From the Gainesville Sun (emphasis added): Transgender rights: The Tampa City Council approved a transgender rights ordinance Thursday in the face of opposition similar to what the Gainesville City Commission faced in early 2008 when it approved a similar anti-discrimination ordinance... ...City Commissioner Craig Lowe said that when the Tampa Council went to approve the ordinance, it changed the...
When I woke up after the November 2008 election, I woke up with the reality that about half the people I saw on the street in my hometown of San Diego did not want to see my lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community have equal marriage rights under the law. Moderating the CoverItLive (CIL) live-blogging/chat room thread, I saw some LGBT folk in the Northeast realize, like I did last...
Sometimes, not always, maybe even not often, the Good Guys win. I posted about the Same Old Lies a few days ago. Now I'll quote from Trickster108 on the same issue. While I would have used less semantically-loaded words, what she says is true. 5. Florida: This state was the scene of one of the ugliest campaigns aimed at distorting the facts. The Gainesville City Council was to vote on amending their...
Perhaps you saw when I posted the Comparing Gainesville, Florida to Kalamazoo, Michigan Bathroom Ads diary this past weekend. Here's the Kalamazoo ad, if you missed it: We keep hearing about the potential danger of crossdressed and/or trans women predators in public restrooms, and yet the folks who purport that anti-trans Bathroom Meme can't point to any examples of trans people But we can point to...
Here's the TV commercial created by Citizens for Good Public Policy , encouraging Gainesville, Fla. voters to vote "yes" on Charter Amendment 1 on March 24. Here's the TV commercial created by Citizens for Good Public Policy , modified for Kalamazoo Michigan. Hate for transgender people, and by extension lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, fighting for basic civil rights...
This Is Hell have added dates to their US East Coast tour, which starts next month. 11/27 Chalfont, PA @ Chalfont United Methodist Church 11/28 Linthicum, MD @ St Christopher's 11/29 Blacksburg, VA @ The Lodge 11/30 Wilmington, NC @ Lucky's Pub 12/1 Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern 12/2 Augusta, GA @ Sector 7 G 12/3 Gainesville, FL @ The Kickstand 12/4 Orlando, FL @ Uncles Lou's 12/5 Columbus, GA...
In Beta Upsilon Chi Upsilon Chapter at the University of Florida v. Machen , (11th Cir., Oct. 27, 2009), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed as moot a challenge by a Christian fraternity to the University of Florida's non-discrimination rules for student organizations. Originally BYX was denied recognition as a student organization because it limited membership to those who demonstrated...
We know in our guts what makes a city great, but analytical efforts to determine this often go far astray. When you ask people where the best places in America to live are, there are usually a number of contenders: Honolulu, Manhattan, Beverley Hills, San Francisco, maybe Austin, Texas or Aspen, Colorado, depending on the person’s preferences, the kind of places where TV shows, movies and novels...
In support of their latest record "Swoon", Silversun Pickups have annouced more dates that will push this tour till the end of October, where they will be playing the Voodoo Music Festival in New Orleans. What kills me is that they are visiting 3 cities in TN and not one of those include Nashville. 09/15 - Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room* 09/16 - Green Bay, WI - The Club* 09/18 - Omaha, NE...
Gallery 532 Thomas Jaeckel 532 West 25th Street, 917-701-3338 Chelsea September 10 - October 6, 2009 Opening: Thursday, September 10, 6 - 9 PM Web Site 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel is pleased to present a solo show of recent abstract paintings by Kylie Heidenheimer. On single, dyptich and tryptich canvases ranging from three to four feet square, the artist skillfully blends open, evanescent spaces with...
Sarah has her GRE exam tomorrow. We will be sending the scores to schools in the following cities: Atlanta, Georgia Chicago, Illinois College Park, Maryland Durham, North Carolina Evanston, Illinois Gainesville, Florida Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [...]
There was a time when parents tried to teach their kids acceptance. Gainesville, FL high school students have been sent home over the last few days for wearing t-shirts with the phrase “Islam is of the Devil” on teh back. The children wearing the shirts belong to the Dove World Outreach Center, an evangelical “New Testament Church.” The T-shirts had a verse from the Gospel...
GAINESVILLE, FL -- Emily Sapp, a Sophomore at Gainesville High School, wore a shirt to school that read "Islam is of the Devil." Her principal gave her the option to change her shirt or go home. She went home.
GAINESVILLE, Florida — A lawyer for a north Florida school district says a handful of students have been sent home from Alachua County schools this week for wearing shirts that read "Islam is of the Devil."2009/8/26
Gainesville, FL - A lawyer for a north Florida school district says a handful of students have been sent home from Alachua County schools this week for wearing shirts that read “Islam is of the Devil.” School district staff attorney Tom Wittmer says the shirts might have offended or distracted others and violated the district’s dress [...]
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