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ATLANTA POLICE DEPT. ESTABLISHES LGBT ADVISORY BOARD
This week, the Atlanta Police Department named nine men and women to a newly-formed advisory board. The members, all active in Atlanta's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender communities, will work with the police department's LGBT liaison. The hope is to identify issues and concerns between APD and Atlanta's LGBT population, then work towards solutions.
The formation of the advisory board represents the fulfillment of a promise by Senior Patrol Officer Patricia Powell, a 10-year APD veteran who was appointed the department's LGBT liaison four months ago.
"We need to have an open dialogue with the community," said Powell. "By having the advisory board, that would help us accomplish that."
VIA http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wabe/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1696837/Atlanta./Atlanta.Police.Dept..Establishes.LGBT.Advisory.Board [9/7/10]
ALVIN GREENE ACCUSED OF USING ANTI-WHITE, ANTI-GAY SLURS
The man who shocked the political world by becoming a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate has been accused of using anti-gay and racial slurs. > Full Story. [9/3/10]
EX-POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO TRANS BEATING
Former Memphis Tenn. Police officer Bridges McRae, who brutally attacked the late Duanna Johnson, was set to undergo a retrial for the excessive force charges in September. > Full Story. [8/30/10]
TENNESSEE NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE PULLED
Despite death threats and even some genuine debate, Memphis' Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinance (ENDO) has been pulled from consideration. The Tennessee Equality Project made the request to Councilwoman Janis Fullilove, who was the target of the death threats, to pull the proposed ordinance. TEP made the move because it was becoming clear that the ordinance was not going to be considered fairly. > Full Story. [8/25/10]
FLORIDA GOP PASSES ON ANTI-GAY BILL MCCOLLUM
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has lost his bid to be the GOP's nominee for governor, the AP reported. Republicans instead elected to give newcomer Naples businessman Rick Scott a try. > Full Story. [8/25/10]
HRC ENDORSES KENDRICK MEEK IN FLORIDA SENATE RACE
Kendrick Meek is running for Senate in Florida, and today, he received the endorsement of the Human Rights Campaign. Meek is the presumptive Democratic nominee the same way that Marco Rubio is presumed to be the Republican nominee for the Senate. The race is a three way between Meek, Rubio and Charlie Crist, who is running as an independent. Crist became an independent after it became clear that Rubio would be the Republican nominee. > Full Story. [8/19/10]
MEMPHIS CITY COUNCIL APPROVES NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE
The Memphis City Council approved a non-discrimination ordinance on the first of three readings last night. The council approved the measure seven votes to five. > Full Story. [8/11/10]
EAST TENNESSEE EQUALITY COUNCIL FORMED IN KNOXVILLE
After half a decade of being juggled by a handful of groups, this year's Knoxville PrideFest landed in the lap of the newly formed East Tennessee Equality > Full Story. [8/3/10]
MEMPHIS CITY COUNSELOR THREATENED OVER SUPPORT FOR LGBT EQUALITY
Janis Fullilove, has received death threats multiple times, and even had a dead cat thrown on her lawn. The Councilwoman for Memphis is a supporter of workplace protections for lesbians and gays. The police are taking the threats seriously enough that they are patrolling the area around her home in greater numbers. Fullilove received four threatening calls on Tuesday, and all four mentioned a local non-discrimination ordinance that she supports. The ordinance would protect lesbians and gays from discrimination within the city government. Police are keeping a close eye on her and her family.
> Full Story. [7/30/10]
SOUTH BEND, IND., CONSIDERS LGBT EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS
South Bend Common Councilmember Oliver Davis has co-sponsored a measue that would ban employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression in Indiana's fourth largest city. > Full Story. [7/22/10]
FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL SCREENING OPPORTUNITY
The Alliance of AIDS Services-Carolina is very excited to be participating in the inaugural Triangle Black Pride.
The Alliance will be providing free and confidential HIV/STD testing during the Triangle Black Pride Expo on Saturday July 31, 2010, 9:30am-1:30pm. Please come out, get tested, and join us in welcoming the first annual Triangle Black Pride.
Triangle Black Pride takes place July 29th - August 1st in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, NC. The host hotel and location of the Triangle Black Pride Expo is the Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley, 4500 Marriott Blvd., Raleigh, NC 27612 (Across from the Crabtree Valley Mall)
Discounted room rates are $99/night, with group code TSPTSPA. Book your room today via http://tinyurl.com/TBPMarriott or by calling toll free (with group code). All persons registed with this group code is automatically entered into a drawing for a 1 week resort stay in Central Florida. Additional raffle tickets may be purchased to increase your chances of winning.
> Full Story. [7/21/10]
MEMPHIS CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE UP NONDISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE
In 2009, the Shelby County commission made history as the first local government in Tennessee to prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual > Full Story. [7/21/10]
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