Federal lawsuit filed against Atlanta police over raid at gay club
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/24/georgia.gay.club.lawsuit/index.htmlGreat news.Lambda Legal is taking the Atlanta police to court behind the outrageous bar raid in September. According to reports, officers forced patrons to lie face down on the floor for hours, hurled anti-gay slurs at them, man-handled anyone who asked questions and put every patrons name

Openly Gay Man Picked as GOP Running Mate
If anyone needed more evidence that times are changing need to look no further than the Massachusetts Governor's race. Massachusetts Republicans gubernatorial candidate, Charlie Baker, has picked an openly gay running mate. Richard Tisei is the State Senate Minority Leader and has fought for marriage equality in Massachusetts. Elected to the House at 22, Tisei is the youngest Republican ever elected to the Mass. state legislature. "Richard has years of experience fighting for the taxpayer on Beacon Hill and I'm thrilled to have him on the team," said Baker in a statement.Regarding his sexuality, Tisei said, "It'

DCF: Putting Kids Back Into the System
All along, everyone involved in Martin Gill's adoption of two foster boys agreed that the best possible home for the children was with Gill and his partner.Everyone, that is, except the lawyers hired by the Department of Children and Families who asked an appeals court to reverse the adoption and "make the children available" for adoption to someone else."There was an audible gasp in the packed courtroom when the attorney general's lawyer said that," said ACLU Florida spokesman Brandon Hensler, one of the dozens of attendees during oral arguments before the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Miami in August."My recollection was that he seemed uncomfortable

Gay nurses at Jackson Memorial Hospital personally apologize to lesbian whose partner died there

BREAKING NEWS: VICTORY!! Tampa City Council Protects Transgender Citizens
(TAMPA) Equality Florida commends the Tampa City Council for expanding non-discrimination protections to those who live, work and visit the city. Tampa is the latest city in Florida to add “gender identity” to its human rights ordinance that bans discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodation. Click here to send a thank you note to the Tampa City Council Today’s action comes at the request of the Tampa Human Rights Council led by its Chair, Phil Dinkins. Equality Florida has worked closely with the council in the months leading up to today’s vote and assisted with documenting the clear need for such p