Queerty (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Sure, there were allegations of excessive violence. And departmental violations in approving the Rainbow Lounge raid. But the Ft. Worth Police Department will clear itself of any wrongdoing in the much-anticipated report that will be released tomorrow. And it's 1,000 pages of excuses. CONTINUED » Permalink | 1 comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: chad gibson, Crime, ft. [...]
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... report is expected to fault officers for not writing a timely report on the June 28 raid of the Rainbow Lounge, but conclude officers did not use excessive force or violate other operational policies. Officers are supposed to write reports by the end of every shift, but in this case the officer waited until the next day - after gay groups had launched protests, police said. Chief...
Box Turtle Bulletin (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... is not surprising that the Ft. Worth Police have conducted an internal review into the raid on the Rainbow Lounge and found no wrongdoing at all. ( NBC ) Fort Worth police planned to announce on Thursday that an internal investigation has cleared officers of excessive force in the controversial raid of a gay bar this summer, and no officers will be fired, said two city leaders briefed...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... after it was found that he used "poor judgment" in the way he conducted the bar check on the lounge. "The decision to utilize nine law enforcement officers to check a newly established club was excessive when looking at the totality of the circumstances," his suspension letter states. The investigation also found that he failed to follow procedures, such as checking liquor licenses or other...
Queerty (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The fracas following the raid of Ft. Worth bar Rainbow Lounge refuses to die. The latest interlocutor? Chris Aller, one of two Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission who who was fired following an internal investigation. He says they really were going after patrons who were drinking too much, gay or otherwise. Yup, it wasn't a witchhunt! CONTINUED [...]
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Chris Aller, a TABC agent who was fired following the June raid on Fort Worth's Rainbow Lounge, says gays weren't specifically targeted for the raid, and maintains his claim that he was groped by Chad Gibson, a patron who sustained...
Queerty (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
ON OUR GAYDAR — News, notes, clicks, and quips from around the web. • South African soldiers with HIV/AIDS can be deployed overseas, but only if they pass some 39 fitness tests. Naturally, there are critics. CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: abuse, AIDS, ft. worth, Grammys, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Kanye West, Lawsuits, lee [...]
South Texas Chisme (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
The City Council voted just before midnight to include transgender people in the nondiscrimination ordinance, but the fight is far from over. Now the debate goes behind closed doors as city staffers consider how to implement the rest of the proposals drawn up in the wake of the Rainbow Lounge incident. Among the proposals still to come before the council are extending health, pension...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
After heated debate, last night the Fort Worth City Council voted 6-3 to expand employment discrimination protections to include transgender persons. Outside the building, pro and anti-gay activists clashed and nearly came to blows. Reportedly, the city's human relations committee was working on adding transgender protections before the recent embarrassment over the Rainbow Lounge raid....
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Share FORT WORTH — The Fort Worth City Council voted 6-3 late Tuesday to expand its anti-discrimination ordinance to include transgender people, capping a marathon debate over a series of gay-rights proposals that were forwarded after a controversial inspection of a gay bar.A majority of council members spoke in favor of the proposal when it was introduced last week.The inspection at the Rainbow...
Queerty (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Following the Rainbow Lounge's Stonewall-style raid, a Ft. Worth task force is — whodathunk — trying to make the city more gay friendly. Like, by enacting proposals "extending domestic-partner benefits to gay couples, considering a company’s record on gay and lesbian issues when approving tax breaks, and including gender reassignment surgery in the city health [...]...
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
A rally is planned for 5pm this evening outside Fort Worth City Hall as recommendations by a Diversity Task Force undertaken after the Rainbow Lounge Raid in July come up for a vote at City Council. The task force recommends...
Queerty (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A total of five days worth of suspensions. That's what the Ft. Worth Police just handed three officers involved in the Rainbow Lounge bar raid. CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: chad gibson, Crime, ft. worth, jeff halstead, Nightlife, Police, rainbow lounge, Stonewall, Texas
planetransgender (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... to Daniel Equality Cates organizer of "Equality March Texas" and Justice for the Rainbow Lounge, "WE NEED YOU THERE!" Cates explains, "Reports this evening are that a large group of Christian activists descended on the Queer Liberaction Milk Box Event in Sundance Square, Fort Worth. According to those who were there, the Milk Box participants were forced to...
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
At a press conference yesterday, Fort Worth police chief Jeff Halstead announced that a chapter was being closed in discussing investigations related to the June raid on the Rainbow Lounge: "Speaking at a news conference across from the bar, chief...
