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Title: End of year honors: Angela Brightfeather
Post by: Shana A on December 30, 2008, 03:32:11 PM
End of year honors: Angela Brightfeather
Filed by: Matt Comer
December 30, 2008 11:30 AM

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/end_of_year_honors_angela_brightfeather.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/end_of_year_honors_angela_brightfeather.php)

Every year, the staff at Q-Notes in Charlotte sits down and wade through a list of names as we come to a consensus on who should be our Person of the Year. Our task is a great one: Choose a North or South Carolinian who has worked the hardest to ensure the continued equality of the LGBT community at home and nationally. We also try to focus our attention on the people who aren't likely to get much recognition elsewhere. Our Person of the Year honor is our little unsung hero's award. My job's the hardest I think: Compiling the list to present to my associate editor, publisher and other staff members.

I'm happy and pleased with the result. This year we were pleased to name transgender activist Angela Brightfeather our 2008 Person of the Year.

When we announced this year's honor in our Dec. 27 issue, our wonderful Bilerico editor Alex Blaze emailed me and suggested I share the news with the Project. Of course, I was happy to write again about Brightfeather -- she certainly deserves it.