On February 9, the Asheville City Council voted 4-2 to begin a study of the costs and implementation of domestic partner benefits for LGBT city employees and their partners. Their move last week is quite similar to Mecklenburg County Commissioners’ strategy when first looking into the same issue back in January 2009. After a year [...]
Tag Archives: Employment Discrimination
Anti-gay pol to step down in N.C.
North Carolina state Sen. David Hoyle (D-Gaston) announced Dec. 9 he’d step down at the end of his term in 2010. Hoyle, chairman of the Senate’s Finance Committee, had been considered the third most powerful member of the Senate’s leadership, after President Pro Tempore Marc Basnight and former Majority Leader Tony Rand.
One advocate thinks the [...]
An Inside Look…DADT
Wow, it appears the submarine force is representing! I didn’t think the topic of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) would be discussed among submariners and boy am I surprised. Steven Hall, a former submarine commanding officer, came out and is working on a film about DADT.
On the blog “The Stupid Shall Be Punished” Joel Kennedy, [...]
N.C. fundamentalists’ much ado about nothing
The Christian Action League of North Carolina’s executive director, Mark Creech, a regular criticizee of my blogging here at InterstateQ.com, is making much ado about nothing.
He’s trotted out a scare tactic for local churches, urging them to “protect themselves” from legal challenges of gay activists. What’s so unfortunate is that he considers long-time, much loved [...]
No day off of work for me
Greg Hambrick, who covers the gay beat at the Charleston City Paper, says:
My partner suggested a few weeks ago that we take off Dec. 10, but I’m pretty sure I’m coming to work. The reason is that my coworkers, the people who know me and know my husband, aren’t the ones who could use a [...]
Biden would vote ‘yes’ on ENDA split
In response to a question asked during his brief visit with the Pennsyvania delegation to the Democratic Convention, Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden said that he would vote “yes” if he had to break a tie on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) while serving as President of the Senate.
In 1996, ENDA was voted on and [...]
Anti-gay N.C. Rep. balks over new agency policies
The new edition of the N.C. State Personnel Manual will include employment protections based on sexual orientation and gender-identity.
N.C. State Rep. Paul Stam (R-Wake) is speaking out against the new changes. According to The Lincoln Tribune, the representative says state agencies are bypassing the legislature.
N.C. Rep. Paul “Skip” Stam (R-Wake) opposes new State Personnel Manual [...]
This and That
The last couple days have been so hectic. It is funny how life has a tendency of just dumping everything on you at once.
On Monday evening (my birthday) my old Cadillac broke down. One of the transmission lines burst and had to be fixed the next day (we also had to get a new battery). [...]
Shame: Southern Democrats vote against ENDA
The United States House of Representatives passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act by a vote of 235-184 on Wednesday, Nov. 7.
There has been quite a bit of debate over the inclusion or exclusion of transgender protections in the bill. From a Q-Notes article from Oct. 20:
At the end of September, U.S. House leaders including openly gay [...]
