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CHICAGO'S GAY-FRIENDLY MAYOR CALLS IT QUITS
Mayor Richard M. Daley's surprise announcement not to seek re-election in 2011 ends his 21-year career as one of the nation's most gay-friendly mayors.
"Simply put, it's time," Daley said during a City Hall news conference on Tuesday afternoon. "Time for me, it's time for Chicago to move on."
In his time at City Hall, Daley, 68, has shown historic and unparalleled support for Chicago's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community with the expansion of Chicago human rights legislation to include protection from gender identity, instituting domestic partnership benefits for city employees, creating the Office of LGBT Health in the city Department of Health, establishing the Advisory Council on LGBT Issues, support for the North Halsted streetscape project and backing the Center on Halsted.
VIA http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/13100449 [9/8/10]
MINNEAPOLIS PAYS OFF THE PSYCHOLOGIST IT FIRED FOR TEAMING UP WITH ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
Michael Campion, a psychologist fired from his job to screen potential Minneapolis police officers because of his ties to the anti-gay Illinois Family Institute, will receive a $210,000 settlement (which includes legal fees) from the city, whose City Council voted not to take the case to trial, which would have begun next week. Something about the court telling the city that Campion has a strong First Amendment argument or something. > Full Story. [9/7/10]
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD NEWSPAPER TO PUBLISH GAY MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Omaha World-Herald, one of the largest newspapers in the Midwest, is trying to dodge an online controversy by offering to publish legal gay marriages (but not commitment ceremonies) in its "Celebrations" section. > Full Story. [8/31/10]
HATE FLIERS TRY TO INTIMIDATE KENTUCKY NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER STRING OF HATE CRIMES
Dozens of anti-gay fliers were posted on poles and placed on windshields in MainStrasse, Covington, Kentucky on Thursday. The fliers come just around a week after the arrests of Timothy Searp and Devlin Burke after they attacked a pair of women in that area. The fliers come also after a long string of anti-LGBT crimes targeting the lesbians and gays of that neighborhood. > Full Story. [8/30/10]
GAY HISTORY TOURS BENEFITS ARCHIVES
On Saturday October 9, Kansas City Museum is hosting its first-ever Kansas City Gay and Lesbian History Trolley Tour. Guide Ross Frees will narrate a 1-hour expedition to some well-known, some less-known, and some infamous locales that document gay life in Kansas City over the past 100 years. Tickets are $45 and include a wine-tasting reception by Cellar Rat in the Crossroads. You can purchase tickets on-line at www.kcmuseum100.org after September 1. > Full Story. [8/23/10]
TARGET CONTRIBUTES MONEY TO MN ANTI-GAY CANDIDATE
Target, the perceived LGBT-friendly department store chain, has contributed $150,000 to Minnesota Forward, a political action committee that supports Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, an opponent of gay marriage, reports NBC Bay Area. > Full Story. [7/26/10]
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]
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