Tags: Atlanta, BBC, Charlotte, Dallas, Dallas Voice, domestic partner benefits, East Point, Gareth Thoms, gay marriage, Georiga, John Wright, marriage equality, Mexico City, North Carolina, Project Q Atlanta, same-sex marriage, Southern Voice, Texas, Washington Blade, Washington DC, Window Media | by Matt Comer | December 23rd, 2009, 7:45 am
Hot and steaming… your Dec. 23 morning blend…
The BBC snagged an interview with Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas, who came out as gay this week. Listen to the broadcast…
Wedding bells are ringing for Mexico City’s LGBT couples as the city opens marriage rights to all. Read more…
After intense county-level debate over domestic partner benefits, Charlotte, N.C.’s city council says it will consider similar issues in the near future. The local daily newspaper reports today, but local LGBT newspaper QNotes says they have a more in-depth report coming out on Dec. 26.
Dallas Voice news editor John Wright responds to a Dallas Morning News columnists’ attack on GLSEN and him. Wright says the columnist wrote he was a “a neurotic teenage girl in the body of a grown man” and “a screaming meemee.” Read more…
East Point, Ga., unanimously passed employment protections for LGBTs. ProjectQ Atlanta reports…
More news rolls out on the closure of Window Media, owners of the Washington Blade and Southern Voice. ProjectQ Atlanta got hold of bankruptcy court filings showing the company bled almost $200,000 a month and had only $2,100 left in one paper’s checking out. Read more…
Gday! Fantastic concept, but might this actually work?