Massschusettes UPDATE Sept 11, Jacques lost her bid for
Congressional seat
in special election primary.
Will
Massachusettes Send a Lesbian Congresswoman to the Hill.
Sept.7:
Senator Cheryl Jacques jumped into the race for the late for the ninth
congressional seat of the
late Joe Moakley's. But,
she has outdone almost all her rivals Brian Joyce, sate Senator Marc Pacheco
of Taunton, John
Taylor and former U.S.
attorney Bill Sinnott and William Ferguson in the fund-raising.
Excluding the socially
conservative Democrat Stephen Lynch, raised over a million dollars to Jacques's
$ 9000,000. for
their campaigns, Early on, gay political insiders warned, that her late entry
into the race
would split the
progressive vote. Thus, handing Democrat Stephen Lynch an easy victory in the
Sept.11,
special election
primary. This had the potential
of a Senator, who has been less than friendly ongay
issues,
representing the ninth district.However, Jacques
gained endorsements from all the major gay
political
organazations,
which shows the gay community is solidly in support of her
candidacy. In this
Nith District
race, the gay
votecould very well be
the key in making the Senator Cheryl Jacques, into the
Congresswoman Cheryl
Jacques. There by adding a newname to the list
of Lesbian Congresswoman on
the
Hill.
Included
in this post, is the article on the ninth district race and an
Op-Ed by Bay
Windows Editor,
Jeff
Epperly on Cheryl Jacques.
Read both Article
and Op-Ed click here. Source
Bay Windows
August
Politics and the
Gay Vote
August 13,
2001: The DataLounge has
divided the Gay Vote section into more than a dozen sub
issues exploring parties,
interest groups, candidates and controversies that result from organized
GLBT News &
Headlines
August
Cop Demoted After
Sex Reassignment.
August 31,
2001: McMinnville, Oregon. The
local County sheriff's office has demoted a sergeant after
undergoing sex-change
surgery. The 18 year vertern, Sgt. Debra Walker, 53, has been demoted to the
entry-level position of
deputy sheriff. She will lose more than $ 9,000 a year due to the
demotion.
Gays Seek Asylum
See Familiar Prejudices in U.S.
August 2,
2001: Gays have fled abuse or
threat of death in countries where government officials and
the police participated
or condoned this attacks on gays. However they find their immigrant communities
who usually welcome and
help, reject or menace gay and lesbian
newcommers from their homeland.
GLBT Legislation
News Headlines
September
New Jersey Scout
Group Decide to Waive Gay Ban to Receive Funding
September 4,
2001: United Way of Central
Jersey has a policy prohibiting discrimination against
gays.
The New Jersey Boy Scout
council has decided to abide by this policy and it's executive
director, Ron
Green, signed United Way comprehensive antidiscrimination policy agreement. Not
because he
believes discrimination of gay members is wrong, he had 80,000 ($ 80,000.00) other
August
Gay Scout Leader
Rejected Despite New Policy
August 11,
2001: Despite the Minuteman
Scout Council's new anti-discrimination policy,
a gay man,
fired
as a scout leader
in New Hampshire was rejected for a similar post in
GLBT Rights
News & Headlines
September
Mitsubishi Gives
Workers Domestic Partners Benefits.
September 1,
2001: The Japanese are now
following the lead of the North American
automakers. In the new
contract signed with United Auto Workers, Mitsubishi Motor
Manufacturing of America
is extending health insurance coverage to the same-sex
partners of plant
workers. Article by 365Gay.com.
August
Largest Newspaper
Company to Offer Partner Benefits.
August 31,
2001: The Gannett Co., will
extend benefits to same-sex and opposite-sex
domestic partners of its
employees January 1, 2002. Employees who have been in a
commited relationship for
at least 12 months, can have benefits cover their domestic
partners. By submmiting
an affidavit stating this, benefits will be extended to
their
Pressure's on:
Firms Work to Ban Discrimination
banning
discrimination based on employees' sexual orientation.
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