Tuesday, November 3, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T4T-6)

NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning January 2010 in Newark, African American men who have sex with men will be targeted by an HIV Testing social marketing campaign titled "Status Is Everything" organized by the African Amerifrican American Office of Gay Concerns (AAOGC) of Newark. "Status Is Everything" aims to encourage African American men, particularly young men who have sex with men, to get HIV tested and reduce risky behaviors. AAOGC will unveil the "Status Is Everything" brand and outreach components on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2009. Funding for "Status Is Everything" is provided by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services as part of the department's HIV prevention efforts aimed at high-risk African American men.
In King County (where Seattle is located), voting turnout was only at 20 percent going in to Election Day, so it’s great to see lines at the King County Administration building in Seattle where one of several Election Day drop off boxes are located. Many more people are likely to turn in their ballots last [...]
For the past few months, HRC staff and volunteers have been on the ground working hard to elect fair-minded candidates across the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Today, HRC staff and volunteers are pushing in these final hours of the campaign to ensure that fair-minded voters get to polls.  From knocking on doors, to calling HRC members, [...]
CORUNNA - Seniors Jessica Kimble and Carol Barnett never backed down from what they believed in when the Corunna Board of Education ordered a Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-Transgender Awareness Month poster removed from a display case at the high school.
PFLAG, Morris County (Parents, Family and Friends of Gays and Lesbians), is a confidential, mutual support group to help parents, grandparents and friends adjust to a child’s gay or lesbian orientation.
CORUNNA - Less than two weeks after voting to remove the Corunna High Diversity Club's display board highlighting gay and lesbian awareness, the the Corunna Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting at which it is expected to rescind that decision.

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