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All 3 newspapers shut down by Window Media are re-emerging under new ownership

All of this is great news for those of us in the gay press and for the LGBT community as a whole, particularly in those cities. At the risk of sounding self-important, I think it’s fair to say that gay newspapers have played and will continue to play a ...

From JOHN WRIGHT, Dallas Voice,  24 Nov 2009

Number of anti-gay hate crimes increased in Texas, across nation in 2008

A closer look at the FBI report shows that Texas saw a 20 percent increase in the number of anti-gay hate crimes, going from 46 in 2007 to 55 in 2008. In Dallas, the number of anti-gay hate crimes fell, from seven in 2007 to six in 2008. Houston had ...

From JOHN WRIGHT, Dallas Voice,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation

‘Support businesses that support us’

Most people know not to buy gas from ExxonMobil, but did you know that the Human Rights Campaign also recommends avoiding Office Depot, Radio Shack, Wal-Mart and Cracker Barrel based on their LGBT-related employment practices? Just in time for the ...

From JOHN WRIGHT, Dallas Voice,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: ExxonMobil,  Human Rights Campaign,  Office Depot, Inc.,  Wal-Mart,  Cracker Barrel

LA Fitness reportedly fires employee who was accused of calling customer a ‘faggot’

An employee at LA Fitness on Mockingbird Lane who was accused of calling a customer a “faggot” has been fired, according to another employee at the gym who spoke to Dallas Voice on condition of anonymity. Representatives at LA Fitness’ corporate office ...

From JOHN WRIGHT, Dallas Voice,  20 Nov 2009

Gay Houston teen beaten with metal pipe after principals, bus driver ignore his pleas for help

Another day, another horrifying report of violence against a gay teenager. Jayron Martin, a 16-year-old high school freshman from Houston, tells KHOU-TV that he was chased down after school and beaten with a metal pipe last week while eight classmates ...

From JOHN WRIGHT, Dallas Voice,  19 Nov 2009

Democratic AG candidate says constitutional amendment eliminates all marriages in Texas

You gotta love Barbara Ann Radnofsky. Why? Well, first of all, she’s basically accusing Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott of being a complete idiot. Radnofsky, who’s running for AG as a Democrat in 2010, claims Texas’ constitutional amendment banning ...

From JOHN WRIGHT, Dallas Voice,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Greg Abbott,  U.S. Republican Party

Red Mango officially open at ilume

I’ll have an update on the continuing changes on the Cedar Springs strip in this Friday’s Voice. But for now I wanted to let everyone know that Red Mango, the frozen yogurt store in ilume, is officially open as of today. Stop by for a free sample. The ...

From JOHN WRIGHT, Dallas Voice,  17 Nov 2009

Jon Buice, the last man still in prison for Paul Broussard’s murder, is again up for parole

Jon Buice, the only one of 10 defendants who’s still in prison for the 1991 hate-crime murder of Houston’s Paul Broussard, is up for parole again. And Broussard’s mother, Nancy Rodriguez, has traveled from Georgia to Huntsville again to try to convince ...

From JOHN WRIGHT, Dallas Voice,  17 Nov 2009

Police arrest suspect in murder, dismemberment of gay Puerto Rican teen

Puerto Rican police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a gay teenager whose body was found decapitated and partially burned Friday in the southern town of Cayey, The Associated Press reports today. Authorities are looking into whether Jorge ...

From JOHN WRIGHT, Dallas Voice,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation

UPDATE: Motorist who damaged Legacy of Love Monument fled scene on foot

“We’re looking for the owner or the suspect,” Crowther said. “We don’t know if the owner is the suspect.” Crowther said anyone who witnessed the incident or has additional information should call DPD’s vehicle crimes division at 214-670-5816. Michael ...

From JOHN WRIGHT, Dallas Voice,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party

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