News & Media

Contact: 336-391-9528 . matt ‘at’ interstateq ‘dot’ com

The following are press and media pieces in which Matt has appeared.

Radio

‘The Boy Scouts & Homosexuality’ Click to listen (mp3)
Guests: Matt Hill [Comer] & Hans Zeiger
Viewpoints Talk Radio, Eastern North Carolina
April 1, 2004
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‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Challenged’ Click to listen (mp3)
WUNC/NPR, Chapel Hill, NC (w/ national coverage)
September 22, 2006, Lorne Matalon reports

“Challenging ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’” Click to listen (RealPlayer)
Here & Now, NPR, WBUR, Boston, Robin Young (show listings)
September 22, 2006

‘Marriage Defined’ Click to listen (mp3)
StateGovernmentRadio, Raleigh, NC
October 25, 2006, Josh Ellis reports

‘Matt Hill Comer’ Click to listen (mp3)
At age fourteen, Matt Hill Comer was on track to become an Eagle Scout, but a run-in with his local Boy Scouts troop over homosexuality took his life in a new direction. Host Frank Stasio speaks to Matt Hill Comer, now a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, about equality, politics and youth activism.
“The State of Things”
WUNC/NC Public Radio, Chapel Hill, NC
November 13, 2006, Frank Stasio hosts (original story)

‘Equality Ride’ Click to listen (MP3)
For two months, gay rights advocate and UNC-G student Matt Hill Comer has been traveling by bus to Christian campuses on the east coast as part of an effort to raise awareness about homophobia. Earlier this week, Matt was arrested for trespassing on the campus of Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He joins host Frank Stasio by phone to reflect on his travels as part of The Equality Ride.
“The State of Things”
WUNC/NC Public Radio, Chapel Hill, NC
April 27, 2007, Frank Stasio hosts (original story).

Interview with Matt Hill Comer Click to listen (MP3)
UNC-G student Matt Hill Comer recently returned from two months on the road. The Winston-Salem native joined about 50 other gay and lesbian college students for an advocacy tour of Christian colleges. WFDD’s Jennifer Curry spoke with Comer about his activism.
Local News, Jennifer Curry, Reporter
WFDD 88.5 FM Winston-Salem, NC
May 16, 2007 (original story)

Looking Back at 2008 Click to listen (MP3)
South Carolina Rainbow Radio’s Bruce Converse and Candace Chellew-Hodge interviews Q-Notes Editor Matt Comer on the important stories of 2008. Interview begins at 8:52 minute mark.
WOIC-AM 1230, Columbia, SC
Dec. 29, 2008, Show 168 (www.scpride.org)

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Print

Matt Comer (known as Matt Hill prior to February 3, 2006 – click here for more on his name change) has appeared in print articles dating from Sept. 12, 2000 to the present. The archive below lists these articles from the oldest to the newest.

“Reynolds High OKs Meetings” Winston-Salem Journal, September 12, 2000

“Gay/Straight Alliance at Reynolds?” The Pine Whispers, RJR High School, October 6, 2000

Letter to the Editor: Non-School Sponsored Clubs at Reynolds, by Matt Hill, Pine Whispers, November 9, 2001

“Not Happy: Protest targets bias against gays” The Winston-Salem Journal, May 6, 2002

“Rally to protest Boy Scout policy will get under way today” Winston-Salem Journal October 11, 2002

“Local protesters ask for Boy Scouts policy change” Winston-Salem Journal October 13, 2002

“Booted gay Scout planning protest” The Chronicle, Winston-Salem, NC, March 25, 2004

“Groups hold competing rallies on Scout policy” Winston-Salem Journal, April 4, 2004

“Are You Game” GoTriad, October 14, 2004

“They need to know they’re normal” An Interview with Matt Hill, GoTriad, October 14, 2004

Three Letters to the Editor, by Matt Hill

SGA passes legislation in response to UNC-CH hate crime, The Carolinian, UNCG, Nov 30, 2004