Gainesville voters reject repeal of LGBT civil rights
(Gainesville, Florida) Voters on Tuesday turned down a measure that could have stripped Gainesville government’s anti-discrimination protections for LGBT residents.
With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, the vote was 58 percent against changing the law.
“Gainesville is a place that will not allow discrimination,” said Craig Lowe, a city commissioner who …
Gay Portland Mayor Hanging In There
In a winning landslide, Sam Adams on January 4 became the first openly gay mayor of a major US city. But just two weeks later, his promise threatened to unravel when news of his 2005 relationship with Beau Breedlovee, a teenage legislative intern Adams met while serving as a city commissioner, once again became front page news. In 2007, Adams had insisted the relationship between the two was a “mentoring” bond.
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But under prodding from Willamette Week, Breedlove, now 21, last month suggested there was more to the relationship than that. In Washington, one day before the Inauguration, Adams acknowledged that he began a romantic relationship with Breedlove when the younger man was 17, but insisted they did not have sex until he turned 18.
Oregon Attorney General John Kroger is now probing the matter, and the new mayor pledged to fight for his job. See Gay Portland Mayor Hanging In There
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Bigots file Petions to strike down new gay-rights ordinance – Is hate a family value in Kalamazoo?
KALAMAZOO – Petitions seeking the repeal of a newly adopted city ordinance that extends discrimination protections to gays and lesbians in Kalamazoo have been filed.
City Clerk Scott Borling said former city commissioner and current Kalamazoo County Treasurer Mary Balkema officially turned over 189 pages of petitions that circulators said contained about 1,600 signatures.
Due to the New Year’s Day holiday Thursday, Borling said certification of those signatures will begin Friday.
Borling expects the process to extend into next week before it is officially determined that the petitions contain at least 1,273 signatures, the minimum Borling said are necessary to trigger reconsideration of the anti-discrimination ordinance.
Under the charter, if sufficient signatures are certified next week, the ordinance is immediately suspended and the Kalamazoo City Commission must either repeal the entire ordinance or put it on the ballot for city voters to decide.
That action must occur at the commission’s next business meeting, which would be Jan. 26.
The current ordinance expands existing housing and employment protections to include gays, lesbians and transgender individuals, protected classes that are not currently included in existing state and federal anti-discrimination laws.
See Petitions filed Wednesday in opposition of new Kalamazoo gay …
Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com, MI
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Portland: Largest US city with openly gay mayor
Speaking into a bullhorn, he urged the protesters to continue pushing for legal same-sex marriage in all 50 states, but he urged them not to embark that day on an unauthorized march.
“This community is watching us, the nation is watching us,” he said. “They are going to judge us for what we do today, and today we do not have a permit to march — not because the city won’t let us but because this happened so quickly we couldn’t get the paperwork in.”
The Oregonian – OregonLive.com – Portland,OR,USA
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A historic first for out Mayor-elect
City Commissioner turned first openly gay mayor will be sworn in on New Year’s Day.
Miami Beach vote to reaffirm domestic partnership delayed
(Miami Beach, Florida) A move to reaffirm Miami Beach’s domestic partner law has been put off for a month after some LGBT leaders complained the proposal did not go far enough.
City Commissioner Jerry Libbin had proposed the resolution as a means to signify that despite the passage last month of …
