The mayor of Mulberry, Fla., was attacked by his partner in the early morning hours of Friday, June 19.
According to news station WTSP Channel 10, 29-year-old Eugene Ornelas came home at 5 a.m. in the morning with someone he met at a local bar. Ornelas is Mayor Julian Mullis’ partner. The couple has two [...]
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Domestic violence: ‘keep it quiet’
Headlines: At the week’s end
A re-cap of the last week at InterstateQ.com and around the blogosphere.
Royal Queen
Prince Harry’s antics continue to raise eyebrows, being called racist one day and enlightened the next. Either way, it’s hot.
And the winner is…
On Tuesday, I urged you to vote your conscience for Best LGBT Blog in this year’s Weblog Awards. While I contribute [...]
New LGBT coalition should be model for community
A handful of local, state and regional LGBT organizations have come together to form a single coalition-level organization, according to The South Florida Blade.
The new coalition, Organizations United Together (OUT), “will act as a network of myriad local GLBT groups and allies to address equality issues throughout the state and attempt to bring increased visibility [...]
Campus Crusade to work with gay group on HIV/AIDS?
In my hometown paper’s weekly religion section last Saturday, an article profiling a Florida Campus Crusade leader noted the leader’s initiative to start an HIV/AIDS outreach group with a campus LGBT student organization:
Josh Spavin knows the stereotypes about evangelical Christians — judgmental, sanctimonious, narrow-minded. He may not buy into the image, but he knows how [...]
Voices from the right: James Richardson
It seems as though every moderate political blog in the world has fallen in love with former RNC manager James Richardson. I’ll tell you a secret: I have, too.
Over at his Skepticians.com, Richardson comes out in favor of adoption rights by gay parents. Queerty.com jumps in on the fray with some solid criticism, though.
But Richardson [...]
Florida doctor advocates ’strategies to reduce the number of gays’
A Florida doctor who has served on several non-profit and public boards and committees has written in a conservative blog site that the Massachusetts Department of Health should “reduce the number of gays.”
Speaking on a recently released Massachesetts study on the health disparities between LGB and straight people, Dr. Richard Swier states:
Reduce and eliminate health [...]
