since his first foray into activism at age 14, as a freshman at R.J. Reynolds High School, Matt has gone on to create a nationally-respected blog and commentary website at InterstateQ.com, participate in several national LGBT activism movements and become a respected and outspoken advocate on important LGBT, political and social issues in the Carolinas and nationally. In September 2008, Matt appeared as an author in "Crisis: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay In America," edited by Mitchell Gold.
Matt Comer: Recently Filed
Falsification or Embellishment? Anti-Gay NC Lawmaker Lied
Filed by Matt Comer | September 30, 2011 5:00 PM | 4 comments"People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." It's a great lesson for children; one that should be applied practically as an adult. It's a lesson anti-LGBT North Carolina state Sen. James Forrester never really took to heart.Read More
Hell No, I Won't Go: I Bleed Carolina Blue
Filed by Matt Comer | September 16, 2011 4:00 PM | 2 commentsI felt shamed and downright horrible inside. For the first time ever, I was ashamed of my home, the Old North State. There's been times I've dreamed of leaving home. Each time, however, was on a positive note.Read More
The Recession Can Aid in LGBT Equality
Filed by Matt Comer | May 23, 2011 6:00 PM | 0 commentsJim Daly, president and CEO of Focus on the Family, admits the struggle for LGBT equality in marriage is all but lost for the religious right.Read More
The Next Time You Call Someone a Faggot
Filed by Matt Comer | May 06, 2011 11:00 AM | 21 commentsI don't think I could have imagined last fall just how challenging and, at times, frustrating returning to school would be once I actually set foot in class this January. After nearly four years of absence, I decided last fall...Read More
Cagle syndicates tasteless, offensive 'Don't Ask' cartoons following historic repeal signing
Filed by Matt Comer | December 27, 2010 8:30 AM | 13 commentsA friend of mine still living in Winston-Salem, N.C., pointed my direction to a handful of ill-conceived, tasteless and offensive political cartoons syndicated by Cagle Cartoons and published by The Winston-Salem Journal following Wednesday's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal signing....Read More
